People with autism have a greater than normal capacity for processing information even from rapid presentations and are better able to detect information defined as 'critical', according to a study published March 22 in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. The research may help to explain the apparently higher than average prevalence of people with ...
Date Posted: March 23, 2012
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Women who reduce lamb and beef in their diets are more likely to suffer depression, according to the new study. Experts admitted surprise at the findings because so many other studies have linked red meat to physical health risks.
The team made ...
Mar 23
GOWith the traditional nuclear family well on its way to extinction, we are faced with a question of critical importance: who will mind the children? Neither two-career nor single-parent families offer children full-time, loving caretakers, and ...
Mar 23
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Would you post a letter dropped in the street, obey an order to electrocute another person, start a conversation with a familiar stranger or help a lost child?
Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist who is most famous for his ...
Mar 22
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Many of us have seen, heard, or read about the computer geek who is so consumed about interacting with his computer that he forgets how to interact with other people in a real-world situation. Well, there’s actually research to confirm this! But ...
Mar 22
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Children as young as four already show some awareness that gender roles are flexible and that individual preferences are an acceptable reason for not conforming to gender norms. That's according to a study with 72 four- to eight-year-olds in the ...
Mar 22
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"At first killing was obligatory; afterward we got used to it. We became naturally cruel. We no longer needed encouragement or fines to kill, or even orders or advice." Jean-Baptise Murangira, a killer from Rwanda.
There's plenty of anecdotal ...
Mar 21
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How to survive a wedding or gathering without losing your mind. This post is a wedding gift. A far-away Highly Sensitive (HSP) Introvert friend of mine is getting married soon. They're having a destination wedding and friends and family have already ...
Mar 21
GOExposure to radiation from cell phones during pregnancy affects the brain development of offspring, potentially leading to hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers have determined. The results, based on studies in mice, are published in ...
Mar 21
GOTo help promote peace in the Middle East, many organizations have established "peace camps" or similar conflict-resolution programs that bring Israelis and Palestinians together to foster greater understanding of the opposing group. One common ...
Mar 20
GOCarpenter's study, "Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and Anti-social Behavior," is published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. Narcissism is defined in this study as "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for ...
Mar 20
GOHow many times have you had the same conversation with someone over and over again, and then became frustrated again and again because they did not follow your advice? I hear about this happening all of the time actually. I hear about it from ...
Mar 20
GOHere are some basic steps involved in changing long-standing habits: First, make peace with your personality structure. Take a positive, friendly attitude toward your history. "I've always loved risk. I was born that way. Sometimes taking risks ...
Mar 19
GOMany people struggle with shame. Childhood experiences of shaming and of humiliation become internalised. Instead of seeing ourselves as innocent, unlucky, recipients of bad behaviour, we often take on false messages into our brain – we deserved ...
Mar 19
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A computer-based training method that teaches a person with anxiety to shift attention away from threatening images reduced symptoms of anxiety in a small clinical trial in children with the condition. The results of this first randomized clinical ...
Mar 19
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The lawyer for a 38-year-old U.S. serviceman accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians has disputed a number of theories floated to explain the actions of the staff sergeant, who was being flown to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Friday to stand trial. ...
Mar 17
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