Why is it that mental disorders such as depression are so common? Psychologists Marèn Hoogland and Annemie Ploeger analyzed three major theories from evolutionary developmental psychology to find a better explanation for ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Textbooks and popular science books claim with certainty that women are better at finding words and remembering words, but is this really a fact?
Oct 13, 2022
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Really understanding how someone else experiences something has always been of utmost interest but hard to attain. Is the redness that you experience the same as the redness that I experience? How can we see through someone ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Despite widespread access to social media and videoconferencing technology, many Australians experienced heightened loneliness during COVID lockdowns, and continue to do so.
Jun 24, 2022
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For many years, philosophers and legal scholars have wrestled with understanding and defining consent, while psychologists have mostly conducted domain-specific research on the subject—most commonly studying informed consent ...
Aug 25, 2021
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The history of psychology is littered with unfortunate examples of treatments that caused more harm than benefit to patients. For instance, in the mid-20th century lobotomies were a common practice to treat mental illness, ...
Jul 1, 2021
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Common stereotypes about veterans and their skills might limit their chances to excel once they leave the military and join the civilian workforce.
Apr 22, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Not many people have had the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine yet.
Jan 22, 2021
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Decades of research show that depression, stress, loneliness, and poor health behaviors can weaken the body's immune system and lower the effectiveness of certain vaccines. A new report accepted for publication in Perspectives ...
Jan 14, 2021
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While we wait for our turn to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, we could—and probably should—use the time to make sure we bring our healthiest emotional and physical selves to the treatment, a new review of previous ...
Jan 13, 2021
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