News articles tagged with 'psychological' (Page 2)
For alcoholics, new help in abstaining - without thinking about it
— 2 Mar 2011 11:49 | HealthAlcoholism is a tough addiction to kick. Eventually, most people return to drinking. But some Dutch and German psychological scientists have tested a short-term regime that promises…
Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first
— 24 Feb 2011 19:32 | BiologyMany studies have suggested that males tend to be more physically and verbally aggressive than females. According to a new study, to be published in Psychological Science, a journal…
Women are better at forgiving
— 18 Feb 2011 18:47 | HealthA study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has carried out the first Spanish study into the emotional differences between the sexes and generations in terms of forgiveness.…
Dial 5683 for love: Dialling certain numbers on a cell phone changes your emotional state
— 17 Feb 2011 16:51 | HealthA psychological scientist in Germany has found a way that cell phones, and specifically texting, have hacked into our brains. Just by typing the numbers that correspond to the letters…
Got a goal?: A helpful partner isn't always helpful
— 16 Feb 2011 04:35 | HealthYou might think that a loving partner helps keep you on track - say, when you want to stick to your jogging or concentrate on your studies. But a new study in Psychological Science,…
Child soldier trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
— 11 Feb 2011 17:12 | HealthPsychology students at Queen's University have discovered similarities between child soldier trauma in Uganda and those children caught up in Northern Ireland's Troubles…
Current violent juvenile treatment methods costly, ineffective, MU researcher finds
— 28 Jan 2011 16:42 | HealthIn a time of shrinking budgets, one University of Missouri professor believes that the current approach to juvenile crime is much too expensive to continue - and he has the numbers…
Weighing the costs of disaster
— 28 Jan 2011 15:57 | HealthDisasters - both natural and manmade - can strike anywhere and they often hit without warning, so they can be difficult to prepare for. But what happens afterward? How do people cope…
New Pediatrics study identifies the risks, consequences of video game addiction
— 20 Jan 2011 16:25 | HealthParents may have good reason to be concerned about how much time their kids have been spending playing their new video games since the holidays. A new study by an international research…
People neglect who they really are when predicting their own future happiness
— 12 Jan 2011 18:19 | HealthHumans are notoriously bad at predicting their future happiness. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that…