Category: Studies
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Your Brain on God
Read more: Your Brain on GodNifty interactive brain at NPR.org links to series of stories about science and spirituality. [S]cientists…are using new technologies to analyze the brains of people who claim they have touched the spiritual — from Christians who speak in tongues to Buddhist monks to people who claim to have had near-death experiences. Hear what they have discovered…
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Stress, Depression, and Asthma
Read more: Stress, Depression, and AsthmaA study looks at how a depression and stress combo can trigger asthma symptoms in children. If your child has asthma and is experiencing symptoms of depression, you may want to reconsider buying advanced tickets to the Twilight’s Eclipse. New research shows asthmatic children with depression are 50 percent more likely to have an…
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Social Media Addiction
Read more: Social Media AddictionCollege students are hooked on Facebook, et al. Didn’t really take a study, but… According to researchers, students describe their feelings when they have to abstain from using media in literally the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addictions: in withdrawal, frantically craving, very anxious, extremely antsy, miserable, jittery, and crazy.
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Trust Study
Read more: Trust StudyAt PsyBlog, a study shows people overestimate their own trustworthiness and underestimate the trustworthiness of others: In one experiment people honoured the trust placed in them between 80% and 90% of the time, but only estimated that others would honour their trust about 50% of the time.
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Alzheimer’s and Reading
Read more: Alzheimer’s and ReadingThough talking may go, reading is still possible for many Alzheimer’s patients, reports the NYT: Caregivers may be surprised to learn that reading ability is not always destroyed by Alzheimer’s. “All of my research demonstrates that people who were literate maintain their ability to read until the end stages of dementia”…