News tagged with american psychologist


Explainer: What is intuition?

The word intuition is derived from the Latin intueor – to see; intuition is thus often invoked to explain how the mind can "see" answers to problems or decisions in the absence of explicit reasoning – ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Over-egging the chocolate this Easter: Why you should always keep an eye on what you are eating

(Medical Xpress)—Psychologists at the University of Birmingham suggest that 'attentive eating' affects how much people choose to eat.

Health created Mar 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Food memories can help weight loss

(Medical Xpress)—Research led by a psychologist at the University of Liverpool has found that using memories of recent meals reduces the amount of food eaten later on.  It also found that being distracted when eating leads ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Test-taking may improve learning in people of all ages

Older adults who haven't been in school for a while are as capable of learning from tests as younger adults and college students, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Four is the 'magic' number for our mind coping with information

(Medical Xpress)—According to psychological lore, when it comes to items of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Should I marry him? If you're having doubts, don't ignore them, suggests psychology study

Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one. —Voltaire

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Cyberbullying less frequent than traditional bullying, according to international studies

Traditional in-person bullying is far more common than cyberbullying among today's youth and should be the primary focus of prevention programs, according to research findings presented at the American Psychological Association's ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telephone therapy retains more patients than face-to-face sessions and improves depression

Phoning it in is more effective than the therapist's couch when it comes to keeping patients in psychotherapy. New Northwestern Medicine research shows patients who had therapy sessions provided over the phone were more likely ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parents are happier than non-parents, new research suggests

New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning from life than non-parents.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mental health care treatment for immigrants needs retooling, according to task force

The methods psychologists and other health-care providers are using to treat immigrants to the United States need to be better tailored to deal with their specific cultures and needs, according to a task force report released ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New approach urged for late-talking bilingual babies

Babies who are raised in homes where two or more languages are spoken may appear to talk later than those learning just one language, leaving parents puzzled and concerned as to the reasons why.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Ways to reduce college drinking and risky sex

In a recent study conducted by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions involving 154 heavy-drinking college students whose sexual behavior put them at risk for HIV infection and other sexually ...

Addiction created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study shows passing mood can profoundly alter 'rational decisions'

Could a passing mood influence your financial portfolio for decades to come? Can impulses you inherited from your cave-man ancestors influence your financial decisions in the modern world in ways that may have lifelong consequences?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why does conflict arise when social identity is threatened?

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children find human-made objects more likely to be owned than natural objects

Children as young as 3 are likely to say that things made by humans have owners, but that natural objects, such as pine cones and sea shells, are not owned, according to a new study published by the American Psychological ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0