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People Think They Reap What They Sow Medicine & Health / Psychology May 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet People gauge how responsive their partners are primarily by how they themselves respond to their partners—not the other way around, according to a series of Yale studies in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ...

Genes and stressed-out parents lead to shy kids Medicine & Health / Psychology March 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the Child Development Laboratory at the University of Maryland shows that shyness in kids could relate to the manner in which a stress-related gene in children interacts with being raised by stressed-out ...

Research suggests that children's memory may be more reliable than adults' in court cases Medicine & Health / Psychology March 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet The U.S. legal system has long assumed that all testimony is not equally credible, that some witnesses are more reliable than others. In tough cases with child witnesses, it assumes adult witnesses to be more ...

Language skills develop at 6, say researchers Medicine & Health / Psychology April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that children as young as six are as adept at recognising possible verbs and their past tenses as adults.

Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain Medicine & Health / Psychology June 22, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| No comments yet Why does putting our feelings into words — talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal — help us to feel better" A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our ...

Exercising judgment: The psychology of fitness Medicine & Health / Psychology January 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet It’s only been a few weeks since you made that New Year’s resolution to exercise more, but already you’re finding reasons to skip days — maybe even weeks.

When Exercise Stops, How Long do Benefits Last? Medicine & Health / Psychology July 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 80 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists examining the relationship between the intensity and length of a workout and the duration of its benefits have made a surprising discovery: More isn't necessarily better, and none may be worse than we ever imagined.

Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability Medicine & Health / Psychology December 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dog’s appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new research from Northwestern ...

The hand can't be fooled, study shows Medicine & Health / Psychology March 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Research published in the March issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is suggesting that we process images in two very distinct ways.

Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand Medicine & Health / Psychology April 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ...

Avoid raising ungrateful kids Medicine & Health / Psychology November 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Reams of academic research abound across the country on how to raise happy children, but who has the time to read this myriad of findings, boil down the facts, and then turn them into practical parenting advice? The University ...

Racing neurons control whether we stop or go Medicine & Health / Psychology April 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet In the children's game "red light green light," winners are able to stop, and take off running again, more quickly than their comrades. New research reveals that a similar race goes on in our brains, with ...

Researchers find link between psychological stress and overeating Medicine & Health / Psychology May 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have found socially subordinate female rhesus macaques over consume calorie-rich foods at a significantly higher level than do dominant females.

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same Medicine & Health / Psychology June 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear in languages, according to research at the University of Chicago.

Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation' Medicine & Health / Psychology December 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today in Proceedings ...

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People Think They Reap What They Sow Medicine & Health / Psychology May 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet People gauge how responsive their partners are primarily by how they themselves respond to their partners—not the other way around, according to a series of Yale studies in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ...

Genes and stressed-out parents lead to shy kids Medicine & Health / Psychology March 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the Child Development Laboratory at the University of Maryland shows that shyness in kids could relate to the manner in which a stress-related gene in children interacts with being raised by stressed-out ...

Research suggests that children's memory may be more reliable than adults' in court cases Medicine & Health / Psychology March 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet The U.S. legal system has long assumed that all testimony is not equally credible, that some witnesses are more reliable than others. In tough cases with child witnesses, it assumes adult witnesses to be more ...

Language skills develop at 6, say researchers Medicine & Health / Psychology April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that children as young as six are as adept at recognising possible verbs and their past tenses as adults.

Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain Medicine & Health / Psychology June 22, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| No comments yet Why does putting our feelings into words — talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal — help us to feel better" A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our ...

Exercising judgment: The psychology of fitness Medicine & Health / Psychology January 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet It’s only been a few weeks since you made that New Year’s resolution to exercise more, but already you’re finding reasons to skip days — maybe even weeks.

When Exercise Stops, How Long do Benefits Last? Medicine & Health / Psychology July 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 80 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists examining the relationship between the intensity and length of a workout and the duration of its benefits have made a surprising discovery: More isn't necessarily better, and none may be worse than we ever imagined.

Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability Medicine & Health / Psychology December 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dog’s appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new research from Northwestern ...

The hand can't be fooled, study shows Medicine & Health / Psychology March 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Research published in the March issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is suggesting that we process images in two very distinct ways.

Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand Medicine & Health / Psychology April 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ...

Avoid raising ungrateful kids Medicine & Health / Psychology November 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Reams of academic research abound across the country on how to raise happy children, but who has the time to read this myriad of findings, boil down the facts, and then turn them into practical parenting advice? The University ...

Racing neurons control whether we stop or go Medicine & Health / Psychology April 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet In the children's game "red light green light," winners are able to stop, and take off running again, more quickly than their comrades. New research reveals that a similar race goes on in our brains, with ...

Researchers find link between psychological stress and overeating Medicine & Health / Psychology May 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have found socially subordinate female rhesus macaques over consume calorie-rich foods at a significantly higher level than do dominant females.

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same Medicine & Health / Psychology June 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear in languages, according to research at the University of Chicago.

Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation' Medicine & Health / Psychology December 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today in Proceedings ...

People Think They Reap What They Sow

Genes and stressed-out parents lead to shy kids

Research suggests that children's memory may be more reliable than adults' in court cases

Language skills develop at 6, say researchers

Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain

Exercising judgment: The psychology of fitness

When Exercise Stops, How Long do Benefits Last?

Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability

The hand can't be fooled, study shows

Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand

Avoid raising ungrateful kids

Racing neurons control whether we stop or go

Researchers find link between psychological stress and overeating

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same

Humans appear hardwired to learn by 'over-imitation'

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