Keith Stanovich has just begun a three-year project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, to create the first comprehensive assessment of rational thinking -- what may someday be commonly called the RQ test.
PE, CPT and similar treatment programs are relatively short-term, and have proven effective in a variety of settings. And studies suggest that providing these treatments for PTSD result in reduced health-care costs. So why aren't they being commonly delivered to the people who need them?
Now we have a psychological explanation for this counterintuitive phenomenon of self-labeling. It all has to do with power, and perceptions of power, in society.
We all know that thinking about happy memories can make you happy, while thinking about sad events from the past can make you sad. An interesting paper in Psychological Science by William Hart examined this question of mental closeness using language.
Unless science gets its house in order, we will have no more credibility than that handful of "satisfied users" of the exercise equipment whose abs are now "six packs" or that 43-year-old worker from Everycity, USA who lost 75 pounds eating "fat-burning donuts."
Are political views a matter of muscles? A new paper published online in the journal Psychological Science suggests that muscular strength can be ...
There are few things in life that give me more pleasure than finding a new home for an item that's just taking up space in my house. So one of my kids gets a birthday present she already has? She may see disappointment, but I see opportunity.
Does a taste of champagne at a family wedding consign your son to a life of AA meetings? Will the mere mention of sex at home ensure your daughter of a future reality show appearance as a teen mom?
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 25 May 2012 Time: 08:05 AM ET CHICAGO — Next time you're out walking about, you may want ...
According to a new study, men and women in sexy underwear ads are processed astonishingly differently by the human brain.
According to a new study, men aren't on to how the other sex thinks.
What if the presumed sex difference in infidelity isn't as set-in-stone as we assume it is? What if power does predict unfaithfulness, but no more so for men than women?
(Via Mutual Art) Before beginning to read this article, please look at the images above. Which was drawn by a child and which by a well-known Abstr...
Rich people don't choose to be rude. They simply can't help it. Affluent people -- in terms of income, social status and education -- have trouble de...
A team of psychological scientists decided to measure the consequences of a colorblind strategy in the lives of young children. The results were dramatic and sobering.
In economic terms, there is a decreasing marginal capacity to care about disasters and act. To say it simply, there is a limit to what our brain and our heart can handle.
This is the first study to explore the physical embodiment of virtue. Soap and water can literally salve our guilt, and soften our moral judgments of others.
Researchers found that giving participants a coupon or free gift induced the same level of excitement as being exposed to porn.
Work gives us a sense of productivity and self-esteem -- in addition to paying the bills -- but many of us work far more than we really need to in order to get these rewards.
New research suggests that our moral judgments about property ownership may be an intuitive process--one more fundamental than society's laws and regulations.
Many healing traditions make use of jars--variously called God jars, or worry jars. The idea is that you can literally compartmentalize your troubles, and thus take away their emotional power.
A group of scientists at the University of Washington ran a series of experiments to see what benefit--if any--people get from high-quality technological versions of nature.
New research is now suggesting a much more primitive explanation for our powers of self-discipline--one that brings us down a notch or two in the animal kingdom.
We may not have supernatural powers, but we do have untapped cognitive powers that might be harnessed to help us more accurately assess what others think of us.
When people come to my office they are distressed and fearful. Healers understand the importance of sustaining hope and courage. This wisdom was passed down from my parents.
