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ScienceOnline: Impostors, all - Getting vaccinated against self-doubt

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:54:59 +0000

mysciencework.com

A discussion on impostor syndrome—the phenomenon of feeling like a fraud, despite all evidence to the contrary—seemed to strike a chord with many at the recent ScienceOnline conference. Social psychology has some ideas for combatting this supremely unhelpful complex. #scio13: the self-doubt vaccine.

» ScienceOnline: Impostors, all - Getting vaccinated against self-doubt

Science and Magic: Cracking the Secrets of Magic Acts at the Time of Houdin, Meliès and Houdini

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:54:13 +0000

blog.mysciencework.com

Magic tricks can draw on dexterity, science, technique or even psychology. Here, we offer you the chance to travel back in time, to the beginning of the 20th century, and to reveal to you a few tricks of the period.

» Science and Magic: Cracking the Secrets of Magic Acts at the Time of Houdin, Meliès and Houdini

Do Teenage Mothers Have a Better Work Ethic ?

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:18:20 +0000

bigthink.com

If you asked me how being a single parent has affected my economic prospects I would have to say for the worse…and for the best.

» Do Teenage Mothers Have a Better Work Ethic ?

How exercise affects the brain : age and genetics play a role

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:13:28 +0000

sciencedaily.com

Exercise clears the mind. It gets the blood pumping and more oxygen is delivered to the brain.

» How exercise affects the brain : age and genetics play a role

Lonely hearts suffer effects of aging

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:04:39 +0000

futurity.org

The social pain of loneliness produces changes in the body that mimic the aging process and increase the risk of heart disease, according to a new study.

» Lonely hearts suffer effects of aging

Antipsychotic drug may be helpful treatment for anorexia nervosa

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:49:56 +0000

sciencedaily.com

Low doses of a commonly used atypical antipsychotic drug improved survival in a mouse model of anorexia nervosa, researchers have recently reported. The result offers promise for a common and occasionally fatal eating disorder that currently lacks approved drugs for treatment.

» Antipsychotic drug may be helpful treatment for anorexia nervosa

How selective hearing works in the brain : 'Cocktail party effect' explained

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:07:21 +0000

sciencedaily.com

The longstanding mystery of how selective hearing works -- how people can tune in to a single speaker while tuning out their crowded, noisy environs -- is solved this week in the journal Nature by two scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

» How selective hearing works in the brain : 'Cocktail party effect' explained

Is bilingualism impolite ?

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:59:05 +0000

languageonthemove.com

I’m chatting in English to a medical student from Germany who is visiting Sydney, Australia, and we’ve already talked about how I lived in Germany for a while and speak German.

» Is bilingualism impolite ?

Do people prefer taking chances with their cancer treatments ?

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:52:28 +0000

goodtherapy.org

Oncologists and medical doctors work closely with cancer patients to design a plan of treatment that will give them the highest chance of survival.

» Do people prefer taking chances with their cancer treatments ?

Are women really more emotional than men ?

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:46:20 +0000

goodtherapy.org

Women have been stereotypically defined as being more emotional than men. In popular culture, women are depicted as being more emotionally volatile, often erupting into fits of sadness, anger, despair or jealousy much more frequently than their male counterparts.

» Are women really more emotional than men ?

Violent video games improve real shooting accuracy

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:42:25 +0000

livescience.com

It’s all fun and games until … Playing violent shoot-‘em-up video games makes people more accurate at firing real guns, and make them more likely to aim for the head, a new study finds. Just 20 minutes of video game practice does the trick.

» Violent video games improve real shooting accuracy

Baseball as a game of honor, not moral responsibility

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:51:44 +0000

psychcentral.com

The topic of retribution extends as far back as the Bible. While the Bible provides conflicting counsel on this subject, a new study looks at America’s pastime to sample our culture’s perception of revenge.

» Baseball as a game of honor, not moral responsibility

Are educators showing a ‘positive bias’ to minority students

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:40:54 +0000

psypost.org

Remember that teacher you grumbled about back in your school days, the really tough one who made you work so hard, insisted you could do better, and made you sweat for your A’s ?

» Are educators showing a ‘positive bias’ to minority students

Anti-tobacco TV ads help adults stop smoking, study finds

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:38:29 +0000

psypost.org

Anti-tobacco television advertising helps reduce adult smoking, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy -- but some ads may be more effective than others.

» Anti-tobacco TV ads help adults stop smoking, study finds

Teenage drink and drug abuse linked to brain 'wiring'

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:36:06 +0000

telegraph.co.uk

Teenagers who binge drink and take drugs may have differently wired brains - meaning they could be screened for their risk of substance abuse.

» Teenage drink and drug abuse linked to brain 'wiring'

Exploring the antidepressant effects of testosterone

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:18:56 +0000

sciencedaily.com

Testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, appears to have antidepressant properties, but the exact mechanisms underlying its effects have remained unclear.

» Exploring the antidepressant effects of testosterone

Not all altruism is alike, says new study

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:12:21 +0000

sciencedaily.com

Not all acts of altruism are alike, says a new study. From bees and wasps that die defending their nests, to elephants that cooperate to care for young, a new mathematical model pinpoints the environmental conditions that favor one form of altruism over another.

» Not all altruism is alike, says new study

Sexual selection in humans : what is attractive and why

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:25:39 +0000

evoanth.wordpress.com

Sexual selection is a variant of natural selection in which one gender prefers certain traits be present in their mate. Thus individuals with those attractive traits will have a high reproductive success, spreading their genes (and the trait) through the population.

» Sexual selection in humans : what is attractive and why

Scientists identify neurotranmitters that lead to forgetting

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:15:22 +0000

sciencedaily.com

While we often think of memory as a way of preserving the essential idea of who we are, little thought is given to the importance of forgetting to our wellbeing, whether what we forget belongs in the "horrible memories....

» Scientists identify neurotranmitters that lead to forgetting

Brain uses different frequencies to avoid mental traffic jams

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:58:28 +0000

livescience.com

There’s a lot going on inside the average brain. And to help manage all the sensory input and though processes, signals, brain networks communicate at different frequencies to avoid traffic jams at busy intersections, a new study suggests.

» Brain uses different frequencies to avoid mental traffic jams