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Craving a Cigarette? Pitt Study Suggests Craving Hinders Comprehension Without Your Realizing It

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Pittsburgh study reveals that craving a cigarette while performing a cognitive task not only increases the chances of a person's mind wandering, but also makes that person less likely ...

Antidepressant Can Change Patient's Personality

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13 hours ago | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The nation is still debating the effects of antidepressant medications on brain chemistry almost 20 years after publication of the best-seller "Listening to Prozac." Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ...

Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows

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15 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.

Are angry women more like men?

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Dec 04, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (12) | 4

"Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to an article in the Journal of Vision, may lie in our interpretation of facial expressions.

Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

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Dec 04, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology professors look at movement to study communication and cognition.

Most runaway teens return home with help of family ties, study finds

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Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Runaways who maintain contact with pro-social peers and have parental support, especially from their mothers, tend to return home.

Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health

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Dec 03, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 12

Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change ...

Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...

Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Have you ever felt overly upset by a social snubbing? Your genetics, not your friends, may be at fault.

It's all in your head. No, really: How mental imagery training aids perceptual learning

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Practice makes perfect. But imaginary practice? Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and team show that perceptual learning—learning ...

Parents gone wild? Study suggests link between working memory and reactive parenting

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 1

We've all been in situations before where we get so frustrated or angry about something, we will lash out at someone without thinking. This lashing out — reactive negativity — happens when we can't control our emotions. Luckily, ...

Personality predicts success in medical school, says new study

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Personality characteristics play a major role in determining who succeeds in medical school, according to new research published in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology. The study, co-authored by Univer ...

Apathy common in dementia patients with brain changes

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Dementia patients with a certain type of changes in their brain's white matter are more likely to be apathetic than those who do not have these changes, reveals a patient study carried out by the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska ...

MSU researcher studies effects of experimental depression medication

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan State University researcher is leading a clinical trial on an experimental medication he hopes will give doctors another weapon in the fight against depression and prove to be more effective among ...

Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

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Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas ...

Loneliness can be contagious

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Dec 01, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 4

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.

Psychologists suggest parents should wait to teach toddlers self-control

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Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 4

Toddlers are distractible. Their minds flit constantly here and there, and they have a terrible time concentrating on even the most stimulating project. They might be fascinated by a colorful new toy, but only until the next ...

Binge drinking youths find getting old a drag

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Dec 01, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Young men who believe that happiness declines with age are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors such as binge drinking. Their misguided negative view of the aging process may act as a disincentive to behave 'sensibly' ...