An app or a battlefield? Facebook continues to feel out a way around Google. / © ANDROIDPIT Facebook: the emotion machineFacebook’s desire to experiment on its user base comes as little surprise now, but the steady stream of revelations is beginning to carry the momentum of a torrent.The most eyebrow-raising moment came when Facebook presented a research paper on how it had doctored news feeds to make people feel happy or sad via “emotional contagion”. The paper suggested that when users saw happy posts, they were more likely to post happier things, and more likely >>>

The Finn admits he is giving serious consideration to the prospect of acquiring a top sports psychologist with the power to strengthen his player's mentality before it's too late. Paatelainen said: “I do believe in sports psychology and it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot. Psychology in general is great. I don’t believe in group psychology. Everybody is unique, different – and everyone reacts differently to each situation. “So it has to be a one-on-one session with a psychologist. That is definitely something I’m looking at. It’s >>>

Don't you hate all those pieces in the media this time of year telling us to make "resolutions" and all that blah, blah, blah about self-improvement? Like the old Saturday Night Live character, Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say, "What are ya tryin' to do, make me sick?!" After all, resolutions sometimes seem like a set-up for failure as we generally idealize how we would like to be and then when we then have trouble reaching the goal it leads to disappointment and a greater entrenchment of the problem.The problem for most of us is that when we impulsively set idealized >>>

Western Connecticut State University released their list of full-time students who made the Dean’s list.The students are as follows, listed by state and town:CONNECTICUT Ansonia: Matthew Carrasquillo, Management; Jessica Mooney, NursingAvon: Justin Reichler, AccountingBarkhamsted: Amanda Malo, Professional WritingBeacon Falls: William Alfiere, Justice and Law Administration; Jennifer Hemstreet, Social Work; Jeffrey Moffat, AccountingBethel: Arthur Afonso, Business Administration; Kristen Apellaniz, Health Promotion Studies; Briana Aponte, Professional Writing; Hailey Barbarie, Health Promotion >>>

When arguing for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, many cite the "gay gene" theory or idea that those apart of the LGBT community were "born this way." It's been a pillar of LGBT advocates in their fight for civil liberties, such as same-sex marriage and equal access to health care. However, new research published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology finds this may not be the best way to fight against LGBT discrimination. "We believe that the key to tackling pervasive homophobia in society is to better understand what molds a person’s beliefs about >>>

Women now outnumber men in almost two-thirds of degree subjects, and the gender gap in British universities has almost doubled in size since 2007, figures show. The statistics, published by the university admissions service Ucas, show that men still dominate in areas traditionally seen as male, such as engineering and some sciences. Among students who started degree courses last autumn, women outnumbered men in 112 out of 180 subjects, while men were ahead in 65 and there was equal representation in three. Overall, 66,840 more women than men are now on degree courses, compared with a gap of 34,035 >>>

Researchers at New Mexico State University are mimicking high-stakes visual search scenarios in the lab to gauge performances of independent searchers and search pairs. Preliminary research showed that two heads might not always be better than one. Add to Favorites Contact >>>

The BPS Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) is holding its Annual Conference in London from 6-8 January under the title ‘Towards an inclusive psychology - do labels and diagnoses help or hinder?’ Topics to be discussed in the conference include: Is there any value in the psychiatric diagnoses that are increasingly applied to our children?Are autism and ADHD realities or money-making myths created by drug companies and service providers?Should we be trying to control the behaviour of children as young as six years with psychiatric medication?The conference programme >>>

A Laurentian University professor has been removed from his first-year psychology classroom after asking students to sign off on his use of offensive language. Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Persinger said he asked students in his introductory psychology course to sign a "Statement of Understanding" during the first lecture. The statement lists a sample of words that might be used during class, and includes the F-word, homophobic slurs, and offensive slang for genitalia. Read the contract and sample questions (Warning: Some readers may find the language offensive). "One of my techniques >>>

A Rebuttal to Banks et al. and APA’s Division 19 Task Force   In the wake of the July 2015 Hoffman Report, which found that the American Psychological Association (APA) colluded with the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that no APA policy would constrain psychologists’ participation in DOD’s “enhanced interrogation” program, the APA Council of Representatives passed an historic ban on the involvement of psychologists in national security interrogations and at detention sites that operate outside or in violation of international law, including Guantánamo Bay Detention Center. Despite >>>