Mild Stress During Pregnancy may Worsen Offspring's Risk of Cerebral Palsy
... Victoria Luine, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology at New York's Hunter College, who did not participate in the research, said that the study also added to other findings that showed that constant stress could negatively impact quality of life. "These findings are consistent with growing evidence t...Binge Drinking on College Campuses is a Matter of Fear, Not Freedom
...raquo; Teach them to make connections. Carducci, a psychology professor and author of The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk: How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About Anything, said new students often have low levels of conversation intelligence. Universities should consider organizing friendship ...Dating, Drugs and Sex Make Teens Feel Older Than They are
...logical age. Kelly Arbeau, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Alberta and co-author of the study, said that the results had shown that specific behaviours do have an effect on adolescents and how they act. "We found that specific behaviours do have an effect on adolescents' self-perceived...Talking About Your Feelings Really Does Help
...elings; it just seems to have that effect. Popular psychology says when you're feeling down, just pick yourself up, but the world doesn't work that way. If you know you're trying to pick yourself up, it usually doesn't work - self-deception is difficult. Because labelling your feelings doesn't require you to wa...Meditation Increases Attention - A Brain Scan Report
..., says study leader Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center. Practitioners were instructed to focus attention intently on a stimulus, and when the attention wandered off, to simply bring the attention bac...Anxiety Disorders Show in Tiny Tots
...d to 5 per cent for mood disorders. Professor of psychology and director of the Centre for Emotional Health Ron Rapee said anxiety disorders could virtually cripple a child and stay with them for life. 'In very young children it really starts to look like part of their personality they appear shy, withdraw...Shisha Owners Mobilise Against July 1 Smoking Ban in England
...n be attacked," said Zohreh, a 20-year-old British psychology student of Iranian origin....Experts in Istanbul Seek Nature and Measure of Happiness
...happiness research coming from social sciences and psychology and we'll learn much more about the structure of human beings," said Gert Wagner of the German Institute of Economic Research. "But this is nothing for politicians," he hastened to add, ruling out the prospect that governments could plug into their...Hate Crimes Against Gays and Lesbians Rising in US
...ted States," said University of California, Davis, psychology professor Gregory Herek who conducted the study. "The data demonstrate that crimes against sexual minority adults, especially gay men, are disturbingly widespread." The study has added urgency to calls for legislative protection for such affected...Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change
...who is also spokesman for a panel on environmental psychology in the German Society of Psychology. "Short term advantages are preferred to the long-term variety." Ernst made his remarks as a scientific panel prepared to release a United Nations report on global warming, part of a massive effort every six or s...Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?
...t active killing may have a negative impact on the psychology of professional staff, and that parents may feel pressured to accept the option of euthanasia so that they do not become a burden on medical and social services. Acts by neonatologists in the UK undertaken with the purpose of ending life seem to be...Singaporeans Rated as the Fastest Walkers in the World
...y British Council and headed by Richard Wiseman, a psychology professor at University of Hertfordshire near Lond...n's new book "Qurikology" about everyday issues in psychology such as whether women or men write better personal ads. In the walking study, researchers in the ...Meditation May Fine-Tune Control Over Attention
Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention...y processing something takes time and effort, says psychology and psychiatry professor Richard Davidson of the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and...Hyperactivity and Poor Academic Success Linked to Common Genetic Influences
...ing to Kimberly J. Saudino, associate professor of psychology at Boston University and the study's lead author. The study appears in the May/June 2007 issue of the journal Child Development....Researchers Find Estrogen Governs Genes That Affect Aggression
... co-author of the study and postdoctoral fellow in psychology and neuroscience at Ohio State University. The researchers castrated male mice to stop production of testosterone, and then fitted in them implants that controlled their testosterone levels. Upon treatment with a drug that halts the production of...Resistance to Scientific Explanations By Children and Adults
... stem cell research, and cloning, said Paul Bloom, psychology professor and lead author of the review article. Also, science is not special here. The same process holds for certain religious, moral and political beliefs. Currently, said co-author and graduate student Deena Skolnick Weisberg, there is resistan...Binge Drinking Leads to Neurocognitive Deficits Among College Students
...dded Jenny Larkins, a graduate student in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri. "Executive functioning involves skills such as planning for the future, abstract reasoning, inhibiting or delaying responses, initiating behavior, doing two things at once, and shifting between two activities in a flexi...Study Tests Depression Treatment for Diabetes Patients
... said Mary de Groot, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and lead author of a paper produced by the research team. Add depression on top of that, and it makes it that much tougher. Their paper, Depression among type 2 Diabetes Rural Appalachian Clinic Attendees, is published in the June issue of Diabetes...A recent research by UI psychology professors Gregory A. Miller and Wendy Heller has ... what type of anxiety one is facing, said U. of I. psychology professor Gregory A. Miller. According to a recent national survey, anxiety disorders are the most...