First Posted: 12:32 am - January 7th, 2016 Journal-Courier staff <!-- Email--> <!-- Print--> QR Favorite Jacksonville native Sarah Buck, associate professor of health, physical education and recreation at Chicago State University, will receive the 2015 Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Excellence in Reviewing award during the conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity in June in Montreal. The award includes a plaque and a $250 >>>

SALISBURY, Md. - The poweball jackpot is over $500 Million.  The chances to win it? 1 in 292 million.  You have a better chance of being crushed by a meteorite.  So why do so many people play? Some say just for the chance - the $2 it costs for a ticket just a small price for the chance at a better life.  But with the odds forever against the players, it is a business after all, there is obviously more to it.  Dr. Leslie Donnelly says part of playing is fantasizing about what you would do if you win.  It's about buying hopes >>>

“To do that, they have to be able to be exposed to these words, and why they are that way, in a classroom,” he said.

Gaining an advantage Much in the same way that sports men and women are seeking the services of sports psychologists to develop ways to achieve peak performance, so now are businesses turning to psychology to look for ways to gain an advantage over their competitors and maximise the potential of their employees. Leaders are learning how to apply psychological skills to grow their businesses and for their employees to be able to perform optimally.Now not all businesses will be down on their luck, some may be doing just fine, however, who wouldn't >>>

It may not be sexism that keeps more women from top jobs, it may be less understanding of the role of social capital in reaching the top, according to graduate student Natasha Abajian of City University London at the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference in Nottingham. The conclusion came after interviews with 12 women employed as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or Managing Director (MD) in the communications industry, to explore their perceptions of social capital and how much they believed it was instrumental in helping their careers. The >>>