Last week, Oxford Dictionary broke the news when it announced its word of the year: emoji. The popular term was then accompanied by a paradoxical emoticon displaying a happy face tearing up. But why do some people really mean it when they say "I'm so happy I'm about to cry"? Science explains why.Like Us on Facebook Yahoo Health reports a recent study explains the psychology behind "dimorphous expressions", which refers to the combining effects of opposing emotions. Oriana Aragon from Yale University's department of psychology studied the paradox of "cute aggression," where a person becomes so >>>

In part one of my series on using open source in research, I looked at LibreOffice, LaTeX, and two packages to use in psychology experiments. In this article, I show you software to help handle the data in your papers and disseminate the results. Analyzing your data Those used to SPSS may wish to have a look at two programs. PSPP is very similar, even including the same menus, but is free and easier to install. It also uses the same file format, so existing work in SPSS should open perfectly in PSPP. The other is a new package, JASP, which bills itself as "a low-fat alternative to SPSS." JASP >>>

Nilesh Mazumdar, CEO, consumer brands division, Ruchi Soya Industries, confesses to his love for Bengali food and wildlife photography. Clothes: Marks and Spencer. They have a wide range of affordable and trendy outfits. Book: "Influence: The Psychology Of Persuasion" by Dr Robert B Cialdini, a must-read for all marketing professionals. The book explains how human decisions are influenced and the psyche behind them. Cuisine: I like Bengali food. It is tasty and nutritious. It has some health benefits like being rich in proteins and healthy for heart. Movie: My favourites would be "The Bucket >>>

UNL researchers have conducted a meta-analysis study that shows ADHD medications can cause children to develop sleep problems. Psychology doctoral student and lead author Katie Kidwell (right), doctoral student Alyssa Lundahl and Professor Tim Nelson authored the paper along with doctoral student Tori Van Dyk, who is away from UNL on an internship. (Craig Chandler/University Communications) Office of University CommunicationsUNL researchers have conducted a meta-analysis study that shows ADHD medications can cause children to develop sleep problems. Psychology doctoral student and lead author >>>

Photo by Giovanni Ortiz By Giovanni OrtizCopy Editor  A soft knock on an open door, and the head of a girl with soft eyes and a half smile pops through. She whispers something that only he can hear, and he let her into his office. The door closes with a soft click, and whatever was said behind those doors stayed between her, the student, and him, the therapist. Julian Pessier sits behind a tall, brown wooden door talking to students in the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department on the second floor of the university’s health center. The office has a long table with eight chairs >>>

1) Actual Occasions/Entities; also known as “Final Realities” and “Res Verae” - This is a metaphysically primitive notion. It is a process of becoming rather than an enduring substance. They are the final, real things of which the world is made up or drops of experience that are complex, interdependent. This is similar to a Leignizian mod, except that a monad is windowless and nothing can pass through it, whereas an actual occasion is "all window." It is continually interpenetrated with other actual occasions. Instead of the Aristotelian substance, which is indivisible, it is continually >>>

Michigan – A study led by researchers from the University of Michigan found that students who take prescribed medicines to treat Attention/Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be targeted by bullies. The paper was published on Friday in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. The recent study found that kids and teenagers who take ADHD medications are more likely to be bullied at school. Credit: Shutterstock“Kids who have a prescription are twice as likely to be victimized as those without ADHD,” affirmed Quyen Epstein-Ngo, a research assistant >>>

Focusing on something other than labour can help distract you from pain. Tommitrise Collins had a dilemma. As a university student in America, she needed to sit a two-hour psychology exam as part of her degree in criminal justice. The online test was scheduled for November 12. That would have been fine, except Collins was a little busy that day; the 21 year old happened to be in labour. While the solution seemed simple - ditch the test and focus on having her baby - Collins decided to do >>>

Comments (0) IT is just five days until Black Friday when bargain hunters will be flocking to the shops to bag a deal.Last year, Intu Derby saw a 30% increase in visitors on the day compared with a normal Friday and UK shoppers spent £1 million every three minutes on the day itself, resulting in total sales of more than £800 million.But the knockdown prices also resulted in appalling scenes of shoppers fighting over widescreen televisions.So what is it that drives us to find the best bargains? James Hallam, academic lead for psychology at the University >>>

Follow Barely a month before the onset of the festive season, the general mood in the country appears completely devoid of any signs of merriment. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The usual banter around the joyful issue of bonus is now a thing of the past, reserved only for the civil service. A recent study by the Industrial Psychology Consultants (IPC) has shown that two out of five companies will pay an annual bonus this year. Last year 49,46% of the respondents in the IPC survey paid annual bonuses. Normally, during this time of the year, retail and clothing shops would be a hive of activity as families >>>