Psychology posts
- June 10, 2013
- 03:23 PM
- 49 views
Argumentation Is More Than Just Knowing Why You Are Right
by Winston Sieck in Head Smart
Argumentation is the thought process used to develop and present arguments. It is closely related to critical thinking and reasoning. Argumentation belongs among the essential 21st century cognitive skills. We face complex issues that require careful, balanced reasoning to resolve. Perhaps for this reason, argumentative reasoning skills are now part of the “common core” for [...]... Read more »
Kuhn, D., & Crowell, A. (2011) Dialogic Argumentation as a Vehicle for Developing Young Adolescents' Thinking. Psychological Science, 22(4), 545-552. DOI: 10.1177/0956797611402512
- June 10, 2013
- 07:18 AM
- 72 views
BDSM Practices Are Actually Healthy
by Andrew Porterfield in United Academics
Researcher at Tilburg University has found that instead, people who practice these behaviors in the bedroom (at least) are actually quite psychologically healthy... Read more »
Wismeijer AA, & van Assen MA. (2013) Psychological Characteristics of BDSM Practitioners. The journal of sexual medicine. PMID: 23679066
- June 10, 2013
- 05:37 AM
- 106 views
How to Measure Female Desire
by The Neurocritic in The Neurocritic
A Sexual Laboratory of One's Own, aka A Clean Well-Lighted Place for SexPsychophysiologic studies of sexual response should be done in a comfortable, well-designed laboratory to minimize subject anxiety and discomfort (Woodard & Diamond, 2009, Fig. 5). How do scientists measure the physiological aspects of sexual arousal in women? A 2009 paper by Woodard and Diamond reviewed 45 years of research using instruments that measure female sexual function. These devices include the vagina........ Read more »
Bloemers, J., Gerritsen, J., Bults, R., Koppeschaar, H., Everaerd, W., Olivier, B., & Tuiten, A. (2010) Induction of Sexual Arousal in Women Under Conditions of Institutional and Ambulatory Laboratory Circumstances: A Comparative Study. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7(3), 1160-1176. DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01660.x
Woodard, T., & Diamond, M. (2009) Physiologic measures of sexual function in women: a review. Fertility and Sterility, 92(1), 19-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.041
- June 10, 2013
- 04:39 AM
- 54 views
Asthma increases risk of ADHD?
by Paul Whiteley in Questioning Answers
Asthma increasing the risk of ADHD? With a title like that derived from the paper by Mu-Hong Chen and colleagues* I couldn't resist posting an entry about it. Indeed the paper has one or two of the elements that I've come to love over my couple of years of blogging; in that we have two seemingly disparate conditions - one physiological, one behavioural - yet within the confines of the old 'correlation does not equal causation' quote, some possibility of a connection.Breathe @ Wikipedia &nbs........ Read more »
Chen MH, Su TP, Chen YS, Hsu JW, Huang KL, Chang WH, Chen TJ, & Bai YM. (2013) Asthma and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a nationwide population-based prospective cohort study. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines. PMID: 23730913
- June 10, 2013
- 04:35 AM
- 50 views
Shining a light on the intuition of homicide detectives
by Christian Jarrett in BPS Research Digest
"Just one more thing ..."
Dishevelled, diminutive and deep in thought, the TV detective Columbo would often bring a cigar-bearing hand to his forehead. You could almost hear the cogs whirring. Like so many other fictional detectives he had a brilliant intuitive sense, largely mysterious, almost magical. The same can be said for the puzzle-solving skills of real-life homicide detectives, whose thought processes have received little research attention. Now psychologist Michelle Wright has shone........ Read more »
Wright, M. (2013) Homicide Detectives' Intuition. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. DOI: 10.1002/jip.1383
- June 10, 2013
- 03:57 AM
- 287 views
The SAT-ACT Score Map
by nooffensebut in The Unsilenced Science
Using multiple regression, I animate state college entrance exam scores controlled for state participation levels and test preference. Then, I review a study on “noncognitive predictors” of college outcomes, which might eventually replace the SAT and ACT.... Read more »
Schmitt N, Keeney J, Oswald FL, Pleskac TJ, Billington AQ, Sinha R, & Zorzie M. (2009) Prediction of 4-year college student performance using cognitive and noncognitive predictors and the impact on demographic status of admitted students. The Journal of applied psychology, 94(6), 1479-97. PMID: 19916657
- June 9, 2013
- 01:05 PM
- 68 views
Is Your Work Giving you IBS?
