Men are better at detecting their partner’s infidelities than women. In a US study of heterosexual couples, 80 percent of women’s inferences about fidelity or infidelity were correct, while men were accurate 94 percent of the time.
Archive for October, 2008
Men are better at detecting infidelities
Friday, October 31st, 2008Our cheatin’ brain: The brain’s clever way of showing us the world as a whole
Friday, October 31st, 2008Boundary extension is a mistake that we often make when recalling a view of a scene — we will insist that the boundaries of an image stretched out farther than what we actually saw. Results of a new study indicate that boundary extension occurs when a scene is interrupted for as little as 42 milliseconds (quicker than an eye blink!) and even when volunteers know exactly what is being tested.
Learning to Multitask: Don’t Bother
Friday, October 31st, 2008by PsychCentral
Right now, I have 36 windows opened up on my computer. No, I’m not doing (or trying to do) 36 things at once. It’s just that’s what happens when you give a dumb human like me the tools to open up 36 or 72 or 172 windows at once. It’s no wonder it’s so easy to lose track of where we are and what we’re doing.
Mental Health Best of the Day
Mental Health, Perspective in Economic Crises
Friday, October 31st, 2008by newsday.com
Want more proof that people are coming unhinged over the economy? Check out the recent American Psychological Association study reporting a stark rise in headaches, stomach aches and muscle tension – all caused by money worries. Given the headlines, you might expect that psychotherapists are seeing sky-high anxiety in their patients. In my private practice the opposite is true.
Mental Health Best of the Day
Expert on Mental Illness Delivers Message of Hope
Friday, October 31st, 2008by Leader-Post found in Discover and Recover
Mental health services need to become recovery oriented because the sciences tell us recovery is possible by putting less emphasis on medication and more emphasis on teaching individuals cognitive behavioural strategies that will enable them to cope and find that life balance
Mental Health Best of the Day
Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits
Thursday, October 30th, 2008In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientist have developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity.
Brain’s ‘hate circuit’ identified
Thursday, October 30th, 2008People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a “hate circuit,”
In game of tennis, seeing isn’t always believing
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008A universal bias in the way people perceive moving objects means that tennis referees are more likely to make mistakes when they call balls “out” than when they call them “in,”
Psychological study reveals that red enhances men’s attraction to women
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008A groundbreaking study adds color — literally and figuratively — to the age-old question of what attracts men to women.
When you look at a face, you look nose first
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Eyes land on nose first when checking out a face, UC San Diego computer scientists say