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Research Lab Combines Psychology with Technology

Medicine & Health / Research

Feb 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A unique laboratory has been established at The University of Alabama in Huntsville that combines psychology with technology to focus on the interaction between humans and complex systems.

No such thing as a break in a curveball?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Oct 27, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 3

The answer to the question of whose curveball breaks harder -- that of the Yankees' A.J. Burnett or the Phillies' Cole Hamels -- may be neither.

Study reveals complexities of female arousal

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Sep 21, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenging the idea that women's sexual motivations are tied exclusively to romantic emotions or reproduction, a new study by psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin found women's sexual decisions ...

Psychologists show that future-minded people make better decisions for their health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 23, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.

Virtual reality games could help bullying victims

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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. ...

Study shows cell phone users miss the obvious, like a unicycling clown

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 04, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

How blind to their surroundings can people be when they're talking on their cell phones?

Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Nov 10, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 0

Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice ...

Employees who are engaged in their work have happier home life

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Aug 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Kansas State University study shows that invigorated and dedicated employees carry over their positive work experiences for a happier home life.

Cognitive therapy key to tackling depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of Western Ontario shows why people suffering from depression may have a far greater hope of finding lasting relief by receiving cognitive therapy, rather than simply taking ...

Infants able to identify humans as source of speech, monkeys as source of monkey calls

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Infants as young as five months old are able to correctly identify humans as the source of speech and monkeys as the source of monkey calls, psychology researchers have found. Their finding, which appears in the latest issue ...

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