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Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment Medicine & Health / Psychology 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias. But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive ...

It's enough to make you blush Medicine & Health / Psychology August 07, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An academic from the University of St Andrews is to delve into a series of embarrassing situations in an attempt to discover who makes us blush.

Studies show people underestimate the willingness of others to help them out Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet For many of us, the thought of asking someone for help or a favor--be it a colleague, friend or stranger--is fraught with discomfort. We figure we're imposing or tend to assume the person will say no, which could leave us ...

Jeers of peers may affect adolescent adjustment Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet New research suggests that traits such as obesity during adolescence that may increase the risk of attacks from peers can result in health and psychological struggles that remain through young adulthood. The researchers say ...

I can, automatically, become just like you Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet No one likes to be excluded from a group: exclusion can decrease mood, reduce self-esteem and feelings of belonging, and even ultimately lead to negative behavior (e.g., the shootings at Virginia Tech). As a result, we often ...

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet It is well appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in non-verbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the identity as well as the internal ...

Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say Medicine & Health / Psychology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ...

In era of pills, fewer shrinks doing talk therapy Medicine & Health / Psychology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. ...

Study: verbal aggression may affect children's behavior Medicine & Health / Psychology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to a new Purdue University study.

Not quite a teen, not fully an adult Medicine & Health / Psychology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Fueled by hormone fluctuations, the teenage years can be a time of huge emotional upheaval. But, as an initiative by MIT's Young Adult Development Project finds, the roller coaster may not end at the 18th ...

The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory Medicine & Health / Psychology July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this ...

Gaining advantages from childhood experience Medicine & Health / Psychology July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet It often seems that certain aspects of our personalities are influenced by events that occurred in our childhoods. A recent study by Dr. Akaysha Tang's research team from the University of New Mexico Psychology Department ...

Women end up less happy than men Medicine & Health / Psychology July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California ...

Joy Luck Club: The health benefits of daughters-in-law Medicine & Health / Psychology July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In a new twist on the Confucian ideal of filial piety, a study finds that the assistance of daughters-in-law – but not their own children – helps mitigate depression among older people in China. This is particularly true ...

Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science Medicine & Health / Psychology July 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K.

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Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment Medicine & Health / Psychology 4 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias. But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive ...

It's enough to make you blush Medicine & Health / Psychology August 07, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An academic from the University of St Andrews is to delve into a series of embarrassing situations in an attempt to discover who makes us blush.

Studies show people underestimate the willingness of others to help them out Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet For many of us, the thought of asking someone for help or a favor--be it a colleague, friend or stranger--is fraught with discomfort. We figure we're imposing or tend to assume the person will say no, which could leave us ...

Jeers of peers may affect adolescent adjustment Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet New research suggests that traits such as obesity during adolescence that may increase the risk of attacks from peers can result in health and psychological struggles that remain through young adulthood. The researchers say ...

I can, automatically, become just like you Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet No one likes to be excluded from a group: exclusion can decrease mood, reduce self-esteem and feelings of belonging, and even ultimately lead to negative behavior (e.g., the shootings at Virginia Tech). As a result, we often ...

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions Medicine & Health / Psychology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet It is well appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in non-verbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the identity as well as the internal ...

Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say Medicine & Health / Psychology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ...

In era of pills, fewer shrinks doing talk therapy Medicine & Health / Psychology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. ...

Study: verbal aggression may affect children's behavior Medicine & Health / Psychology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to a new Purdue University study.

Not quite a teen, not fully an adult Medicine & Health / Psychology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Fueled by hormone fluctuations, the teenage years can be a time of huge emotional upheaval. But, as an initiative by MIT's Young Adult Development Project finds, the roller coaster may not end at the 18th ...

The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory Medicine & Health / Psychology July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this ...

Gaining advantages from childhood experience Medicine & Health / Psychology July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet It often seems that certain aspects of our personalities are influenced by events that occurred in our childhoods. A recent study by Dr. Akaysha Tang's research team from the University of New Mexico Psychology Department ...

Women end up less happy than men Medicine & Health / Psychology July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California ...

Joy Luck Club: The health benefits of daughters-in-law Medicine & Health / Psychology July 24, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet In a new twist on the Confucian ideal of filial piety, a study finds that the assistance of daughters-in-law – but not their own children – helps mitigate depression among older people in China. This is particularly true ...

Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science Medicine & Health / Psychology July 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K.

Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment

It's enough to make you blush

Studies show people underestimate the willingness of others to help them out

Jeers of peers may affect adolescent adjustment

I can, automatically, become just like you

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions

Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say

In era of pills, fewer shrinks doing talk therapy

Study: verbal aggression may affect children's behavior

Not quite a teen, not fully an adult

The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory

Gaining advantages from childhood experience

Women end up less happy than men

Joy Luck Club: The health benefits of daughters-in-law

Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science

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