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.
Subtle exposure to small pharmaceutical promotional items influences implicit attitudes toward marketed products among medical students. – Exposure to small promotional items from pharmaceutical companies, such as clipboards and notepads, appears to influence medical students’ unconscious attitudes toward the marketed product, according to a report in the May 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Many people, especially men, find it very hard to be open about mental fragility. They see it as a sign of weakness, and do not like to ask for help. – Men are struggling more to cope with the emotional impact of recession as compared to women, a new survey in Britain has revealed.
There is an increased risk of developing a new health problem, such as hypertension, heart disease, heart attack, stroke or diabetes as a result of the job loss. – In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick.
University of Miami study shows that physical attractiveness, personality, and grooming are good predictors of grades in high school and may indicate future success in college and labor markets – Do personal traits predict success in school? If so, which dimension of one’s outward appearance can tell the most about academic achievement? The answers to these questions are found in a new study by researchers from the University of Miami Health Economics Research Group.
Pathological gamers were twice as likely to have been diagnosed with attention problems such as Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. – Pathological patterns of video game addiction exist in a US sample of youth, aged 8 to 18, revealed by by an Iowa State University psychology professor.
Teenagers and children from active homes more likely to be active teens. – The key to raising active teenagers is giving them plenty of opportunities to play at home and be part of an active family when younger, new University of Otago research suggests.
Children of older fathers perform less well in intelligence tests during infancy – Children of older fathers perform less well in a range of cognitive tests during infancy and early childhood, according to a study published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine.
The genes in your congeniality: Researchers identify genetic influence in social networks – Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego have found that our place in a social network is influenced in part by our genes.
US Radiologists are in better position to diagnose and treat self embedding disorder in teens, as some teens are wounding themselves and embedding objects such as paper clips and glass to cope with disturbed thoughts and feelings. – Minimally invasive, image-guided treatment is a safe and precise method for removal of self-inflicted foreign objects from the body, according to the first report on “self-embedding disorder,” or self-injury and self-inflicted foreign body insertion in adolescents.
Impact of buggies on parent-infant interaction investigated in new research. – A groundbreaking study being presented on 22nd November at the British Psychological Society Scotland’s Annual Conference suggests the orientation of a baby’s buggy impacts on mother-baby interaction, infant stress levels and ultimately child development.
Possible cause of antisocial behavior identified. Reduced stress hormone cortisol cause antisocial behavior – A link between reduced levels of the ‘stress hormone’ cortisol and antisocial behaviour in male adolescents has been discovered by a research team at the University of Cambridge.
Study finds men who hold traditional views of women earn more than men who don’t, and women with egalitarian views don’t earn much more than those with traditional outlooks. – Men who believe in traditional roles for women earn more money than men who don’t, and women with more egalitarian views don’t make much more than women with a more traditional outlook, revealed by researchers.
