College students becoming less empathetic
Empathy: College students don’t have as much as they used to – Today’s college students are not as empathetic as college students of the 1980s and ’90s, a University of Michigan study shows.
Psychology
The word ?psychology?, from the Greek psyche, meaning mind or soul, describes an academic and clinical subject concerned with reason and emotion, conscious and unconscious mental processes. It has become an umbrella term for such a wide variety of ?disciplines?, paradigms, and cults that it is not clearly definable.
Women can be blinded by jealousy, unpleasant emotions
Women can be blinded by jealousy, emotional upsets – Women who were made to feel jealous were so distracted by unpleasant emotional images they became unable to spot targets they were trying to find, revealed by two University of Delaware psychology professors.
Lonely people spread the feeling to others
Loneliness can be contagious — People who feel lonely spread that feeling to others. – Loneliness can spread among groups of people. Lonely people tend to share their loneliness with others. Gradually over time, a group of lonely, disconnected people moves to the fringes of social networks.
Men and women may respond differently to danger
New study finds men and women may respond differently to danger – Men and women respond differently to positive and negative stimuli, revealed by researchers in a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Spanked children may have lower IQs
Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds – Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus.
15% preschoolers have high levels of depression and anxiety
Depression and anxiety affect up to 15 percent of preschoolers — International investigation published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. – Almost 15 percent of preschoolers have atypically high levels of depression and anxiety, revealed by researchers in a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Dogs’ intelligence equal to 2 to 3 year old human
Renowned canine researcher puts dogs’ intelligence on par with 2-year-old human – Border collies are brightest dogs. – Dogs can count the checkbook, and they can also understand more than 150 words and intentionally deceive other dogs and people to get treats, revealed by researchers.
Divorce undermines health, illness lingers after remarriage
Divorce undermines health in ways remarriage doesn’t heal — Impact of chronic illness lingers after remarriage. – Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University shows.
Swearing can increase pain tolerance
Swearing Can Make You Feel Better — New Research Reveals That Swearing Can Actually Increase Pain Tolerance. – Researchers from Keele University’s School of Psychology have determined that swearing can have a ‘pain-lessening effect,’ according to new study published in NeuroReport, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
US seniors smarter than English seniors
Study shows US seniors ‘smarter’ than English seniors – The first international comparison of cognitive function shows US seniors perform better than English counterparts. – US seniors performed significantly better that their English counterparts, revealed by researchers. The finding is surprising because older people in the US are known to suffer more from cardiovascular risk factors and diseases generally associated with more cognitive decline and poorer mental function.
Group behavioral therapy helps prevent depression among teens
Cognitive behavioral intervention helps prevent depression among at-risk teens – Adolescents at an increased risk of depression who participated in a group cognitive behavioral intervention significantly reduced their symptoms and episodes of depression compared to teens who received usual care, although this effect was not seen for adolescents with a parent with current depression, according to a study in the June 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on child and adolescent health.
Children of anxious parents need help too
Hopkins study: When adult patients have anxiety disorder, their children need help too – A family-based program reduced symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among children of anxious parents, revealed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in a new study.