News tagged with social situations

Searching the brain for social networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people tend to make inappropriate comments in social situations? Why do some people misread cues about how others feel about them?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

How well do you know your friends?

How does your best friend feel when people act needy? Or, about people being dishonest? What do they think when others seem uncomfortable in social situations? According to an upcoming study in Psychological Science, a jour ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Feeling angry? Say a prayer and the wrath fades away

Saying a prayer may help many people feel less angry and behave less aggressively after someone has left them fuming, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

Social optimism during studies supports school-to-work transition

Students' social skills and behaviour in social situations during their university studies contribute to their success in the transition to work. The social strategies adopted during university studies also have an impact ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Attitude and adaptation keys to reaching 100 hundred years of age

University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children with ADHD at increased risk for depression and suicidal thoughts as adolescents

Children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at ages 4 to 6 are more likely to suffer from depression as adolescents than those who did not have ADHD at that age, according to a long-term study ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Great apes 'play' tag to keep competitive advantage (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gorillas hit-and-run in 'games' of tag in the same way humans do and for the same reason - to keep their competitive advantage, a new study has found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Battlefield camaraderie yields long-term dividends for veterans, study finds

The benefits of wartime camaraderie extend far beyond the battlefield, a new UCLA study of U.S. Civil War veterans suggests.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Public transport behaviours explained

(PhysOrg.com) -- Victoria University graduate Jared Thomas spent many hours riding buses and trains in the greater Wellington region as part of his PhD research.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows

People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Promises come at a price

Be careful what you promise people. You are not just obliging yourself to keep your promises; other people will hold you to account for them as well. Dutch-sponsored researcher Manuela Vieth investigated how the behaviour ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers develop better treatment for social fears

While just about all of us would admit to being shy from time to time in social situations, about one in 20 Australians suffer from an extreme form of shyness known as social phobia.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The liberating effects of losing control

Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those with the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. We celebrate the power of the mind to ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2