Psychology & Psychiatry
Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown
"Can't I just go see one friend?"
Apr 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dealing with COVID-19 and emerging stronger from it
The psychology professor and director of the SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute is well placed to explain why and how this matters—he has contributed significantly to public discourse on COVID-19 throughout this year and ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Playing action videogames improves visual search
Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time, improves the ability to search for a target hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Pediatrics
Parents learn skills to encourage healthier diet in children, without leaving the dinner table
Thirty-one percent of children in the United States are overweight or obese according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Parents can play an important role in helping their children adopt healthier eating ...
Apr 26, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researcher looks at why innocent people confess
Why would an innocent person accused of a crime tell investigators he's guilty? Saul Kassin, a psychology professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has spent decades researching that question, and says the answer ...
May 6, 2016
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What parents should do to help students prepare for the first year of college
As the school year begins to wind down, high school seniors – and those who care about them – typically have their eyes on two prizes: getting into college and graduating from high school.
Apr 4, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to make your New Year's resolutions stick
If you find it difficult to keep New Year's resolutions, try rephrasing them.
Dec 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A sense of control, even if illusory, eliminates emotion-driven distortions of time
We humans have a fairly erratic sense of time. We tend to misjudge the duration of events, particularly when they are emotional in nature. Disturbingly negative experiences, for example, seem to last much longer than they ...
Oct 24, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Tips for managing social isolation during coronavirus, from women on the autism spectrum
Everybody is learning to handle social isolation and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. People with autism spectrum disorder, like me, have often had to deal with social isolation our whole lives. It gives ...
May 7, 2020
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Psychologists: Scrooge's transformation parallels real life-changing experiences
Psychologists studied 14 people who had sudden life-changing experiences. They say Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation fits right in. George Bailey from "It's a Wonderful Life" is another realistic movie character who embodies ...
Dec 18, 2012
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