Psychology news

• Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck?

  01-11-2016 20:19
  During downtime, some of us daydream while others might focus on a to-do list, or get stuck in a negative loop. Psychology has traditionally defined all these thought patterns as variations of "mind-wandering."
  
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• Stimulating the brain makes exercising the legs feel easier

  01-11-2016 18:34
  Stimulation of the brain impacts on endurance exercise performance by decreasing perception of effort, new research shows.
  
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• Athletes' performance improved by thoughts of death

  01-11-2016 16:00
  
  A new study suggests that provoking thoughts of death might motivate athletes to perform better, supporting the so-called terror management theory.
  
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• Researchers watch in 3-D as neurons talk to each other in a living mouse brain

  01-11-2016 15:44
  No single neuron produces a thought or a behavior; anything the brain accomplishes is a vast collaborative effort between cells. When at work, neurons talk rapidly to one another, forming networks as they communicate. Researchers are developing technology that would make it possible to record brain activity as it plays out across these networks.
  
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• Potential target identified for preventing long-term effects of traumatic brain injury

  01-11-2016 15:38
  Protecting axons may prevent development of neurological problems associated with TBI, study in mice suggests.
  
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• Getting into the flow: Sexual pleasure is a kind of trance

  01-11-2016 15:34
  Many people have speculated on the evolutionary functions of the human orgasm, but the underlying mechanisms have remained mysterious. In a new article, researcher seeks to shed light on how orgasm works in the brain.
  
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• Balancing time and space in the brain: New model holds promise for predicting brain dynamics

  01-11-2016 15:29
  For as long as scientists have been listening in on the activity of the brain, they have been trying to understand the source of its noisy, apparently random, activity. In the past 20 years, "balanced network theory" has emerged to explain this apparent randomness through a balance of excitation and inhibition in recurrently coupled networks of neurons. A team of scientists has extended the balanced model to provide deep and testable predictions linking brain circuits to brain activity.
  
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• Could targeting a gene linked to microcephaly lead to a better brain cancer treatment?

  01-11-2016 15:13
  A new study gives promise for targeting a gene linked to microcephaly in infants as a treatment for medulloblastoma.
  
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• Brain's multi-track road to long-term memory

  01-11-2016 14:33
  Our brain has a tough task every time we experience something new – it must be flexible to take in new information instantly, but also stable enough to store it for a long time. And new memories may not be allowed to alter or overwrite old ones. Now researchers have investigated how different brain regions interact when long-term memories are formed.
  
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• Structural deficits may explain mood-independent cognitive difficulties in bipolar disorder

  01-11-2016 14:32
  Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a new study reports a link between reduced functional activation and reduced cortical thickness in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder. The abnormalities were found in patients not currently experiencing depression or mania, which suggests that there is a structural basis for altered neural processing that may help explain why cognitive deficits persist even during periods of normal mood.
  
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• Changing lives through APF

  01-11-2016 12:55
  A look at the recent ways APF is making a difference
  
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• Facebook users live longer, study finds

  01-11-2016 08:00
  
  Users of the social networking website have a higher rate of longevity, according to new research. However, there are some caveats.
  
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• Why didn't the chicken cross the cliff?

  01-11-2016 06:00
  An iconic experiment found depth perception begins early
  
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• Which psychology programs retain the most students?

  01-11-2016 06:00
  News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies
  
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• Unlocking opportunities

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Want to incorporate psychology into federal policy? Fellowships can help your career take flight
  
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• Should you use an app to help that client?

  01-11-2016 06:00
  As the use of mental health and behavioral apps grows, psychologists must weigh their benefits and limitations
  
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• Recruiting and retaining top talent

  01-11-2016 06:00
  As chief of faculty affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Patrick Smith uses his psychological expertise to find the best employees and keep them happy and engaged
  
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• Ready for your close-up? How to work with media

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Journalists are always hungry for psychology-based articles. Here's advice on how to work with them to get the story you want
  
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• Put me in, coach: how to spark kids' love of sports

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Sport psychologists are using theory, research and applied strategies to foster kids' enjoyment of sports so that they will stay in the game
  
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• Policy brief: Bullying prevention is a top APA priority

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Psychologists’ research pinpoints the negative effects of bullying, as well as what can help to prevent them
  
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• Now more students are eligible for VA training

  01-11-2016 06:00
  New rules at the Department of Veterans Affairs allow U.S. citizens from Canadian-accredited schools to apply for VA internships
  
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• New APA data show where practitioners work

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Most are in private practice and work with the white, heterosexual and adult population, finds the APA Center for Workforce Studies
  
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• Is God punishing me?

  01-11-2016 06:00
  How psychologists can help veterans forgive themselves and heal
  
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• Inequality at school

  01-11-2016 06:00
  What’s behind the racial disparity in our education system?
  
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• Growth after trauma

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Why are some people more resilient than others—and can it be taught?
  
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• Grad students gain the right to unionize

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Graduate assistants at private universities can now bargain collectively for better pay, benefits and working conditions
  
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• Expanding opportunities in women's specialty care

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Meet three practitioners who work hand-in-hand with medical professionals to keep new mothers, military veterans and other women healthy
  
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• Ensuring key research

  01-11-2016 06:00
  W. Bruce Walsh, PhD, is dedicated to ensuring that compelling proposals from the upcoming generation of psychologists get the funding they deserve
  
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• Changing science does not necessarily alter the law

  01-11-2016 06:00
  A case before the U.S. Supreme Court sheds light on the fact that there is no automatic way to update previous decisions when scientists uncover new evidence about mental health disorders
  
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• Care and legal help for patients in need

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Medical-legal partnerships are bringing lawyers and paralegals to health-care teams to improve the health and well-being of underserved populations
  
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• By the Numbers: The use and misuse of prescription drugs

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Nearly half of all Americans took at least one prescription pain reliever, tranquilizer, sedative or stimulant last year, a federal survey finds
  
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• Broad competencies we need to move forward

  01-11-2016 06:00
  Principles that can make psychology more successful
  
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• 5 Questions for Jacob Eleazer

  01-11-2016 06:00
  This doctoral candidate in counseling psychology helped to convince the Pentagon to lift its ban on transgender people serving openly in the military.
  
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• Young people to get ME treatment in trial after success in Netherlands

  01-11-2016 01:01
  
  Hundreds with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalopathy, to try online psychological therapy Hundreds of children and young people are to get treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome for the first time, to see whether methods that have proved highly successful in the Netherlands can be adopted by the NHS.Up to 2% of young people are affected by CFS, also known as myalgic encephalopathy (ME). But few get any treatment, and attempts to help have sometimes stoked the row over the
  
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