Young children's instinct for group membership can be exploited to boost their learning performance. That's according to a new study that recalls classic social psychology research conducted in the 1970s. Back then Henri Tajfel showed a darker side to this group mentality. In his "minimal group" studies, schoolboys were divided into two groups ...
Date Posted: April 19, 2013
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Intellectual functioning has a significant relationship to the child’s confidence in his or her abilities. Both intellect and self confidence interact with, and to a great extent, originate from personal experience. It is through experience with ...
Apr 18
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Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often than their typically developing peers and are more likely to develop problematic video game habits, a University of ...
Apr 18
Categories: Addictions, Autism spectrum disorders
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When it comes to pinpointing the source of our woes, we tend not to think too much about the little hassles of everyday life; after all they're just little hassles, nothing compared to the big stuff.
You're late for a meeting, you run out of ...
Apr 18
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University of British Columbia researchers have found a new potential use for the over-the-counter pain drug Tylenol. Typically known to relieve physical pain, the study suggests the drug may also reduce the psychological effects of fear and anxiety ...
Apr 17
Categories: Anxiety
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Will the masses at NFL events do “the wave” only in the watchful sights of a sharpshooter’s high-powered rifle? Is tailgating before the game all but nostalgic history? Will major marathons be relegated to a dull repetition of 105 or so loops ...
Apr 17
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Making decisions involves a gradual accumulation of facts that support one choice or another. A person choosing a college might weigh factors such as course selection, institutional reputation and the quality of future job prospects.
But if the ...
Apr 17
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A brain-training task that increases the number of items an individual can remember over a short period of time may boost performance in other problem-solving tasks by enhancing communication between different brain areas. The new study being ...
Apr 16
GO“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words and I am ...
Apr 16
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Post-traumatic stress disorder affects nearly 8 million adults in any given year, federal statistics show. Fortunately, clinical research has identified certain psychological interventions that effectively ameliorate the symptoms of PTSD. But most ...
Apr 16
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Watch this funny standup routine by someone who suffers from mental health issues and is able to turn it into something ...
Apr 15
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Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during either sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is remembered later.
Why do some memories last ...
Apr 15
GOA study tracking Google searches about mental health issues showed substantial decreases in summer versus winter, implying a lessening of symptoms during the longer, warmer days. Larry Greenemeier reports. Summer means longer days, warmer weather ...
Apr 15
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The results of a recent research paper presented shed light on the causes of a condition called "hedonic hyperphagia", a condition that affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. In simpler terms, the condition refers to eating to ...
Apr 13
Categories: Addictions
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We all know what successful people look like. They are are the ones who do whatever it takes, the ones with the sharp elbows, the ones who know how to take what is theirs. But there is a different, better path to success, argues Adam Grant, in ...
Apr 13
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The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research from the University of Southern California (USC).
The study, which appears in the April ...
Apr 13
Categories: Addictions
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