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I Choose Change
Everyone Wants to Be Somebody, Sometimes
Understanding what is developmentally appropriate at any age is essential to parenting. In later years, it's essential to change. We all want to know why we do some of the crazy stuff we do. And, in order to know, we must look back in time at those...
I Choose Change Counseling and Coaching Center will host a 2-hour seminar on Saturday, October 24 at the Allen Public Library for frazzled parents everywhere. And, we make no bones about it… we intend to whisk you away for at least 2 hours, feed you, and send you away...
What Does it Mean To Be “Authentic”?
I have found it - the definition of authenticity! See more posts at http://www.ichoosechange.com/blog...
Who’s to Blame When Nobody Likes You?
The gap between blaming someone else and mulling over what you feel is where the likelihood of change lies. Change happens while you practice new behaviors with someone you trust. This is, in a sense, recreating the safe, trusting relationship you missed in your early years. Here...
Love For Sale: How an Unhappy Adult is Created
Kids are none of these things: vindictive, out to get you, or purposely pissing you off. As parents we must separate the PERSON from the BEHAVIOR in our kids. If we can love our kids without putting conditions on that love, the behavior won't be NEAR as...
Psychology / Psychiatry News From Medical News Today
Caring For An Elderly, Sick Spouse Sometimes Has Positive Elements
Although long-term care of sick or disabled loved ones is widely recognized as a threat to the caregiver's health and quality of life, a new study led by University at Buffalo psychologist Michael Poulin, PhD, finds that in some contexts, helping valued loved ones may promote the well being of...
Danish Children At Risk From Psychotropic Medicines
Between 1998 and 2007, psychotropic medications were associated with 429 adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children under 17 in Denmark. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Research Notes found that more than half of these were serious and several were birth defects - suggesting that tighter controls...
Computer Program That Detects Depression In Bloggers' Texts Developed By Ben-Gurion U. Professor
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a software program that can detect depression in blogs and online texts. The software is capable of identifying language that can indicate the writer's psychological state, which could serve as a screening tool......
Loneliness, Poor Health Appear To Be Linked
Two UA studies have found that hoarding friends doesn't necessarily diminish forlorn feelings and that loneliness is a matter of perception. Hoarding friends on Facebook - or followers on Twitter - won't do much to stave off loneliness if those relationships lack any kind of strong connection, new research finds......
The Impact Of Stress Hormones Aggravated By Abusive Mothering
In a new Biological Psychiatry article, Dr. Regina Sullivan and colleagues have dissected the behavior of mother rats and their infant pups, modeling nurturing by stroking and abuse with electric shock......
Greater Risk Of Drunken Violence In Those Who Suppress Anger
A study published in the journal Addiction reveals that drunkenness increases the risk for violent behaviour, but only for individuals with a strong inclination to suppress anger. The two authors, Thor Norström and Hilde Pape, applied an approach that reduces the risk of drawing erroneous conclusions about cause and effect......
Mind Hacks
The delightful conclusion to an 1890 article on 'Cycling for the Insane' published in The Journal of Mental Science: For most of us the exquisite loveliness and delight of a fine summer's day have a special charm. The very life is luxury. The air is full of sound and sunshine,...
The scientific method - lego robots edition
At the University of Sheffield we've been teaching psychology using lego robots. This isn't as peculiar as it might sound. You can learn a lot about your theories by trying to build them into a machine or computer programme. But while teaching the course, I discovered that you can also...
Psychologist Jesse Bering has written an absolutely remarkable article about the psychology of masturbation for his latest Scientific American 'Bering in Mind' column. I realise it's now impossible to write anything about the piece without dropping innuendos like a nurse in a Carry On film but it's worth checking out...
Technology and the brain: the words as they were spoke
I've just noticed that the complete transcript of my House of Lords committee debate with Susan Greenfield on 'What is the potential impact of technology, such as computer gaming, on the brain?' is now online as a pdf file. The debate was for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Scientific Research...
