psychology

Women only got top billing in 37 percent of medical studies published in leading journals over the past two decades.

Top Medical Journals Give Women Researchers Short Shrift

8:25pm May 09, 2016

by Lauren Silverman

Women scientists get first-author credit on medical studies much less often than their male coauthors. That has career implications and could even be skewing the study of women's health.

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A canvasser knocks on a door in Los Angeles.

Study Finds Deep Conversations Can Reduce Transgender Prejudice

6:52pm April 07, 2016

by Angus Chen

After a study about support for gay marriage was faked, the debunkers performed the experiment for real. This time, the results suggest canvassing door to door might reduce prejudice long-term.

What not to do when dating: fold your arms.

Health & Safety

To Catch Someone On Tinder, Stretch Your Arms Wide

4:35pm March 30, 2016

by Angus Chen

How people sit or where their arms and legs are in the images they share loom large in potential daters' calculations, according to experiments involving speed dating and an online dating app.

Coworkers watch a woman walk through an office.

Power Suits: How Dressing For Success At Work Can Pay Off

5:47am March 18, 2016

by Yuki Noguchi

Being better dressed can give you a psychological boost that makes you behave more like a leader. One study found that men dressed in suits negotiated a higher profit than casually clad counterparts.

If You Set High Expectations For Your Marriage, Is It Doomed?

3:18pm March 16, 2016

by Nancy Shute

People often expect a great many things out of a marriage. That can work if spouses are pragmatic about what they're really able to deliver on, a study finds.

Science

Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Adrienne Livengood

5:32pm March 11, 2016

Radio Camper Reese Sizemore talks to Adrienne Livengood. Livengood is a Teaching Assistant in the Psychology Department at Salem College.

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They Brought Cookies: For A New Widow, Empathy Eases Death's Pain

7:00am February 20, 2016

by Ann Finkbeiner

Her husband died. Then the neighbors started showing up. They brought soup. Cookies. Tea. But what they really brought was empathy. And that made the pain bearable.

Sometimes It's OK To Feel The Feels, Sweetheart

3:11pm February 12, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Women are now much more likely to want to use medication to control their moods, psychiatrist Julie Holland says in her book Moody Bitches. But "not every emotion ... needs to be eradicated."

Eyewitness testimony can be unreliable. But some such accounts are better than others, research shows. Can jurors be taught to tell the difference?

A Judge's Guidance Makes Jurors Suspicious Of Any Eyewitness

2:30pm January 26, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A 2012 New Jersey law was meant to help juries discern factors that make eyewitness testimony strong versus weak. But research suggests a judge's instructions make jurors discount all such testimony.

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It's still not clear how marijuana use affects health long term.

Study Erred In Finding No Link Between Teen Pot Use And Psychosis

5:39pm January 21, 2016

by Angus Chen

The American Psychological Association corrected a study that found no health problems from teen boys' pot smoking. It had contradicted other studies that found increased risk of psychotic disorders.