Prejudiced attitudes are based on generalised suppositions about certain social groups and could well be a personality trait. Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) have confirmed the link between two ...
Nov 8, 2011
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Ph.D. student Bart Geerling from the University of Twente developed an app that helps people with bipolar disorder improve the way they cope with stressful events. The app offers people exercises from positive psychology ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Italian scientists want the government to conduct psychological tests on a sample of the population to determine how long people can stay confined to their homes, a report said Monday.
Apr 20, 2020
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Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability determinations, says ...
Apr 10, 2015
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Doctors and nurses in the UK that are injured in the course of treating injured patients cannot currently test that patient for HIV without their consent. In emergency situations where the patient is unconscious, such consent ...
Jun 2, 2013
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The importance of play—crucial for children's healthy psychological development and ability to thrive in life—is woefully underestimated by parents and educators, according to Peter Gray, a Boston College developmental ...
Mar 4, 2013
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A psychological test, available for the first time, is intended to make the counselling and treatment of patients with olfactory dysfunction significantly easier. The new method has been developed by the University Department ...
Dec 20, 2012
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Smartphones may be the new hot tool in cognitive psychology research, according to a paper in the online journal PLoS ONE.
Sep 28, 2011
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As the United States nears another election day, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have determined scientifically, for the first time, that voting is a stressful event, inducing measurable hormonal changes.
Sep 14, 2011
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Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
Jun 1, 2011
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