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My dissertation advisor was fond of repeating a quote attributed to Albert Einstein–”If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” One might assume that physics is harder to explain than psychology, but that is not always the case. In spite of over 30 years in the classroom, I occasionally find [...]
Definition: The Ponzo illusion is an optical illusion that was first described in 1913 by an Italian psychologist named Mario Ponzo. He suggested that people judge the size of an object based on the background. In the Ponzo illusion, two identically-sized lines appear to be different sizes when p...
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When I finally reached my goal weight of 135 lbs. (thank you Jenny Craig!), actually settling out to 131, in August of 2007, I was thrilled to join the National Weight Control Registry run by Rena Wing of Brown University and James Hill of the University of Colorado. I was so impressed by all the [...]
Definition:In psychology, the term self-esteem is used to describe a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. Self-esteem is often seen as a personality trait, which means that it tends to be stable and enduring. Self-esteem can involve a variety of beliefs about the self, such as ...
Scientists from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland (the NORDynamIC project group) have found that depressive symptoms in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are usually overlooked in routine clinical interviews, and that therapy-induced depression compromises the outcome of HCV treatment. A second U.S. study observed that patients with chronic infection had lower (work) productivity and incurred higher medical benefit costs than those without HCV. Both studies are available in the recent issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)........ The way a family interacts can have more of an impact on a child's predicted school success than reading, writing or arithmetic, as per a University of Notre Dame study published recently in the Journal of Child Development. University of Notre Dame Professor of Psychology Mark Cummings and his colleagues at the University of Rochester studied the relationship patterns of some 300 families (with six year-olds) over the course of three years, and found distinct family-school connections. Specific family "types" emerged as predictors of school success:....... 
In the news this week, the Department of Health have released a new White paper, in the US the Alzheimer’s Association has published a new website which educates the public about research in this area and recent research has clarified the role of the disrupted in schizophrenia 1 gene (DISC1) further. News Clinical Service Related [...] Contrary to Leo Tolstoy's famous observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ways. And these dual patterns of unhealthy family relationships lead to a host of specific difficulties for children during their early school years........ Don't scoff at those lucky rabbit feet. New research shows that having some kind of lucky token can actually improve your performance - by increasing your self-confidence. "I watch a lot of sports, and I read about sports, and I noticed that very often athletes - also famous athletes - hold superstitions," says Lysann Damisch of the University of Cologne. Michael Jordan wore his college team shorts underneath his NBA uniform for good luck; Tiger Woods wears a red shirt on tournament Sundays, commonly the last and most important day of a tournament. "And I was wondering, why are they doing so?" Damisch thought that a belief in superstition might help people do better by improving their confidence. With her colleagues Barbara Stoberock and Thomas Mussweiler, also of the University of Cologne, she designed a set of experiments to see if activating people's superstitious beliefs would improve their performance on a task........ 
The paper reviewed here is ‘Distinguishing Four Components Underlying Physical Activity: A New Approach to Using Physical Activity Questionnaire Data in Old Age’ by Verweij and colleagues published in BMC Geriatrics and freely available here. Exercise is an activity that has important health benefits across the spectrum although the relationship is undoubtedly complex. The possibility [...]
Posted by Website Introductions: In almost all profession, second to skills and expertise, proper ethical behavior, is also one of the things that should be observed well. Read more: Ethical Issues of Psychologists [click] Tags: torturing detainees, american psychological association. Comments: 0.
The paper reviewed here is ‘Internet Use and Self-Rated Health Among Older People: A National Survey’ by Enrique Gracia and Juan Herrero and freely available here. The internet has had a profound effect on culture and in this study the researchers look at the possible health effects of the internet on the older adult population. [...]
In a recent edition of the New Scientist (16 June 2010) the editorial discussed cracks in the peer review system. Staff at the New Scientist analysed a range of scientific journals and found a strong tendency for American researchers to be published faster and in higher profile journals than their rivals elsewhere. Th New Scientist [...] An African study has observed a link between a difficult childhood and alcohol consumption as a teenager. Scientists writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health studied the association between adverse childhood experiences and drunkenness among 9,189 adolescents aged 12-19 years living in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda........ Food presented in a virtual reality (VR) environment causes the same emotional responses as real food. Scientists writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Annals of General Psychiatry compared the responses of people with anorexia and bulimia, and a control group, to the virtual and real-life snacks, suggesting that virtual food can be used for the assessment and therapy of eating disorders........ 
