A study posted at PsychCentral: Simple Methods Heighten Women’s Sexual Satisfaction New psychological research finds that many women with low sex drives reported greater sexual satisfaction after taking a placebo and participating in a clinical trial…Expectations to improve sex and a willingness to work on sexual problems appear to be key toward obtaining greater sexual […]
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PsyBlog scans the research and comes up with 10 Psychological Insights About Online Dating. Number one: Internet daters are not losers: Contrary to the stereotype, there’s little evidence that internet dating is the last resort of social misfits or weirdos. In fact, quite the reverse. Internet daters are more likely to be sociable, have high self-esteem and
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Another vote for getting up and moving around: Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter? (NYT) M.R.I.’s provided a clearer picture of how it might work. They showed that fit children had significantly larger basal ganglia, a key part of the brain that aids in maintaining attention and “executive control,” or the ability to coordinate actions and
People think an expert is an expert only if they agree with the expert’s conclusions (Science Daily). “It is a mistake to think ‘scientific consensus,’ of its own force, will dispel cultural polarization on issues that admit scientific investigation,” said Kahan. “The same psychological dynamics that incline people to form a particular position on climate
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Slate begins a series on creative pairs: Two is the Magic Number. The sensation of “mirror neurons” helped further dissolve the distinction. About 10 years ago, a team of Italian researchers showed that certain neurons that fire during actions by macaque monkeys—when they pick up a peanut, for example—also fire when they watch someone else
Children and Adults See the World Differently, Research Finds Unlike adults, children are able to keep information from their senses separate and may therefore perceive the visual world differently, according to new research…
Kids who really don’t want to go to school addressed in When a Doctor’s Note for a Student Doesn’t Help (NYT): The first time I realized I was complicit in school refusal, I didn’t even know the term. It was about a decade ago, and my patient was a boy who seemed to be spending his
Science Daily: Addressing Negative Thoughts Most Effective in Fighting Loneliness [T]he four interventions that helped people break the cycle of negative thoughts about self-worth and how people perceive them were the most effective at reducing loneliness. Studies that used cognitive-behavioral therapy, a technique also used for treating depression, eating disorders and other problems, were found
New at YANSS: The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy. The Misconception: You take randomness into account when determining cause and effect. The Truth: You tend to ignore random chance when the results seem meaningful or when you want a random event to have a meaningful cause. The fallacy gets its name from imagining a cowboy shooting at
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Thinking about individual or couples therapy? My primary office is at Hillhurst and Ambrose in Los Feliz (right next to Nature Mart, across from Albertson’s/The Coffee Bean). It’s very easily reached from Silver Lake, Echo Park, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Atwater Village, Hollywood… If you’re further west or south, I also see people in Beverly Hills,
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