Video Games Help Explain How We Learn

Video Games Help Explain How We Learn

In a new Cerebral Cortex study, researchers say they can predict a person's performance on a video game simply by measuring the volume of specific structures in their brain. The authors found that…
Too Many Choices? Not So Fast, Psychologists Say

Too Many Choices? Not So Fast, Psychologists Say

Some pyschologists suggests that too many choices can negatively impact our health. But a meta-analysis of 50 published and unpublished experiments that investigated choice overload  found that…
Underachievers Excel At 'Fun' Tasks, Study Finds

Underachievers Excel At 'Fun' Tasks, Study Finds

Hard workers who are motivated to achieve generally excel on specific tasks when they are reminded of the benefits of their hard work. But when a task is presented as fun, researchers report in a new…
Somewhere On the Journey to Recovery...

Somewhere On the Journey to Recovery...

The Athena Festival accentuates celebrating “the wisdom of women”, and indeed at the gathering that I attended, there did seem to be an air of celebration and excitement.  In addition to a…
What Parents Don't Teach You, Siblings Will

What Parents Don't Teach You, Siblings Will

What we learn from our siblings when we grow up has a considerable influence on our social and emotional development as adults, according to researchers from the the University of Illinois and the…
How  Desires Influence Our Perception

How Desires Influence Our Perception

Writing in Psychological Sciences, researchers from New York University and Cornell University say they've demonstrated that our desires influence how we see our environments. According to the new…
Self-Control (Or Lack Thereof) Might Be Contagious

Self-Control (Or Lack Thereof) Might Be Contagious

In a just-published series of studies involving hundreds of volunteers, University of Georgia and Duke University psychologists say that watching or even thinking about someone with good self-control…
Willpower Alone Won't Help You Lose Weight

Willpower Alone Won't Help You Lose Weight

While exerting willpower is an important part of losing weight, new evidence suggests that their may be more to successful dieting than simply trying to eat less. Cognitive scientists from Indiana…