When charities ask for time, people give more money August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
According to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, simply asking people a question about whether they're willing to volunteer their time leads to increases in donations of both time and money. | |
 Study: A bad joke might endanger the teller August 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from ... | |
Measuring the auditory dynamics of selective attention August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Call it the cocktail party effect: how an individual can participate in a one-on-one conversation within a cluster of people, switch to another, pick up important comments while tuning out others, change topics and return ... | |
New study shows false memories affect behavior August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Do you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human ... | |
Suicidal thoughts among college students more common than expected August 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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More than half of 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities who completed a survey on suicidal experiences reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives. Furthermore, 15 ... | |
Antidepressants may impair driving ability, new research finds August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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People taking prescription antidepressants appear to drive worse than people who aren't taking such drugs, and depressed people on antidepressants have even more trouble concentrating and reacting behind the wheel. | |
Playing video games offers learning across life span, say studies August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Certain types of video games can have beneficial effects, improving gamers' dexterity as well as their ability to problem-solve – attributes that have proven useful not only to students but to surgeons, according to research ... | |
Adults easily fooled by children's false denials August 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Adults are easily fooled when a child denies that an actual event took place, but do somewhat better at detecting when a child makes up information about something that never happened, according to new research from the University ... | |
Study examines the psychology behind students who don't cheat August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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While many studies have examined cheating among college students, new research looks at the issue from a different perspective – identifying students who are least likely to cheat. | |
You've got to have hope: studies show 'hope therapy' fights depression August 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A growing body of research suggests that there is a potent way to fight symptoms of depression that doesn't involve getting a prescription. This potent weapon? Hope. | |
Women and war: The toll of deployment on physical health August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
More than 80 percent of a sample of Air Force women deployed in Iraq and other areas around the world report suffering from persistent fatigue, fever, hair loss and difficulty concentrating, according to a University of Michigan ... | |
Stress, anxiety can make allergy attacks even more miserable and last longer August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study here shows that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person's allergic reaction to some routine allergens. Moreover, the added impact of stress and anxiety seem to linger, causing the second ... | |
Peers versus parents in modern China August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In metropolitan China, high school students' self-esteem depends more on good relations with peers than parents, a new UC Davis study shows. But the opposite is true for younger adolescents and young adults: Both base their ... | |
Americans spending, gambling, saving: Who's happiest, who's most at risk? August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
For some, spending in today's tumultuous economy is not a problem, especially for those who don't care what everyone else has. But for others, casino splurges, not saving enough or buying the latest iPhone on impulse can ... | |
Psychologists show new ways to deal with health challenges in space August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and then on to Mars, psychologists are exploring the challenges astronauts will face on missions that will be much longer and more demanding than previous space flights. Psychologists ... | |
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