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Sleep Makes Relearning Faster and Longer-Lasting
Getting some sleep in between study sessions may make it easier to recall what you studied and relearn what you ve forgotten, even 6 months later, according to new findings from Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Our results suggest that interleaving sleep between practice sessions leads to a twofold advantage, reducing the time spent relearning and en ...
Psychological Science - Mon. Aug 22
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Why We Fall Prey to Misinformation
Even when we know better, we often rely on inaccurate or misleading information to make future decisions. But why are we so easily influenced by false statements such as vaccinations cause autism or 30 million illegal immigrants live in the U.S. In a new review of existing research, psychological scientist David Rapp Northwestern University explains that people encode the inaccurate statements int ...
Psychological Science - Mon. Aug 22
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Study finds better definition of homelessness may help minimize HIV risk
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Being homeless puts people at greater risk of HIV infection than those with stable housing, but targeting services to reduce risk behaviors is often complicated by fuzzy definitions of homelessness. Even from a research standpoint, definitions across various studies lack consistency, according to Elizabeth Bowen, an assistant professor in the University at Buffalo School of Social ...
EurekAlert - Sat. Aug 20
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Deconstructing Ryan Lochte's Shame and Fear of Vulnerability
This morning, Ryan Lochte apologized for not being more careful and candid about how he described an incident with three U.S. Olympic teammates at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro last weekend. Initially, Lochte claimed to be held at gunpoint in a robbery. However, according to Brazilian police reports and The New York Times , Lochte and his Team USA comrades damaged property at the gas station in ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Aug 20
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Getting Serious About Your Marriage Is No Joke
Linda So this couple walks into a marriage counselor s office and the wife is crying about feeling neglected. Really wailing, she tells the marriage counselor that they don t sit down to meals much anymore. They don t go anywhere and have any fun. She feels like a maid around the house. Sex It s been years And not only is intimacy a thing of the past, they don t even talk any more Sobbing, she tel ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Aug 20
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Should Shelters Bother Assessing Their Dogs?
Earlier this summer a man in Benicia, CA, was attacked by a dog named Frazier he had adopted just the day before from his local shelter. Leiv Arnesen told TV station KTVU , It was full on Cujo. One minute he was fine, then I stood up, and he went at me. Mr Arnesen needed 30 stitches to his arm. His ordeal immediately led to questions about the shelter How had they determined that this dog was safe ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Aug 20
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Parents more likely to support HPV vax requirements if states include opt-out ...
Bottom Line Parents are more likely to support laws that would make the human papillomavirus vaccine mandatory for school entry if their state offers opt-out provisions, however, the study s lead author cautioned that such opt-out provisions may weaken the effectiveness of the vaccine requirements. Journal in Which the Study was Published Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention , a journal of t ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Aug 19
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Vaping may lead to fewer respiratory infections for ex-smokers
The majority of smokers who successfully switch to vaping say they have fewer respiratory infections, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London QMUL . The on-line survey of 941 respondents assessed subjective changes in respiratory symptoms in smokers who switched to vaping for at least two months. The results, published in the Journal of Addiction Research Therapy , show that 66 ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Aug 19
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Pregnancy: Antipsychotic use does not increase the risk of birth defects
New research from Brigham Women s Hospital - in Boston, MA - of 1.3 million women suggests that antipsychotic medication use during pregnancy does not significantly increase the risk of birth defects overall, or cardiac malformations in particular.
Medical News Today - Fri. Aug 19
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Who Are You?
The theme song to the tv show CSI asks the question, Who are you The simplest answer is, It all depends Even though we might generally have a constant and consistent sense of me, it s not at all uncommon to hear other people remark that I didn t know you were like that Sometimes people who are very close to us will be surprised at something we do and comment that they didn t expect us to behave in ...
Psychology Today - Fri. Aug 19
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What Kinds Of People Believe Animals Go To Heaven?
A headline in the New York Daily News last year proclaimed, All Dogs, and Cats, and Pigs, and Goats, and Cockroaches Go to Heaven So Says Pope Francis. The article was written by Bruce Friedrich, director of policy for the Farm Sanctuary, an animal protection organization. The article was based on a June 18, 2015 papal encyclical written by Pope Francis. The encyclical is open to interpretation, a ...
Psychology Today - Fri. Aug 19
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Who Blames the Victim?
Why do victims sometimes receive sympathy for their suffering and at other times scorn and blame
Psychology Today - Fri. Aug 19
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