TV Time, Unlike Child Care, Ranks High in Mood Study. TV Time, Unlike Child Care, Ranks High in Mood Study A team of psychologists and economists is reporting today what many Americans know but do not ... [World of Psychology]000000comment []


Internet fuels risk of suicide pacts: medical journal. Internet fuels risk of suicide pacts: medical journal A rash of group suicides that has shaken Japan is a worrying sign of the Internet's potential for ... [World of Psychology]000000comment []


New Brain Cells Develop During Alcohol Abstinence. CHAPEL HILL -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have reported - for the first time - a burst in new brain cell development during abstinence from chronic alcohol consumption. ... [CogNews]000000comment []


Lying Taxes Brain (fMRI Evidence). An article at Wired News describes a study in which ten participants were observed in a functional MRI scan to exhibit different patterns of brainwave activity based on whether they were telling the truth about what they did or saw, or lying about it. Turns out, the liars' brains had more activity across them than the truthful participants.Sample size is quite small, and the method perhaps prohibitively expensive in the short-term, but an interesting inroad to further research nonetheless. ... [CogNews]000000comment []