by Aurametrix team in Irritable Bowel Blog
All jobs come with health risks. Some risks are obvious in the short-term, others seem very minor but with plenty of negative long-term consequences. Such as weight gain or irritable bowel syndrome. ... Read more »
Nojkov B, Rubenstein JH, Chey WD, & Hoogerwerf WA. (2010) The impact of rotating shift work on the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in nurses. The American journal of gastroenterology, 105(4), 842-7. PMID: 20160712
Okami, Y. (2013) Irritable bowel syndrome in Chinese nursing and medical school students—Related lifestyle and psychological factors. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 03(01), 55-63. DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2013.31009
- June 9, 2013
- 12:00 PM
- 42 views
Four (Wrong) Ways To Interpret Links Between Genes and Education
by Psych Your Mind in Psych Your Mind
Last week Science published a neat little paper examining links between specific human DNA sequences and educational attainment. The paper, which is a bit shorter than the list of authors who worked on the project, examined a total sample of more than 120,000 participants who had their entire genome sequenced for a number of small clusters of repeating nucleotides (single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs). They then examined all the SNPs and their associations with the level of educational att........ Read more »
Rietveld, C. A. (2013) GWAS of 126,599 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science. info:/
- June 9, 2013
- 01:32 AM
- 82 views
The touching things about dogs
by Cobb & Hecht in Do You Believe In Dog?
Hi Julie,(source: The Blue Dog)WOW! May was a seriously jam-packed month for dogs! I'm just as amazed as you are that it's already June. I think I'm in denial, although June means lots of fun things happening, like the SPARCS conference, so maybe it's actually OK that it's here.I loved your last post. So much great information - thank you for sharing! You mentioned how you avoid touching dogs if they don't want to interact and that got me thinking about a sense I haven't written about yet. ........ Read more »
McGreevy Paul D., Righetti Joanne, & Thomson Peter C. (2005) The reinforcing value of physical contact and the effect on canine heart rate of grooming in different anatomical areas. Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People , 18(3), 236-244. DOI: 10.2752/089279305785594045
Coppola Crista L., Grandin Temple, & Enns R. Mark. (2006) Human interaction and cortisol: Can human contact reduce stress for shelter dogs?. Physiology , 87(3), 537-541. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.12.001
Hennessy Michael B., Voith Victoria L., Hawke Jesse L., Young Travis L., Centrone Jason, McDowell Angela L., Linden Fran, & Davenport Gary M. (2002) Effects of a program of human interaction and alterations in diet composition on activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dogs housed in a public animal shelter. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 221(1), 65-91. DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.65
Bergamasco Luciana, Osella Maria Cristina, Savarino Paolo, Larosa Giuseppe, Ozella Laura, Manassero Monica, Badino Paola, Odore Rosangela, Barbero Raffaella, & Re Giovanni. (2010) Heart rate variability and saliva cortisol assessment in shelter dog: Human–animal interaction effects. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 125(1-2), 56-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.03.002
O'Haire Marguerite. (2010) Companion animals and human health: Benefits, challenges, and the road ahead. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 5(5), 226-234. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2010.02.002
- June 8, 2013
- 07:43 PM
- 88 views
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women with Bulimia Nervosa
by Tetyana Pekar in Science of Eating Disorders
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 3-5 times more prevalent in individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN) than those without (Dansky et al., 1997). However, the relationship between PTSD and BN–in particular, how PTSD might affect or moderate bulimic symptoms–remains largely unexplored. In a recent study, Trisha Karr and colleagues followed 119 women (20 with PTSD and BN, and 99 with BN only) for 2-week period to investigate whether participants with comorbid PTSD + BN dif........ Read more »
Karr, T., Crosby, R., Cao, L., Engel, S., Mitchell, J., Simonich, H., & Wonderlich, S. (2013) Posttraumatic stress disorder as a moderator of the association between negative affect and bulimic symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 54(1), 61-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.05.011
- June 7, 2013
- 12:38 PM
- 54 views
Sunscreen slows wrinkles: Will this evidence increase the use of sunscreen?