Combined animal death delusions
The Journal of ECT has a case report of patient who endured the terrifying delusion that her body was rotting away and being replaced by parts of a pig. The lady concerned was admitted to hospital for surgery but later developed psychosis: Approximately 4 weeks after the surgery, she started...
A brief glance in Jacques Lacan's mirror
I've just found a very funny YouTube video that attempts to explain everything you need to know about French psychoanalyst and philosopher Jacques Lacan in one minute. It's not entirely safe for work, which is part of its charm. Clearly, it's not intended to be taken too seriously, which I...
Psychology Today Daily Features
Those Magical Feelings of Closeness
Overcoming alienation ...
The elements of attraction ...
It's not love--it's nostalgia ...
Take an inventory of your romantic life ...
It's not about smiling all the time ...
How happiness pays off-- literally ...
Shrink Rap
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s in a reliable way, promise shown in new method
The NYT reports on findings that for the first time there may be a reliable way to diagnose Alzheimer’s. Dr. Daniel Skovronsky sat at a small round table in his corner office, laptop open, waiting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!...
Neuroscientists predict your behavior better than you
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” — John Wanamaker, 19th-century U.S. department store pioneer In a study with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
Can a Pill a Day keep Ageing Away
David Sinclair talks about resveratrol and wonders “Can a pill a day help keep aging away?” Source: TEDmed [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
The lovely Dorothy Rowe on why those little white lies are putting us all at risk in New Scientist: Lying gives us the temporary delusion that our personal and social worlds are intact, that we are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,...
We only have so many days to play this game, only so many days to enjoy our fathers. So treasure them while you can , when my father died 2 years ago a good friend send me this lovely poem by Brian... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...
I mentioned yesterday that The Times has reformatted and launched a new website… I love it- but then I’m a sucker for British Newspapers! You may have to sign up to preview articles- although they... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and...
Psych Central News
Childhood Abuse Linked to Headaches in Adulthood
Researchers have discovered a correlation between adverse childhood experiences and headaches in adulthood. According to experts, children who experience maltreatment such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse are more likely to experience frequent headaches, including chronic migraine, as adults. Using data from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study of 17,337 adult members...
Abnormal Side Effects from Parkinson Meds Explained
For years, a small set of Parkinson patients have experienced a bizarre side effect from medications that changes personality and provokes risky behavior. Now, scientists at UCL (University College London) believe they have explained the risky behavior, an insight that has implications for future medication of patients. The standard treatments for...
Brain Images Show Actions Associated with Courage
A fascinating new study uses ophidiophobia, a fear of snakes, to explain how individuals develop the mental power to overcome fear. Researchers used brain imaging techniques to study individuals presenting with ophidiophobia to uncover brain mechanisms associated with courage. The research, published in the journal Neuron, provides fascinating insight into what...
A new study demonstrates the importance of mastering stress reduction strategies when recovering from substance abuse. Researchers discovered recovering addicts who avoid coping with stress succumb easily to substance use cravings, making them more likely to relapse during recovery. “Cravings are a strong predictor of relapse,” said H. Harrington Cleveland, associate professor...
Caring for Chronically Ill Spouse May Have Psychological Benefits
New research suggests that there may be some benefit in caring for a spouse with health problems. Chronically ill and disabled patients are most often cared for at home and many times without paid or voluntary assistance. More than 96% of terminally ill patients are cared for at home, typically by...
Alcohol Use Linked to Sleep Problems in Young Teens
Use of alcohol is linked to sleep problems in young teens. Earlier pubertal development is associated with earlier sleep problems and earlier and greater use of alcohol....
Rumors of Glory
I made myself a video for Mother’s Day. More »...
The Vertical Self by Mark Sayers
In a time when branding and social media are so popular, this book reminds us that most of us are striving to create images of ourselves that will only leave us feeling empty. Sayers says many Christians have replaced the command to be holy with the quest for status. We’ve given...
The Voice of Psalms — a book review
I love this book. It is a new translation of the Psalms. In that same way The Message made us think about old words in a new way, this literary project does the same thing. The Voice of Psalms holds onto the original perspective of the Psalms, but adds richness...
