Psychology & Psychiatry
Moral responses change as people age
Moral responses change as people age says a new study from the University of Chicago.
Jun 3, 2011
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News tagged with morality
Psychology & Psychiatry
Young children willing to punish misbehavior, even at personal cost, new research shows
Children as young as three years old are willing to punish others' bad behavior, even at personal cost, finds a new study by psychology researchers at New York University. The work adds to growing evidence that human beings ...
May 20, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Different views of God may influence academic cheating
Belief in God doesn't deter a person from cheating on a test, unless that God is seen as a mean, punishing one, researchers say.
Apr 20, 2011
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity—the deadly disease that nobody dies of
New research presented at the European and International Conference on Obesity (ECO ICO 2020), held online this year (1-4 September), reveals that obesity and the illnesses it causes rarely appear as an official cause of ...
Sep 1, 2020
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Health
Study offers new clues about why some parents are against vaccinating their kids
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found a possible new explanation of some parents' reluctance to have their children vaccinated. In their paper published in the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
'Bad' video game behavior increases players' moral sensitivity
(Medical Xpress)—New evidence suggests heinous behavior played out in a virtual environment can lead to players' increased sensitivity toward the moral codes they violated.
Jun 27, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Moral reasoning found to display characteristic patterns in the brain
Every day we encounter circumstances we consider wrong: a starving child, a corrupt politician, an unfaithful partner, a fraudulent scientist. These examples highlight several moral issues, including matters of care, fairness ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to talk to your employer about trauma
The impact of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a hidden chronic mental health issue in the workplace. A 2016 survey of U.K. adults found that one in five people between the ages of 18 and 74 said they had ...
May 25, 2022
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Health
New study examines moral distress in emergency nurses
A first-of-its-kind study from Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), published online in the Journal of Emergency Nursing, finds that moral distress in the emergency department is an experience distinct to those working in ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests feelings of guilt may be a top factor in PTSD
A leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder is guilt that troops experience because of moral dilemmas faced in combat, according to preliminary findings of a study of active-duty Marines.
Dec 6, 2011
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