by Psych Your Mind in Psych Your Mind
This week, new research was released suggesting that
sunscreen not only reduces the risk for skin cancer, but that it also slows
skin aging. In this study, people who were told to use sunscreen daily had
fewer lines and less coarse skin after four years than those who used it as
they normally would. I’ve seen this study all over the news (here, here, and
here)! Though doctors say they have long been telling patients that sunscreen
protects against skin aging, they are now excited to have........ Read more »
Mahler, H., Kulik, J., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. (2007) Long-term effects of appearance-based interventions on sun protection behaviors. Health Psychology, 26(3), 350-360. DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.3.350
- June 7, 2013
- 09:41 AM
- 55 views
Do we make too much of workplace conflict between women?
by Alex Fradera in BPS Occupational Digest
This month, the Women's Business Council released a report revealing that underuse of women's workplace potential costs the economy £160 billion.As well as structural issues, such as inadequate workplace childcare, psychological factors can also provide obstacles to an unrestricted workplace. A recent paper by Leah Sheppard and Karl Aquino suggests one may be the tendency to overstate the consequences of female-female workplace conflict. There is a pedigree of research into female-f........ Read more »
Sheppard, L., & Aquino, K. (2012) Much Ado About Nothing? Observers' Problematization of Women's Same-Sex Conflict at Work. Academy of Management Perspectives, 27(1), 52-62. DOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0005
- June 7, 2013
- 08:50 AM
- 26 views
The [Lawyer’s] Smart Use of Unpleasant Emotions–Emotionally Intelligent Emotion Regulation
by Dan DeFoe in Psycholawlogy
Emotionally intelligent lawyers know that wanting to feel bad, mad, or angry may serve a useful purpose. Emotion regulation can help you achieve important goals. New research has explored the link between emotion regulation and emotional intelligence (EI). People with higher EI harness their emotions, even negative ones, manage them better, and achieve important [...]The post The [Lawyer’s] Smart Use of Unpleasant Emotions–Emotionally Intelligent Emotion Regulation appeared fir........ Read more »
Ford BQ, & Tamir M. (2012) When getting angry is smart: emotional preferences and emotional intelligence. Emotion (Washington, D.C.), 12(4), 685-9. PMID: 22309721
- June 7, 2013
- 07:02 AM
- 35 views
Rapport building: A waste of time with eyewitnesses?
by Rita Handrich in The Jury Room
Most of us likely think taking the time to build rapport in an interview setting makes sense. You want the interviewee to trust you and feel comfortable sharing information. But what about in a crime interview? Is it worth it? Specifically, does it accomplish anything other than making the eyewitness feel good? If even that? [...]
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Eyewitness testimony: It........ Read more »
Vallano, J., & Compo, N. (2011) A comfortable witness is a good witness: rapport-building and susceptibility to misinformation in an investigative mock-crime interview. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(6), 960-970. DOI: 10.1002/acp.1789
- June 7, 2013
- 04:49 AM
- 53 views
Autism, the ketogenic diet and Dangermouse
by Paul Whiteley in Questioning Answers
I'm proud of my quite 'unusual' area of autism research interest focused primarily on whether diet might, in some way, shape or form, be linked to or impact on some cases of the autisms. It's not been a particularly popular area of research down the years it has to be said. Most of which I've put down to its links to areas far outside of the behavioural dyad (as its known these days). That and all the gastrointestinal (GI) baggage inevitably associated with diets like the gluten- and casein-free........ Read more »
Ruskin, D., Svedova, J., Cote, J., Sandau, U., Rho, J., Kawamura, M., Boison, D., & Masino, S. (2013) Ketogenic Diet Improves Core Symptoms of Autism in BTBR Mice. PLoS ONE, 8(6). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065021
- June 7, 2013
- 03:31 AM
- 65 views
Interpreting unexpected significant results
by Dorothy Bishop in bishopblog
What should you do if you run an ANOVA and get a significant result you did not anticipate?
