The 26th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society will be held August 21st-25th, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. For more information visit: http://www.ehps.net/index.php/Conferences/ehps-conferences.html More
The 26th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society will be held August 21st-25th, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. For more information visit: http://www.ehps.net/index.php/Conferences/ehps-conferences.html More
Huffington Post: You voted, and this December, we are talking nerdy about the science of mental health. In last week’s video introduction, I stated that “we now know that the mind does not exist somewhere outside of the brain. Consciousness is a function of neurobiology, and mental illness cannot be More
BBC News: When British conductor and musician Clive Wearing contracted a brain infection in 1985 he was left with a memory span of only 10 seconds. The infection – herpes encephalitis – left him unable to recognise people he had seen or remember things that had been said just moments More
From gravy-soaked turkey to home-baked cookies, the holiday season is full of temptations. In a series of experiments published in Psychological Science, researchers examined the role visceral states — such as hunger — play in people’s response to temptation. In one experiment, two groups of smokers rated how pleasurable they More
Select your favorite metaphor for the extended time that it typically takes for scientific findings to gain widespread clinical use — a clogged pipeline, a leaky pipeline, or a chasm to be bridged — the lag is long for whatever image you choose. In fact, in 1998, the National Academy More
For psychology students interested in the criminal justice sector, this particular TED Talk provides plenty to pique their intrigue. Jim Fallon uses both science and personal history to deeply dissect the complex genetic and neurological factors that contribute to homicidal impulses. However, some of the biological components do frequently require More