Psychology News

I am - " Hercules!! What inspired Fox to take the blandly absurd mystery drama "Past Life" to series may be the biggest mystery ever.

The website ProCon.org has a new debate online laying out the different perspectives about the question: " Do violent video games contribute to youth violence ?" It includes citations for a wide variety of studies that come down on both sides of the question.

Many clinicians believe that depression goes hand in hand with cognitive difficulties such as memory problems or difficulties concentrating and paying attention, but a recent review of nearly 20 years of literature conducted by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center has found that depression does not always lead to such impairments.

Kelli Giddish and Nicholas Bishop in "Past Life." Ms. Giddish plays a pscyhologist.

You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own.

If you're hoping that cupid's arrow finds you on Valentine's Day, don't expect it to be a case of "love at first sight," according to a Kansas State University psychology professor.

Over at salon.com, a certain Scott Christian has penned a bit of pseudo-psychology entitled " Republicans Don't Just Happen, They're Born That Way ". Christian's piece begins by referencing one of the most ridiculous articles I've ever wasted my time perusing by Jonathan Haidt, a clearly leftist associate professor of psychology whose four ...

After testing more than 70 adolescents in the Grand Forks County juvenile court system, University of North Dakota researchers have concluded that courts nationwide should take steps to ensure that juveniles being tried as adults are mentally fit.

I do a part-time job making house calls in the eastern suburbs. The patients range from the staggeringly wealthy in the waterfront belt to those in housing commission estates and dilapidated nursing homes.

On the anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, psychologists are advising the community to anticipate their reactions and plan their weekend to help cope with this significant event.

IF finding true love were an exact science, we wouldn't need matchmakers, singles bars or, of course, online dating services.

JEDDAH: Nowadays divorce is seen the only solution to marital problems among couples who never understood the responsibilities of marriage in the first place.

After nearly two years of psychological evaluations, the mental competency of Suisun City murder defendant Miguel Pantoja will again be examined in Solano County Superior Court.

Just a few years ago, the assignment Jennifer B. MacGregor recently gave her first-year psychology class wouldn't have existed.

Millions of dollars in damage have been caused in the seven suspicious church fires, and that does not include countless memories now charred by the hands of an arsonist.

Canadian researchers say they have found evidence in the islands of Samoa to back up the theory that gay men have the evolutionary advantage of being "super uncles" It's a question which has troubled science since Darwin: if homosexuality is, at least in part, inherited, how are those genes being passed down to new generations? Canadian researchers ...

Biofeedback used to be thought of as alternative therapy -- something that might help but wasn't considered a fully legitimized medical treatment.

In a large study conducted in Washington, D.C., a short intervention reduced repeat episodes of domestic violence among a group of pregnant African-American women.

By Thomas E. Hansen Under pressure from out-of-state interests, our Legislature is about to consider passage of Senate Bill 1046, enabling psychologists to prescribe medication.

Male homosexuality doesn't make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view.