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Researchers Examine Peer Victimization And Acceptance Of Sexual-Minority Adolescents
School victimization of sexual-minority youths - those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, for example - is well documented. This type of victimization has been linked to a variety of negative psychosocial and academic outcomes. But a number of questions about the effects of victimization on sexual-minority youths remain...
Therapy For Recovering War Vets Includes Virtual Reality, Smells
Virtual reality explosions, anti-American insults and smells of smoke and foreign spices will be part of a new therapy program to help servicemen and women recover from their wartime experiences. Sounds such as explosions and gunfire have long been part of therapy programs for post-traumatic stress disorder...
How brain’s memory center repairs damage from head injury
Researchers have described for the first time how the brain's memory center repairs itself following severe trauma.
Researcher Paper Suggests Death Anxiety Prompts People To Believe In Intelligent Design, Reject Evolution
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people's death anxiety can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary theory...
Different genes influence smoking risk during adolescence and adulthood
There is growing evidence that the risk factors for addiction change throughout the lifespan. The risk factors for developing addiction in adolescence are the most intensively studied because this life phase is associated with the highest addiction risk. Traits linked to addiction risk during adolescence include pleasure-seeking, behavioral disinhibition, and devaluation of the future negative ...
Through the looking glass: Research into brain’s ability to understand mirror-image words sheds light on dyslexia
Human beings understand words reflected in a mirror without thinking about it, just like those written normally, at least for a few instants. Researchers in Spain have shown this in a study that could also help to increase our understanding of the phenomenon of dyslexia.
Using Live Worms As Bait: Voters Swayed By Interactive ‘Worm’ Graph During Election Debate
Research from Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Bristol calls into question people's ability to form their own judgements about their preferred election candidate after finding voters could be heavily swayed by 'the worm' - a continuous response tracking measure this is increasingly being used in live election debates around the world...
Sexual Harassment Distressing For Both Women And Men
Sexual harassment may have become so commonplace for women that they have built up resistance to harassing behavior they consider merely "bothersome," suggests a provocative new study by Michigan State University researchers. This effect, said lead investigator Isis Settles, may be similar to the way people build up immunity to infection following exposure to a ...
Positive Mood Can Negatively Impact Working Memory Storage Capacity
Most people have had trouble remembering something they just heard. Now, a University of Missouri researcher found that forgetfulness may have something to do with being in a good mood. Elizabeth Martin, a doctoral student of psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has found that being in a good mood decreases your working ...
Relationships Suffer When The Female Is Depressed
Depression erodes intimate relationships. A depressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile - and give little back. But there's another way that depression isolates partners from each other. It chips away at the ability to perceive the others' thoughts and feelings...