Sexual assault. It's a taboo topic happening on our college campuses, in our own back yard. Monday, a Marietta College Professor reached out to the community with a very important message. Psychology Professor Mary Barnas presented her research on sexual assault. Barnas says she focuses on both protecting yourself and your friends. She says its important to talk about this topic because >>>

A few weeks ago Australians were shocked at the news that a Muslim youth had murdered an employee of NSW police in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta. Fifteen-year-old Farhad Jabar, born in Iran and of Iraqi Kurdish descent, gunned down accountant Curtis Cheng. Shortly after, he was shot and killed by police as they tried to apprehend him. This disturbing event highlighted yet again the dangers of extremist religion, and raised questions about the causes of radicalisation and how best to deal with it. The woman featured in this interview for Eureka Street TV is a Muslim and a clinical psychologist, >>>

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Can’t stand the sound of someone biting into an apple, slurping soup, or chewing popcorn? Experts say you may have a bona fide psychological condition. People who have an extreme aversion to specific noises — most often “mouth sounds” such as loud chewing or lip-smacking — may suffer from a condition called misophonia, the Wall Street Journal reports. While many people find some everyday sounds annoying, misophonia can disrupts a person’s life, and may affect up to 20 percent of the population, researchers say. A study of 483 people, published in the Journal of Clinical >>>

On October 12, the psychology journal, “Emotion” published associate psychology professor Kate Sweeny’s newest research on stress. Sweeny and her research team have been devoted to studying stress and the effectiveness of certain coping mechanisms for the past few years. Sweeny explained how her research stands to challenge what is previously thought about when dealing with stress. “Surprisingly, we know very little about how people cope with the particular type of stress associated with waiting for uncertain news. My research suggests that unlike coping with other kinds of stress, >>>

Dr. Jennifer Feenstra, psychology professor and department chair at Northwestern College, will present her research at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) annual conference Nov. 4–7 in Berlin, Germany. Feenstra will present her work with her mother, Dr. Cheryl Feenstra, nursing professor at Calvin College, and Dr. Michael Woolf, deputy president and chief academic officer of CAPA International Education. Dr. William Hyndman, assistant vice president for international education and development at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and former director of Northwestern’s >>>

Dear Editor,It is widely believed that sport encounters at the highest level are often determined by the degree to which the contestants can resist pressure.In the first innings of the ongoing second test in Sri Lanka those who watched would have been heartbroken to see Taylor given out in error, and not use the review available to him, Samuels immediately before lunch being caught in the slips from an ordinary delivery without moving his right foot an inch, and Ramdin running down the wicket for no apparent reason and being bowled by a straight ball. I suspect most West Indians would angrily >>>

The South Korean government will provide psychological counseling service along with the Korean Red Cross for those who participated in the recent inter-Korean family reunions. Under the program, psychology counselors and volunteers will visit the homes of 643 people who participated in the two rounds of reunions to assess the participants' mental state and help them keep psychological stability. The government plans to ensure those with an unstable mental state will continue to receive psychological therapy at respective local hospitals. >>>

Psychology enters into almost everything in life, and weight management is no exception. When confronted with any situation, no matter how big or small, past experiences, personality, conditioning, learned values and fears and inherited tendencies such as temperament colour how we behave and how we handle things. These factors influence your thinking and what you say to yourself at any given time. The more introspective and self-aware you are, >>>

Being good at “wearing more than one hat” seems to be a running theme with many educators and researchers, and Professor Jeffrey Sherman is no exception. Not only does Professor Sherman teach at a university level at UC Davis, both to undergraduate and graduate students, he’s also the principal investigator of UC Davis’s Social Cognition Lab which, “investigates the cognitive processes underlying social psychology and behavior.” Also, as head editor for the professional journal, “Social Cognition,” Professor Sherman actively influences how researchers, students and ultimately the >>>