Human-Robot Relationships
How will human-robot interaction affect our culture? A psychologist and artificial intelligence researcher share their predictions. Christie Nicholson reports
Aug 18, 2009•3 min
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Answers to the Rorschach Test Revealed
A recent debate erupted on Wikipedia concerning the public posting of popular interpretations of the Rorschach test. Christie Nicholson reports
Aug 02, 2009•3 min
Artificial Intelligence Predicts Gambling Behavior
A simulated neural network is able to predict the bets and wins/losses of gamblers. Christie Nicholson reports
Jul 21, 2009•3 min
Questioning Evolutionary Psychology
Recently, the doubts and questions plaguing the theory of evolutionary psychology have boiled up to the mainstream press. Christie Nicholson reports
Jul 17, 2009•3 min
Severe Weather Psychology, Part 2
A psychology PhD student from the University of Sheffield shares her initial observations on how well local people understand the behavior of tornadoes. Christie Nicholson reports
Jul 08, 2009•4 min
Severe Weather Psychology, Part 1
Jacqui Wilmshurst, a PhD psychology student at the University of Sheffield, is spending summer in the field studying human reactions to severe weather and tornadoes. In this special longer-than-usual episode, she shares her initial findings. Christie Nicholson reports
Jul 07, 2009•5 min
Increase Your Creativity: Live Abroad
Recent research shows that people who have lived in a foreign country are more creative when it comes to solving problems. Christie Nicholson reports
Jun 14, 2009•3 min
Our Bodies, Our Brains
Recent studies have shown that moving our body in certain ways can improve our ability to think. Christie Nicholson reports
Jun 01, 2009•3 min
Obama's Message to Graduates
President Obama's message to Arizona State University grads matches new research on how to live a fulfilled and happy life. Christie Nicholson reports
May 18, 2009•4 min
Immorality and <i>Twitter</i>
The other week headlines were crying out that Twitter, the microblogging platform, makes us immoral, but the study on which the claim was made did not mention social media. Christie Nicholson reports
May 04, 2009•3 min
Why Dating Doesn't Predict Marital Success
Scientists confirm what may seem obvious to some: what satisfies us in dating, does not predict how happy we'll be in marriage. Christie Nicholson reports
Apr 27, 2009•3 min
When Do Dreams Begin?
Recent research from the American Institute of Physics has found that the our dreaming sleep begins much earlier than previously thought. Christie Nicholson reports
Apr 16, 2009•3 min
Hope for Spinal Cord Injuries
A paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA reports success in repairing damaged nerves in a system critical for human movement. Christie Nicholson reports
Apr 08, 2009•3 min
Why Cops Make Fatal Errors
New research suggests that a police officer's ability to multitask influences the number of wrongful shootings. Christie Nicholson reports
Mar 31, 2009•3 min
Sylvia Plath's Son and Suicide in Families
The recent suicide of Sylvia Plath's son, Nicholas Hughes, makes us question whether suicidal tendency runs in families. But the science remains complex. Christie Nicholson reports
Mar 24, 2009•3 min
Wiping Out Bad Memories
Research published in the journal Science last week shows the successful obliteration of a specific memory in mice. Christie Nicholson reports
Mar 18, 2009•3 min
Where Is God?
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA provides support to the critics of the idea that a God spot exists in the brain. Christie Nicholson reports
Mar 11, 2009•3 min
Online Games as Study Tool
An interdisciplinary research group called the "Virtual Worlds Exploratorium" has started to analyze data from the online game EverQuest II, in order to find out more about real-life human behavior. Christie Nicholson reports
Mar 03, 2009•3 min
Thinking of Human as Machine
It will be a long time before machines can be "more human than human," as scientists are just starting to decode what happens inside our brains as we recognize a spoken word. Christie Nicholson reports.
Feb 24, 2009•4 min
Women as Sex Objects
A new study presented at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago shows that when men see photos of scantily clad women their brain registers the women as objects to be acted on. Christie Nicholson reports
Feb 17, 2009•4 min
The Scent of Sexual Sweat
Do you like the scent of your Valentine? The Journal of Neuroscience reports that certain regions in women's brains are activated when they smell "sexual sweat." Christie Nicholson reports
Feb 09, 2009•3 min
Muscle Movement Affects How We Hear
The area of the brain responsible for movement plays a larger role than previously thought in how we hear speech. Christie Nicholson reports
Feb 03, 2009•3 min
When an Innocent Confesses to a Crime
New research shows the persuasive power of a false confession. It seems the confession itself can corrupt other evidence that may excuse a defendant. Christie Nicholson reports
Jan 27, 2009•3 min
Surviving a Plane Crash
We might think near-death experiences leave survivors, such as those on US Airways Flight 1549, forever suffering from post-traumatic stress and fear, but research concludes otherwise. Christie Nicholson reports
Jan 20, 2009•3 min
The Persistence of Racism
Recent research concludes that although people predict they will react negatively to racial slurs, their behavior proves otherwise. Christie Nicholson reports
Jan 12, 2009•3 min
A Blind Man Sees
A recent paper in Current Biology provides one of the few human cases of blindsight, the ability for perceptively blind people to respond to visual stimuli, even though they have no awareness of seeing anything. Christie Nicholson reports.
Jan 05, 2009•3 min
Great Expectations for 2009
Multiple experiments by Duke University professor Dan Ariely reveal how our expectations hugely influence our decisions, and ultimately, our experiences. Christie Nicholson reports
Dec 30, 2008•3 min
Beware the Holiday Sugar High
Recent research concludes that parents significantly overestimate how sugar affects their children's hyperactive behavior. Susannah F. Locke reports.
Dec 22, 2008•3 min
Gift-Giving for Lovers
Research suggests that women don't seem to mind if they receive the less-than-perfect gift. Men, on the other hand, are a different story. Susannah F. Locke reports
Dec 15, 2008•3 min
To Get Good Grades, Get Good Sleep
Research suggests that college students don't get enough sleep, and that they are far better off sleeping than cramming for exams. Steve Mirsky reports
Dec 08, 2008•3 min
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