Posted by Website Introductions: It's just a game, so what's the big deal this though may have came across your mind if your not an avid fan or die hard of a team. This has crossed my mind many times, especially when I hear news of rioting fans after a soccer games in some places. Fun, entertainment, and excitement are things we feel when rooting for our favored team, butTags: sports, fan. Comments: 0. Parents appears to be surprised, even disappointed, to find out they don't influence whether their teen tries alcohol. But now for some good news: Parenting style strongly and directly affects teens when it comes to heavy drinking - defined as having five or more drinks in a row - as per a new Brigham Young University study........ :In the news round-up this week, there has been a lot of media coverage around the installation of robots in a hospital in Scotland which will take on a number of roles (2). There are also studies looking at the associations of excess alpha synuclein (1), the limitations of classification software for discriminating mild cognitive [...]
Meat was an important source of nutrition for ancestral humans (as it is today, MacDonalds aside). It has been suggested that the importance of meat meant that men often traded it for other favours such as forging allegiances or for sex (Stanford, 1999 – see pages 101, 130 and 131 of our A2 Complete Companion). [...] The first "test tube baby" was born in 1978. With advances in reproductive science, an estimated one percent of all American babies are now born each year through in vitro fertilization (IVF). But IVF and other assisted fertility therapys appears to be solving one problem by creating another, suggests new evidence from Tel Aviv University........ As the World Cup action is underway this week, I’ve added a medical(ish) section at the end on football which links to a number of papers in this area. There is a particularly interesting paper on watching stressful matches which emphasises some of the potential risks and the authors comment on the implications. There are [...] A newly released study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been associated with an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease. "We observed that in a sample of young adults during a 15-year period, those who started out reporting high levels of depression gained weight at a faster rate than others in the study, but starting out overweight did not lead to changes in depression," said UAB Assistant Professor of Sociology Belinda Needham, Ph.D. The study appears in the recent issue of the American Journal of Public Health........ 
The article reviewed here is Emotion Theory and Research: Highlights, Unanswered Questions and Emerging Issues’ by Carroll Izard and freely available here. This is a 25 page review article on emotions. In the abstract, Izard writes that ‘Emotion feeling is a phase of neurobiological activity‘ The paper is divided into theoretical principles of emotions, the [...] Quebec You don't always need to build up a big sweat to reap the healing benefits of physical activity. Research has observed that even a low-intense exercise program can reduce depression symptoms and boost physical treatment results in recovering stroke patients. "The power of physical activity to raise the spirits of recovering stroke patients is stronger than anyone suspected," Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. Jocelyn Harris told Canadian Stroke Congress, co-hosted by the Canadian Stroke Network, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Canadian Stroke Consortium........ Research news this week includes the benefits of ‘friendly humour’ on mortality, research studies using the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative paradigm to compare data and the outcome of an international consensus group on antipsychotic dosing schedules. Analysis of 8 million year old fossils suggests that the ancestor of Homo Erectus would have had a diet [...]The paper reviewed here is ‘Theory of Mind Deficits in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury’ by Martin-Rodriguez and colleagues. As the title suggests, the researchers are looking at how adult acquired brain injury influences ‘Theory of Mind’ (ToM). ToM is an important component in various models of social cognition. For those not familiar with ToM, [...]
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The blog reviewed here is ‘Exploring Psychology’. In the About section, the author David Webb tells us that he has a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology and that he resides in Spain where he is a ‘distance learning tutor and research dissertation supervisor’. The aim of the blog is described thus ‘The exploring psychology blog [...]
Here is a list of articles that i’ve included under the heading of social psychiatry. Broadly speaking they include reviews of policy documents, cultural psychiatry and epidemiology (strictly speaking it could be included under biological psychiatry but i’ve included them here because the data is considered at the population level). Where the titles are self-explanatory [...]
Toys are an important part of every child’s early development. However, choosing the right toy is essential. Recently, I have been researching children’s educational toys and books and this Scientific American article about toys grabbed my attention: Thinking Outside of the Toy Box: 4 Children’s Gizmos That Inspired Scientific Breakthroughs The article contains several intriguing [...]