The Power of Respect by Deborah Norville - a book review
This book was pleasant but not life-changing. I am a reviewer for Thomas Nelson publishing. I knew a little bit about Deborah Norville, and hoped I would get to know more about her through the book. What I found in this book were nice, light, inspirational stories, however, I felt the...
Mental Health: What happens in counseling?
Many people wonder what happens in counselor. They may have questions like: Why would I want to go talk to a stranger about my problems? How is that going to help? I can just talk to my friends and family, can’t I? If I go see a counselor, what will we do? What will...
The Sweet By and By - a book review
I offered to review this book for Thomas Nelson Publishing. I must mention right away that I am not a huge fan of light “chick lit” so it didn’t surprise me that I didn’t love this book. It’s probably not fair of me to even give a review. I...
Cognitive Daily
Cognitive Daily Closes Shop after a Fantastic Five-Year Run
Five years ago today, we made the first post that would eventually make its way onto a blog called Cognitive Daily. We thought we were keeping notes for a book, but in reality we were helping build a network that represented a new way of sharing psychology with the world....
Both musicians and non-musicians can perceive bitonality
Take a listen to this brief audio clip of "Unforgettable." Aside from the fact that it's a computer-generated MIDI performance, do you hear anything unusual? If you're a non-musician like me, you might not have noticed anything. It sounds basically like the familiar song, even though the synthesized sax isn't nearly as...
Synesthesia and the McGurk effect
We've discussed synesthesia many times before on Cognitive Daily -- it's the seemingly bizarre phenomenon when one stimulus (e.g. a sight or a sound) is experienced in multiple modalities (e.g. taste, vision, or colors). For example, a person might experience a particular smell whenever a given word or letter is...
Does watching TV really kill you?
Today I had to put off my normal morning run in order to make time to be interviewed on a radio show at 7:30 a.m. As I waited on hold for the interview to start, I could hear the hosts joking back-and-forth about what the "latest TV controversy" is. "Is...
The outfielder problem: The psychology behind catching fly balls
It's football season in America: The NFL playoffs are about to start, and tonight, the elected / computer-ranked top college team will be determined. What better time than now to think about ... baseball! Baseball players, unlike most football players, must solve one of the most complicated perceptual puzzles in...
Picks and interviews from ResearchBlogging.org
Here's this week's list of notable posts from Psychology and Neuroscience at ResearchBlogging.org. Is autism really surging? Michelle Dawson wonders whether the recent rise in autism rates can be traced to methodological differences in studies tracking autism rates. We know many men are attracted to younger women, but what does it...
PsyBlog
Get Creative: 7 More Psychological Techniques
Trying to make connections? Here are seven more research based techniques to increase creativity.» You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook....
Duchenne: Key to a Genuine Smile?
Experiments cast doubt on the classic marker of a genuine smile.» You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook....
Memory Improved By Saying Words Aloud
New study finds memory improved by vocalising or sub-vocalising words.» You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook....
How Superstitions Improve Performance
Experiments reveal that simple superstitions like lucky charms can improve motor and cognitive performance.» From PsyBlog's archives: The Cocktail Party Effect. » You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook....
According to new research around 9 out of 10 of us have experienced earworms lasting an hour or longer.» From PsyBlog's archives: The Cocktail Party Effect. » You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook....
Procrastinate Less By Forgiving Yourself
Without self-forgiveness procrastination enters a vicious circle.» From PsyBlog's archives: The Cocktail Party Effect. » You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook....
Persuasive.net
How to Mirror and Match Using NLP
Anthony Robbins stated: “People who like each other tend to be like each other.” What this means is that the more similar you are with the person you’re speaking to, the more rapport you’ll have. Ultimately with more rapport comes more power and influence. Surely this is something anyone would...
Video: The Power of a Woman’s Touch
Here are some poweful tips for both your business and personal life Make sure you follow @YehudaN on twitter for great tips and more! Yehuda Neuman is a widely renowned relationship expert, emerging celebrity, film producer and dating coach as well as professional sales consultant for some of the largest...
