Archive for the ‘Psychology / Psychiatry’ Category
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Patients who prefer to be highly involved in their treatment don't necessarily have better luck managing chronic health conditions, a new study suggests.
A research team based at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Iowa City Health Care System and the University of Iowa surveyed 189 veterans with high blood pressure to determine ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
New Orleans continues to struggle to meet the needs of mentally ill residents more than two years after Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the city's largest mental health care facility at Charity Hospital, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. The closure of Charity Hospital, which had 300 beds for mentally ill patients, has ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
You may not be aware of it - they might not be aware of it, but the people in your work environment might be slowing you down.
New research by University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Dr. Tim Welsh says that regardless of their intentions, having an individual working on ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Now is an ideal time to build motivation to tackle those unfinished projects around the house. When it comes to odd-end jobs and other short- and long-term tasks at home, Todd Recknagel, president of the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Mr. Handyman International, says all it takes to get the job done ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Over time, consumers develop a set of cues that we then use to make inferences about products, such as "all French restaurants have great service" or "more expensive candles smell better." However, this set of predictable beliefs can make it difficult for us to learn and recognize other real, positive ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
When it comes to romantic attraction men primarily are motivated by good looks and women by earning power. At least that's what men and women have been saying for a long time. Based on research that dates back several decades, the widely accepted notion permeates popular culture today.
But those sex ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Over time, consumers develop a set of cues that we then use to make inferences about products, such as "all French restaurants have great service" or "more expensive candles smell better." However, this set of predictable beliefs can make it difficult for us to learn and recognize other real, positive ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
If you are sad you are more likely to spend more money to acquire the same commodities as a person whose emotional state is neutral, according to an article to be published in Psychological Science. Researchers from Carnegie Melon University, Stanford University, University of Pittsburg and Harvard University say people ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Research Highlights:
* Genes that play a role in illegal drug abuse are not entirely the same as those involved in dependence on legal substances like alcohol and nicotine
* Caffeine addiction appears to be genetically independent of the others
* Findings could guide efforts to localize genes that influence risk for psychoactive ...
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