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Researchers find link between psychological stress and overeating Medicine & Health / Psychology May 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 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.

Prejudice or perception? Medicine & Health / Psychology June 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Expecting to be treated with prejudice may be part of a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to new research led by a University of Toronto psychologist.

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 ...

Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment Medicine & Health / Psychology August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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 ...

Happiness comes cheap - even for millionaires Medicine & Health / Psychology October 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 55 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A bar of chocolate, a long soak in the bath, a snooze in the middle of the afternoon, a leisurely stroll in the park. These are the things that make us the most happy, according to new research from The University of Nottingham.

The downside of a good idea Medicine & Health / Psychology February 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Good ideas can have drawbacks. When information is freely shared, good ideas can stunt innovation by distracting others from pursuing even better ideas, according to Indiana University cognitive scientist Robert Goldstone.

Kids Learn Words Best by Working out Meaning Medicine & Health / Psychology March 09, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a 22-year-old Johns Hopkins undergraduate from Medford, N.J., suggests.

Action as a goal may be too broad, new research suggests Medicine & Health / Psychology September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A series of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois suggest that society's emphasis on action over inaction may lead to unforeseen consequences.

Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention Medicine & Health / Psychology June 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet For hundreds of years, Tibetan monks and other religious people have used meditation to calm the mind and improve concentration. This week, a new study shows exactly how one common type of meditation affects the brain.

Baby eyes are taking in the world, applying self-experience to other people Medicine & Health / Psychology September 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 (PhysOrg.com) -- Those wide-eyed babies are taking in and using more information than previously believed. In fact, new research by psychologists at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and ...

Hand gestures dramatically improve learning Medicine & Health / Psychology July 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Kids asked to physically gesture at math problems are nearly three times more likely than non-gesturers to remember what they’ve learned. In today’s issue of the journal Cognition, a University of Rochester scientist ...

Are humans hardwired for fairness? Medicine & Health / Psychology April 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly see an advantage in it for ourselves" Many psychologists have in recent years moved away from this purely utilitarian view, dismissing it as too simplistic. ...

'Internet predator' stereotypes debunked in new study Medicine & Health / Psychology February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who ...

Forgetting helps you remember the important stuff, psychologists say Medicine & Health / Psychology June 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet For the first time, Stanford researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have discovered that the brain's ability to suppress irrelevant memories makes it easier for humans to remember what's really important.

Nagging Spouse? You May Have An Excuse For Not Responding Medicine & Health / Psychology February 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research findings now appearing online in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology began with a professor's desire to understand why her husband often seemed to ignore her requests for help around the house.

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Researchers find link between psychological stress and overeating Medicine & Health / Psychology May 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 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.

Prejudice or perception? Medicine & Health / Psychology June 09, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Expecting to be treated with prejudice may be part of a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to new research led by a University of Toronto psychologist.

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 ...

Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment Medicine & Health / Psychology August 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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 ...

Happiness comes cheap - even for millionaires Medicine & Health / Psychology October 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 55 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A bar of chocolate, a long soak in the bath, a snooze in the middle of the afternoon, a leisurely stroll in the park. These are the things that make us the most happy, according to new research from The University of Nottingham.

The downside of a good idea Medicine & Health / Psychology February 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Good ideas can have drawbacks. When information is freely shared, good ideas can stunt innovation by distracting others from pursuing even better ideas, according to Indiana University cognitive scientist Robert Goldstone.

Kids Learn Words Best by Working out Meaning Medicine & Health / Psychology March 09, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a 22-year-old Johns Hopkins undergraduate from Medford, N.J., suggests.

Action as a goal may be too broad, new research suggests Medicine & Health / Psychology September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A series of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois suggest that society's emphasis on action over inaction may lead to unforeseen consequences.

Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention Medicine & Health / Psychology June 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet For hundreds of years, Tibetan monks and other religious people have used meditation to calm the mind and improve concentration. This week, a new study shows exactly how one common type of meditation affects the brain.

Baby eyes are taking in the world, applying self-experience to other people Medicine & Health / Psychology September 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 (PhysOrg.com) -- Those wide-eyed babies are taking in and using more information than previously believed. In fact, new research by psychologists at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and ...

Hand gestures dramatically improve learning Medicine & Health / Psychology July 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Kids asked to physically gesture at math problems are nearly three times more likely than non-gesturers to remember what they’ve learned. In today’s issue of the journal Cognition, a University of Rochester scientist ...

Are humans hardwired for fairness? Medicine & Health / Psychology April 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly see an advantage in it for ourselves" Many psychologists have in recent years moved away from this purely utilitarian view, dismissing it as too simplistic. ...

'Internet predator' stereotypes debunked in new study Medicine & Health / Psychology February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who ...

Forgetting helps you remember the important stuff, psychologists say Medicine & Health / Psychology June 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet For the first time, Stanford researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have discovered that the brain's ability to suppress irrelevant memories makes it easier for humans to remember what's really important.

Nagging Spouse? You May Have An Excuse For Not Responding Medicine & Health / Psychology February 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research findings now appearing online in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology began with a professor's desire to understand why her husband often seemed to ignore her requests for help around the house.

Researchers find link between psychological stress and overeating

Prejudice or perception?

Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions

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

Happiness comes cheap - even for millionaires

The downside of a good idea

Kids Learn Words Best by Working out Meaning

Action as a goal may be too broad, new research suggests

Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention

Baby eyes are taking in the world, applying self-experience to other people

Hand gestures dramatically improve learning

Are humans hardwired for fairness?

'Internet predator' stereotypes debunked in new study

Forgetting helps you remember the important stuff, psychologists say

Nagging Spouse? You May Have An Excuse For Not Responding

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