334 Articles with the topic: Psychology & Behavior Sciences
Harvard celebrates the goofy side of science
Darkfrog submitted, created time 21 hours 11 minutes (www.nature.com)
The Ig Nobel prizes were given out last Thursday. Winners included the team that showed that a stripper's ovulatory cycle affected her tips (economics) and some folks who taught slime molds to solve mazes (cognitive). The archaeology prize went to a team who documented armadillos messing up their dig site. As to whether they found a way to keep the little dudes out ...not mentioned.
The evening culminated with "Win a date with Benoît Mandelbrot." 
Cosmetics companies mince words
Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 days 21 hours (www.nytimes.com)
The next time you pick up a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer, take a look at the label. Does it claim to contain stem cells or growth hormone? For people who hang out on this website, the thought is probably, "Wait. Laboratories have a hard enough time growing their own stem cells. Who the #@%& is $#%!headed enough to put them in a 'rejuvenating night cream'?!"
It's hype. Of course it's hype
Equilibrium theory doesn't make muster
Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 days 22 hours (www.nytimes.com)
This article discusses the flaws in the mathematical models that economists have been using to predict changes in the economy. The contributor believes that core idea, called "equilibrium theory," is what has been failing to predict changes in investors' behavior.
The difference between a liberal and conservative
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 week 4 days (esciencenews.com)
What do most scientific studies into the differences between liberals and conservatives have in common? They're usually performed by social scientists, who are usually liberals.
This may be why the prevailing idea among such scholars that conservatives are more fearful than liberals. However, a new study shows that it is different kinds of fear, not the magnitude of it, that is correlated with liberal and conservative views. To summarize, conservatives fear chaos and liberals fear emptiness
Baby's Little Smiles: Building a Relationship with Mom
jerry submitted, created time 1 week 5 days (www.sciam.com)
How smiles—and pouts—are helping researchers probe the essence of the complex mother-infant bond.
Feeling Cold? Maybe You're Lonely
marry submitted, created time 2 weeks 4 days (www.webmd.com)
Some psychologists find that social isolation makes people feel physically cold, and making people feel left out makes them more likely to choose hot soup or coffee over warm or room-temperature foods and beverages...
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 weeks 8 hours (www.sciencebase.com)
Studies have shown that social networking is a risk factor for catching a sexually transmitted disease (but only real-world social networking; LinkedIn is okay). However, this seems to be more of a result of an understanding of what a social network is than any Internet-induced change in the way people choose sexual partners. Sexually transmitted diseases are by definition (usually) transmitted along intimate social networks.
Deaf people feel their way to speech
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 weeks 23 hours (www.newscientist.com)
Anyone who's done a bad Elvis impression knows that contorting your mouth makes talking feel wrong – never mind how ridiculous you sound. People who have lost their hearing use the same sense to retain their speech, new research suggests.
The article compares deaf people's ability to tell how things will sound by the way the word feels in their mouths to a tennis player's ability to tell whether a shot will land in or out of the scoring zone by the way the shot feels on their arms and rackets.
C-sections might affect a new mother's ability to bond
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 weeks 4 days (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
This is interesting. It's a New York Times writeup of a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showing that women who deliver their children vaginally as opposed to by C-section are more responsive to the sound of infants crying a short time after the birth takes place.
There are some flaws in this study. First off, it only involved a small number of women, which increases the likelihood of statistical errors. Second, it does not show how whether this is a case of delayed attachment or stunted attachment. C-section moms might well catch up as time passes
A Virtuous Cycle: Safety In Numbers for Bicycle Riders
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 weeks 1 day (www.sciencedaily.com)
It seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents. This is largely because motorists modify their actions and drive more safely when they see larger numbers of cyclists.
Postdocs go union in California!
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 3 days (sciencecareers.sciencemag.org)
On their second attempt, University of California postdocs have managed to gather the few thousand signatures that they need to become a labor union eligible for collective bargaining. This brings about 10% of U.S. postdocs into the UAW-affiliated union.
Graduate students have attempted to unionize at a few universities throughout the U.S., with mixed results. At NYU, for example, the students successfully affiliated themselves with United Auto Workers, gaining one contract. Once that contract ran out, however, the University refused to re-recognize the union
"We" Climate Campaign: Glossy, but Will It Work?
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 5 days (www.time.com)
Rather than focusing on scary symptoms, the We Campaign focuses on the cure for global warming — and motivates people to support sweeping change. Question is, will it be enough to effect any real change at all?
Secret of Newborn's First Words Revealed
kavin submitted, created time 1 month 5 days (www.sciencedaily.com)
A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words – the human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns. Using the latest optical brain imaging techniques, University of British Columbia post-doctoral fellow Judit Gervain and a team of researchers from Italy and Chile documented brain activities of twenty-two newborns (two to three days old) when exposed to recordings of made-up words
Abused kids may be more prone to asthma
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.newscientist.com)
Physical or sexual abuse doubles the odds that a child – from Puerto Rico, at least – will suffer from asthma...
Psychologists rally to fight climate change
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.newscientist.com)
FEELING blue about climate change? Don't despair. Psychologists say they can switch our mindset from fatalism to "can-do" optimism, making a unique and vital contribution to the fight against global warming.
On 15 August at the American Psychological Association meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, delegates vowed to expose and help overcome the psychological barriers individuals face. "It's so easy to feel overwhelmed and think: 'What can little me do?'" says David Uzzell of the University of Surrey, U.K.
Most people now accept that global warming is real and caused by human activity
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