a) Describe this as my main effect of interest, revising my hypothesis to argue for a site-specific sex effect
b) Describe the result as an exploratory finding in need of replication
c) Ignore the result as it was not predicted and is likely to be a false positive
In this post I discuss how unexpected results are very likely to arise by chance, especially in designs with 3 or more factors. The scient........ Read more »
Simmons, Joseph P., Nelson, Leif D., & Simonsohn, Uri. (2011) False-positive psychology. Psychological Science, 1359-1366. DOI: 10.1037/e636412012-001
- June 7, 2013
- 01:05 AM
- 43 views
The Range of Imitation in Dogs
by Leema in Some Thoughts About Dogs
A quick look on what science has told us about how dogs imitate models. Turns out, dogs are copy cats.... Read more »
Range, F., Heucke, S., Gruber, C., Konz, A., Huber, L., & Virányi, Z. (2009) The effect of ostensive cues on dogs’ performance in a manipulative social learning task. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 120(3-4), 170-178. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.05.012
Range, F., & Viranyi, Z. (2009) Different aspects of social learning in dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 4(6), 244. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2009.05.007
Range, F., Viranyi, Z., & Huber, L. (2007) Selective Imitation in Domestic Dogs. Current Biology, 17(10), 868-872. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.026
Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2009) How does ostensive communication influence social learning in dogs?. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 4(2), 47. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2008.10.023
- June 6, 2013
- 01:30 PM
- 62 views
When it Smells Like Team Spirit
by Aurametrix team in Olfactics and Diagnostics
Why do we connect and collaborate, deciding to "walk in the light of creative altruism" instead of the "darkness of destructive selfishness"? Is it because of subtle behavioral clues that make us "click" and consider the other person a part of the group? Or is it because it smells like team spirit? It very well might be. We (literally) smell love, victory, fear, along with chemicals that motivate us to cooperate. As was recently shown in double-blind placebo-controlled studies that quantitativel........ Read more »
Huoviala P, & Rantala MJ. (2013) A Putative Human Pheromone, Androstadienone, Increases Cooperation between Men. PloS one, 8(5). PMID: 23717389
Lundström JN, Hummel T, & Olsson MJ. (2003) Individual differences in sensitivity to the odor of 4,16-androstadien-3-one. Chemical senses, 28(7), 643-50. PMID: 14578126
- June 6, 2013
- 07:16 AM
- 57 views
Did genes shape my mother tongue?
by Richard Kunert in Brain's Idea
Intuitively, one is inclined to answer with a resounding ‘no’. Of course not, had I been adopted by Thai parents, I would speak Thai. But I was not. My parents and my mother tongue are German. Still, there is a growing opinion that genes do nonetheless play a role. Before looking at this opinion, it […]... Read more »
Baronchelli A, Chater N, Pastor-Satorras R, & Christiansen MH. (2012) The biological origin of linguistic diversity. PloS one, 7(10). PMID: 23118922
Pagel M, Atkinson QD, & Meade A. (2007) Frequency of word-use predicts rates of lexical evolution throughout Indo-European history. Nature, 449(7163), 717-20. PMID: 17928860
Dediu D. (2011) Are languages really independent from genes? If not, what would a genetic bias affecting language diversity look like?. Human biology, 83(2), 279-96. PMID: 21615290
- June 6, 2013
- 04:30 AM
- 49 views
Reading comprehension just as good using a Kindle compared with paper
by Christian Jarrett in BPS Research Digest
A significant milestone was passed last August when Amazon announced that sales of books on its Kindle e-reader platform outstripped print sales for the first time. There's no question that e-readers are convenient - you can load a single device with thousands of titles. But some commentators have started to question whether digital reading has adverse effects on memory and comprehension compared with reading from print.
In 2010, a reassuring study in fact found no difference in recall a........ Read more »
Margolin, S., Driscoll, C., Toland, M., & Kegler, J. (2013) E-readers, Computer Screens, or Paper: Does Reading Comprehension Change Across Media Platforms?. Applied Cognitive Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/acp.2930
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