In The News: Department of Psychology

Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you're having fun? A new study by a team of 性视界传媒 researchers suggests that there's a lot of truth to the trope. Many people think of their brains as being intrinsically synced to the human-made clocks on their electronic devices, counting time in very specific, minute-by-minute increments. But the study, published this month in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed Cell Press journal Current Biology, showed that our brains don't work that way.

Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you鈥檙e having fun? A new study by a team of 性视界传媒 researchers suggests that there鈥檚 a lot of truth to the trope. Many people think of their brains as being intrinsically synced to the man-made clocks on their electronic devices, counting time in very specific, minute-by-minute increments. But the study, published this month in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed Cell Press journal Current Biology, showed that our brains don鈥檛 work that way.
We all have that one friend who is shockingly adept at all things music-related. Whether they do it professionally or merely whip out their violin on special occasions, you can't help but wonder where their innate talent came from.

For nearly 20 minutes nearly 20 gym members failed to intervene during a woman鈥檚 drowning, but a Las Vegas psychology expert has a few possible answers as to what was unique about this case.
In the F&F article on inner speech, there was a list of five common types of inner experiences, according to psychology professor Russell T. Hurlburt: emotions, sensory sensations, inner speech, visual thinking, and unsymbolized thinking. I was surprised that music wasn't on the list. I imagine that a fairly large percentage of people can hear inner music in some form, not unlike how we experience inner speech.
What鈥檚 up with the 鈥減ick me鈥 teen slang expression? According to Urban Dictionary, a pick-me girl 鈥渋s a girl who seeks male validation by indirectly or directly insinuating that she is 鈥榥ot like the other girls.鈥欌
Let鈥檚 face it: Being sick or injured isn鈥檛 fun. Whether it鈥檚 a bad cold or you鈥檙e recovering from surgery, being down for the count can cause you to sink into a depression after an illness. Fortunately, there are some simple steps that can help lift your spirits. Here, doctors reveal why you may experience depression after an illness, signs it鈥檚 more than just 鈥渢he blues鈥 and how to restore your sunny mood while you鈥檙e on the mend.
It鈥檚 the question every parent worries about 鈥 dreads, even. 鈥榃here do babies come from?鈥 And tempting as it can be to blame the 鈥榓ul stork once again, experts all agree that this is not the way to go about things when your kids get to an age where they start to wonder about these things.

Las Vegas may seem like a magical place to the 41 million people that visit each year, but most of us understand that it鈥檚 great people who make that magic happen, every day and night, around the clock, 52 weeks each year.

We honor our moms on Mother鈥檚 Day, which is this Sunday. The history of that day is interesting. A few years after it was founded in 1908, the woman who started it all wanted it eliminated. Instead of a rallying cry for moms, she was angered that it had been commercialized by greeting card, flower and candy industries. Today, no one protests Mother鈥檚 Day. But as the social status of women has grown, women are still trying to attain equal status in the workplace, in wages, politics and more.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans to reclassify marijuana to a Schedule III controlled substance from Schedule I. This shift would not only recognize the drug鈥檚 medicinal uses, but also acknowledge that it has less potential for abuse.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans to reclassify marijuana to a Schedule III controlled substance from Schedule I. This shift would not only recognize the drug鈥檚 medicinal uses, but also acknowledge that it has less potential for abuse.
