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Study finds 'owning' a darker skin can positively impact racial bias

Scientists from Royal Holloway University have found that when white Caucasians are under the illusion that they have a dark skin, their racial bias changes in a positive way.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mind vs. body? Dualist beliefs linked with less concern for healthy behaviors

(Medical Xpress) -- Many people, whether they know it or not, are philosophical dualists. That is, they believe that the brain and the mind are two separate entities. Despite the fact dualist beliefs are found in virtually ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New evidence that many genes of small effect influence economic decisions and political attitudes

Genetic factors explain some of the variation in a wide range of people's political attitudes and economic decisions – such as preferences toward environmental policy and financial risk taking – but most associations ...

Genetics created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social disapproval not fear helps smokers quit

Researchers from Canterbury Christ Church University have found that smokers are more likely to stop because of anti-social attitudes towards them than from fear of ill-health.

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prejudice linked to women's menstrual cycle

Women's bias against male strangers increases when women are fertile, suggesting prejudice may be partly fueled by genetics, according to a study by Michigan State University psychology researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds physicians less likely to 'bond' with overweight patients

In a small study of 39 primary care doctors and 208 of their patients, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that physicians built much less of an emotional rapport with their overweight and obese patients than with their ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Homophobia linked to lack of awareness of one's sexual orientation and authoritarian parenting, study shows

Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates. The study is ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Explainer: What is depression?

Many people know what it's like to feel sad or down from time to time. We can experience negative emotions due to many things – a bad day at work, a relationship break-up, a sad film, or just getting out ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Generation X: How young adults deal with influenza

Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a University of Michigan report that details the behavior and attitudes of Generation X.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgeons support nonphysician screens for low back pain

(HealthDay)—Most spine surgeons are interested in a nonphysician clinician (NPC) model of care for screening of low back or low back-related leg pain for patients referred for a surgical assessment, according ...

Surgery created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parenting and temperament in childhood predict later political ideology

Political mindsets are the product of an individual's upbringing, life experiences, and environment. But are there specific experiences that lead a person to choose one political ideology over another?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Overweight physicians are also vulnerable to weight bias

(Medical Xpress)—Overweight patients are not the only ones who suffer weight stigmatization in the doctor's office, a Yale study finds. Physicians who are overweight or obese are vulnerable to biased attitudes from patients ...

Overweight and Obesity created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Positive media portrayals of obese individuals reduce weight stigma

(Medical Xpress) -- Presenting obese individuals in a positive, non-stereotypical manner in the media could help reduce weight-biased attitudes held by the public, finds a study from the Rudd Center for Food ...

Health created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Perfectionism and eating disorders: A complex issue

Two aspects of perfectionism are involved in body dissatisfaction and the development of eating disorders, according to a study of over a thousand women published this week in BioMed Central's open access journal, Journal of ...

Health created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

How sexual power can be disempowering

Gender roles and norms play a key role in sexual behavior between men and women. It is often assumed that men should dominate women sexually. This assumption may lead to loss of both power and the ability to control sexual ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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