Yehuda Neuman is a widely renowned relationship expert, emerging celebrity, film producer and dating coach as well as professional sales consultant for some of the largest companies in New York City. You definitely need to follow him twitter Related Posts:Video: The Power of a Woman's TouchThe 10 Most Persuasive Dudes in Movies5...
Do You Know Why Parrots Would Make Great Salesmen?
Have you ever had the opportunity to speak to a parrot? It sounds odd, but what I mean is to listen to a parrot mock the words you speak to it? Interestingly enough, the parrot is performing a very basic technique used in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). The parrot is...
Every single human being is motivated 1 of 2 ways: move away from pain or go towards pleasure. For a very simplistic example… in most religions, there is the Heaven and Hell concept… People who are motivated by pleasure: A person lives their life to go to Heaven. This means that...
9 Secrets to Present Powerfully
You’re at a huge networking event. Nervously, you glance around the room and see many familiar faces. Some of the faces are new and are even smiling. These are the faces of your fellow club members. You have talked to them many times on many different occasions. So why should...
Ionian Enchantment
Funny (direct link)... ...
3 Quarks Daily science blogging award
The three winners of 2010 3 Quarks Daily Prize in Science, judged by Richard Dawkins, have been announced. The winning posts: "Gut bacteria in Japanese people borrowed digesting genes from ocean bacteria" by Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science. "Skullcaps and Genomes" by Carl Zimmer of The Loom. "The Evolution of Chloroplasts" by...
An anecdote is a tale, story or an account of events that is sometimes humorous or meant to convey a moral, but is often taken as evidence. In this latter sense there are two broad categories. Firstly, there is testimony, i.e., inferring that such-and-such happened or is true because someone...
The beautiful Randi Prayer, by Crispian Jago of Science, Reason and Critical Thinking.... Our ConjurorWho art in FloridaAmazing be thy nameThy Million-Dollar ChallengeWill not be doneGive us this dayEmpirical evidenceAnd debunk our irrationalityAs we debunk those who make unsubstantiated claims to usAnd lead us not into woo wooBut deliver us from...
The next - and for Angela and I, final - Durban Skeptics in the Pizzeria is scheduled for Thursday, June 17th from 18:30 till late at Pizzetta. (It'll be our final one because we're moving to Joburg at the end of the month). Come join us! A map: View Larger Map...
In all the hullabaloo over Draw Mohammad Day, I forgot to point to cartoonist Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro's follow-up cartoon. You'll recall that this cartoon of Zapiro's - in my view one of the best drawn for Draw Mo Day - caused quite a stir, and Shapiro even received death threats....
change therapy
st. jean baptiste day on a wordless wednesday
tomorrow is st. jean baptiste day. it’s also my birthday! image by fritz maingrette...
with over 1,000 blog posts, my memory of what has been written here is getting a bit fuzzy. to remedy that, i thought that once in a while i’d write a post about old posts. these here are reader comments on the topic of depression from looong ago: it’s hard...
living on purpose, being on purpose
this is a guest post by my friend garfield, for whom i wrote the posts on goal setting a few weeks ago. thank you isabella for inviting me to write a post on your awesome blog! i am a voracious student of human potential, and personal, spiritual, and professional development....
inspired. for 40 days and 40 nights.
i had this idea today. how about dedicating each day to a delightful word (or two)? and how about doing this for 40 days and 40 nights? my words yesterday were: singular and wondrous. these words helped me follow my true work today. want to join me? what are YOUR...
health and sustainability on a wordless wednesday
today, a slide show: edelman health engagement barometer 2010 view more presentations from edelman....
monthly buddhist carnival – the weird and cranky edition
do not act from ego. it is a sticky little mouse trap that begins with a wheel running us in circles. get off. (from full on arrival) today is a weird day for me, completely, it seems, driven by ego. today is june 15, time for a buddhist carnival, like...
Channel N
How has comedy entertainment changed as society has?...
Chronobiology and Design: Healthy Buildings for Brains
Designing environments that optimize light for physical and mental health....
Using Neurocriminology to Predict Violence
Can violence be predicted or explained with neuroimaging tools? Consider the issues in this neuroethics lecture....
