News tagged with psychological state
Researchers find link between personality and credit scores
The use of credit scores as employment screening tools is a hotly debated topic. According to a 2010 poll by the Society for Human Resource Management, 60 percent of surveyed employers conducted credit checks for some or ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Rehabilitating cats one pat at a time
Traumatised cats are getting another shot at rehabilitation thanks to a novel research method being explored at The University of Queensland.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Lack of free play among children is causing harm, say experts
Hovering helicopter parents who restrict their kids' unstructured play may actually harm, rather than help, children according to the latest issue of the American Journal of Play, a scholarly journal which has gathered a dist ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Friendships are built on alliances, research shows
New research from the University of Pennsylvania is challenging some longtime assumptions about why human beings seek and keep their friends, and it reveals a somewhat darker side to the very nature of friendship itself.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Perception of emotion is culture-specific
Want to know how a Japanese person is feeling? Pay attention to the tone of his voice, not his face. That's what other Japanese people would do, anyway. A new study examines how Dutch and Japanese people assess others' emotions ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2010 |
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New study finds new connection between yoga and mood
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that yoga may be superior to other forms of exercise in its positive effect on mood and anxiety. The findings, which currently appear on-line at Journal of ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Mind over matter? The psychology of healing
People suffering from diabetes-related foot ulcers show different rates of healing according to the way they cope and their psychological state of mind, according to new research by a health psychologist at The University ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 02, 2010 |
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A massage is proven to relieve psychophysiological state of patients with chronic headache
Spanish researchers at the University of Granada -in collaboration with the Clinical Hospital San Cecilio and the University Rey Juan Carlos- have proven that the psychological and physiological state of patients with tension ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Studies should involve more cross-cultural collaboration
Previous studies have found that the vast majority of published psychological research in the United States is based on American samples and excludes 95 percent of the world's population. Yet, these results are often generalized ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 07, 2010 |
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Physical education teaching staff play key role in making you like sport
What factors have an influence in making us like sport in the physical education classes we receive in school? According to a new investigation, physical education teaching staff must develop the responsibility, ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Youths see all parental control negatively when there's a lot of it
A new study has found that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that's thought to be better for their development more positively. However, when parents are ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Think twice before you boo your competitor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Next time you watch a heavy weight lifting tournament, tell the person next to you not to boo the person that he doesn't want to win.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Extremists more willing to share their opinions, study finds
People with relatively extreme opinions may be more willing to publicly share their views than those with more moderate views, according to a new study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Our metallic reflection: Considering future human-android interactions
Everyday human interaction is not what you would call perfect, so what if there was a third party added to the mix - like a metallic version of us? In a new article in Perspectives on Psychological Science, psychologist Neal J ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Immigrants overcome great odds to raise children in foreign lands, say researchers
A recent surge in immigration rates has led psychologists to study how these families are coping and thriving in their adopted countries. In a special June issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, published by the Americ ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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