http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Mahzarin Banaji shouldn't have been biased against women. A leading social psychologist—who rose from unlikely circumstances in her native India, where she once dreamed of becoming a secretary—she knew better than most that women were just as cut out for the working world as men. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-peering-decades-groundbreaking-bias.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:30:22 EST news281176175 (HealthDay)—Everyone has had that friend who was svelte when single and then became noticeably more plump after entering a state of marital bliss. Now, there is new evidence that it was not your imagination: After following a group of newlyweds for four years, the researchers found that the happier you are in your marriage, the more likely it is that you will gain some extra weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-happy-marriage-heavier-scale.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:20:02 EST news278100097 When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that conservative views on these topics are intractable. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that such viewpoints can be changed after all, when the messages about the need to be better stewards of the land are couched in terms of fending off threats to the "purity" and "sanctity" of Earth and our bodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-environment.html Medical research Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:13:36 EST news274378397 A Dutch social psychologist issued a public apology Wednesday after an inquiry found he faked or manipulated data in at least 55 publications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dutch-psychologist-fraud.html Other Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:54:40 EST news273322467 For centuries, gossip has been dismissed as salacious, idle chatter that can damage reputations and erode trust. But a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests rumor-mongering can have positive outcomes such as helping us police bad behavior, prevent exploitation and lower stress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gossip-social-psychological-benefits.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:15:07 EST news246032094 Power -- defined as the ability to influence others -- makes people think differently. For North Americans, a feeling of power leads to thinking in a focused and analytical way, which may be beneficial when pursuing personal goals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-psychology-power.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:07:21 EST news242406431 (Medical Xpress) -- Diederik Stapel, the Dutch social psychologist who has made news on a rather regular basis over the last several years, and who had even become popular on some television chat shows, has been found to be a complete fraud, making up data, rather than conducting field trials as he claimed. In his so-called studies of social phenomena, he’s made claims suggesting for example that eating meat makes people more aggressive, or that scientists working in messy labs tend to discriminate more. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-popular-dutch-psychologist-diederik-stapel.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:48:48 EST news239453215 Be it at school, office, the neighborhood or the community people live in, conflicting situations amongst various groups might arise on an almost day to day basis. Today, the prevalence of these intergroup conflicts is on the rise and has resulted in minor disagreements amongst friends to waging full scale wars between countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-conflict-social-identity-threatened.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:53:25 EST news237138794 If tripping in public or mistaking an overweight woman for a mother-to-be leaves you red-faced, don't feel bad. A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that people who are easily embarrassed are also more trustworthy, and more generous. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-easily-people.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:39:41 EST news236446758