“Is murder defensible?” What your answer may be, can be dependent on what your eyes are focusing on at the same time that you are making such moral decisions.
Date Posted: March 28, 2015
Categories: Other
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Within a group of children, there is always some children who tend to be shying or distressing away in a corner of the room, while there is the actives ones that run about the classroom. Scientists believe that the main cause is their sensitive and ...
Mar 28
Categories: Stress Management
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Most of us differ in our perception of time, with or without depression. Sometimes waiting seems like forever, or while we were having fun, the time passes really quick.
The new study finds that depressed people often feel that time is passing ...
Mar 27
Categories: Depression
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Imagine gaining health benefits while working? Neuroscientists in Canada said that the advantage of having a treadmill desk is indisputable.
Mar 27
Categories: Career Development and Change
GOAsch’s studies is commonly known as a conformity experiment, however Asch’s studies arguably showed the power of one’s independence when faced with misguided majority. It has been found that most coverage of Asch’s work has grown ...
Mar 27
Categories: Other, Social Isolation
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The latest theory about the French Alps airline crash is that it was deliberate. Every time one of these incidents occurs - and they are extremely rare - a question arises in media coverage: are airlines taking enough precautions to check the mental ...
Mar 27
Categories: Workplace Issues
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A team of researchers at Saarland University headed by Professor Axel Mecklinger have shown that a short nap lasting about an hour can significantly improve memory performance.
Mar 26
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Before you get married, everyone tells you that marriage takes work. I never really believed it until my husband and I landed in therapy after four years, two kids and one seismically stressful cross-country move. Turns out you really can't just ...
Mar 26
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Many adults, regardless of their weight, resolve to avoid fatty foods and unhealthy desserts. But despite one's best intentions, when the moment for decision comes, that chocolate lava cake is often too enticing and self-control vanishes.
This ...
Mar 25
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Some people thrive on "alone time," and seem perfectly happy flying solo at the movies, restaurants and on vacation when the rest of the world couldn't imagine doing these things without a partner, spouse or friends.
But new research finds that ...
Mar 25
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Social Anxiety / Phobia, Social ...
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Social psychologists often seem like killjoys when it comes to studying how people eat. A primary concern is overeating, so their main objective is frequently to try to identify the psychological levers that can be pulled to help people to eat less. ...
Mar 24
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To lose weight is to become happier. At least, this is the narrative voiced by countless health gurus, ubiquitous advertisements, and, sometimes, overly blunt friends and relatives.
Mar 24
Categories: Happiness
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The functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains have been isolated for the first time, following the development of a new methodology for analysing MRI scans.
Mar 24
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Could this study provide the real reason that we tend to shake hands when greeting another person?
Mar 23
Categories: Other
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HORMONE replacement therapy increases the risk of ovarian cancer, analysis of 52 separate studies has found. The research team from University of Oxford claims there was no risk for short courses of HRT "simply isn't true".
Mar 23
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Other
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Does telling someone that the test is really hard affect their response to situation?
A deliberate suggestion can influence how well people remember things, how they respond to medical treatments, and even how well they will perform and behave, ...
Mar 21
Categories: Career Development and Change
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