“Together, the results from these studies suggest that individuals with social anxiety show an irregular attentional pattern when they are viewing emotional faces.” Eye Tracking…
Posts published in July 2020
It’s not very often we get to watch the birth of a social norm. Or at least not on this scale, nor at this speed.…
Globally, gay and bisexual men (GBM) face significant health risks as well as social challenges due to the stigma associated with their sexual orientation and/or…
A lot of my Intro Psych students struggle with the concept of cognitive dissonance. If circumstances, say, a pandemic, provide an example of cognitive dissonance,…
A scientific analysis of more than 2,000 brain scans found evidence for highly reproducible sex differences in the volume of certain regions in the human…
Exposure to trauma and violence are associated with higher rates of HIV infection, as well as poorer HIV treatment outcomes. To date, there are few…
Are you interested in sleep paralysis? If so, check out this new article: Sleep Paralysis and the Monsters Inside Your Mind – Scientific American http://ow.ly/J9E230qYF1T #psychstudentrss …
“Dissonance is most painful when evidence strikes at the heart of how we see ourselves—when it threatens our belief that we are kind, ethical, competent,…
In 2017, I wrote a blog post about the federal law that mandates that at every institution of higher education in the United States that…
A large-scale study of U.S. teens shows associations between outdoor, artificial light at night and health outcomes. Source: NIH