Steven Pinker on how language reflects what we think....
Our perception of time....
Sleep, Genes and Bipolar Disorders
Circadian rhythm disturbance and bipolar disorders: researching the connections....
Sports Are 80 Percent Mental
Athletes In The Zone Feel The Flow
Robyn Beck/Getty Images Tiger was in the zone. On Saturday, in the third round of this year's U.S. Open, Woods made eight birdies, including five on the final nine holes, to come roaring back into contention. "All the Opens I've won [three], I've had one stretch of nine holes," Woods...
Morning Type Pitchers Do Better In Day Games
A Major League Baseball pitcher's natural sleep preference might affect how he performs in day and night games, according to a research abstract presented June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC. ...
Will The Jabulani Bend At The World Cup?
Physics experts at the University of Adelaide believe the new ball created for the 2010 World Cup, called the Jabulani, will play "harder and faster," bending more unpredictably than its predecessor. But why? And what will it mean for the game? "The Jabulani is textured with small ridges and 'aero grooves'...
New Proof That Exercise Pumps Up Your Metabolism
Using a system that analyzes blood samples with unprecedented detail, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed the first "chemical snapshot" of the metabolic effects of exercise. Their findings, reported in the May 26 issue of Science Translational Medicine, may improve understanding of the physiologic effects...
Soccer Robots Are Getting Smarter At RoboCup
(Credit: Image courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University) Robot soccer players from Carnegie Mellon University competing in this month's RoboCup 2010 world championship in Singapore should be able to out-dribble their opponents, thanks to a new algorithm that helps them to predict the ball's behavior based on physics principles. That means that the...
New Video Games Help Blind Kids Play
VI Fit, a project at the University of Nevada, Reno, helps children who are blind become more physically active and healthy through video games. The human-computer interaction research team in the computer science and engineering department has developed a motion-sensing-based tennis and bowling exergame. "Lack of vision...
The Last Psychiatrist
Are Certain Behaviors-- And Jobs-- More Masculine? And Out Of Our Control?
wouldn't you know it, all the best derivatives traders are lesbians......
Which Is Healthier: A Dunkin Donuts Bagel, Muffin, or Donut?
too bad the prices aren't also variable......
should be accurate to 10 dolichoi......
everything tastes better with Coke......
There Is No Link Between ADHD And Organophosphate Pesticides
come on you guys: what do the authors want to be true?......
Love Means Not Letting The Other Person Be Himself
The anvil is the better choice: D6 to XO4......
World of Psychology
In her insightful book, “The Superstress Solution,” Roberta Lee, M.D. assesses the stress level in most homes today, and offers a word of caution about chronic stress. In her introduction, she writes: We’re deluding ourselves if we think that we can indefinitely endure the macro stresses that accompany impersonal encounters, less...
Best of Our Blogs: June 22, 2010
How was your Father’s Day? Was it all you wanted, expected and hoped it would be? The activities of the day, however, are less important than the memories associated with Father’s Day. Even if you’re not a father yourself or were unable to spend time with your dad due to death...
“Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.” — George F. Will You have either had the experience or heard about it: Flow has been in the global consciousness since Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience was released 35 years ago. Back...
In Celebration of Fathers, 2010
Happy Father’s Day! Dads sometimes get a bum rap as simple bread winners who occasionally are called upon to wield a hammer to hang a picture. They play ball (or, more likely, video games) with the kids, and leave the heavy lifting of child rearing and such to the moms. But fathers...
Christian and Depressed: What Churches Can Do to Help Persons with Mood Disorders
The other day, I received this email from a Beyond Blue reader: “I’m a Christian, and have been struggling with depression and my faith since my brother took his life 2-1/2 years ago. I joined your group for friends and tips on dealing with problems with Major Depression. I...
Best of Our Blogs: June 18, 2010
I was away earlier this week because my mom was in town. And in a few days, it will be Father’s Day. Spending all this time with my parents has made me aware of a lot of things. For one it’s given me the opportunity to see them in a new...