Psychology

Violent Video Games Not A Cause Of Aggession In Kids- Study

Depression in young people strongly predicts how aggressive and violent they may be or may become, but exposure to violence in video games or on television is not related to serious acts of youth aggression or violence, at least among Hispanics in the U.S. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2010 - 2:30pm

The Happiness–Income Paradox For Christmas: Wealthier Nations Not Getting Happier?

Humans are essentially unsatisfied creatures- if you take a starving dog out of the rain and feed him, he will love you forever.   After a few weeks of nice treatment, many humans will decide they deserved to be taken out of the rain and maybe even that th ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2010 - 11:16pm

Inherent Intelligence: How widespread is it?

Suppose you want to measure how inherent intelligence is distributed amongst the population.  That is to say, you want to get a sense for how many are born with the potential to be very smart, and how many are not, and what the capabilities of each are.  ...

Blog Post - J.R. van Meter - Dec 15 2010 - 1:47am

In Love With Your Stuff? Maybe

If you were around in the early days of the iPhone, you may have thought users were in love with it.   Proponents spoke of it in romantic terms and looked for reasons to discuss it, with questions like, "So what kind of phone do you have?" It tur ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 23 2010 - 12:16pm

The Codex: speech, gesturing, and weight

I’ve been having a peek at the Science Codex, and come across this cluster of articles. Gesturing while talking helps change your thoughts New research says words, gestures translated by same brain regions 2 sides of the same coin: Speech and gesture mutu ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 5 2011 - 1:58pm

Sorry sociologists, Arizona shooter Jared Loughner did not watch Fox News

Sociologists love when people get shot; it gives them a chance to make correlation/causation arrows go in all kinds of crazy directions. So when people jumped on the gun rage by  Jared Loughner as a product of the Tea Party or a climate of hate or whatever ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 12 2011 - 3:18pm

Tough Or Tender: Masculinity, Feminity And Our Sense Of Touch

Stereotypes exist for a reason.  They give us a comfortable idea of what we are dealing with, based on experience or at least perception.    Gender stereotypes suggest that men are usually tough and women are usually tender but it turns out stereotypes may ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2011 - 8:29pm

Surname Determinism- First Letter Of Your Name Decides When You Like To Buy?

If you are reading this article, there is a pretty good chance you do not believe the alignment of the stars when you were born determined your personality.   Especially if, like me, your sign recently changed but your personality did not.  Or you were bor ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 20 2011 - 6:53pm

Risks And Consequences Of Video Game Addiction

If you are concerned your child spends too much time playing video games, you're not alone.  And you may be right in your worry.   A new study says video game "addiction" is a global problem and that greater amounts of gaming, lower social c ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2011 - 4:57pm

Benevolent Sexism- How Positive Attitudes Toward Gender Equality Backfire

How can a man who writes an article noting the many positive strides made in eliminating gender discrimination be sexist?    Well, he isn't, but men who go out of their way to help women can be considered sexist, thought it is a more benevolent sexis ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2011 - 10:42am