As states begin voting to determine who will represent each party in the November presidential election, researchers are studying the psychology of how voters decide who to support. A lab at Harding University in Searcy has been surveying groups of people on how they respond to the image of candidates and how they listen to the content of what's said during speeches and debates. Dr. Jeremiah Sullins, an assistant professor of psychology, said the project has two overarching questions that they're working to answer. "Do we use mental shortcuts or do we >>>

"'Schizophrenia' does not exist," boldly proclaims the headline of an editorial published Tuesday in The BMJ by Dr. Jim van Os, a prominent Dutch researcher and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Maastricht University Medical Center. van Os, isn’t arguing that schizophrenia is an imaginary ill, however. Rather, he believes its most popular characterization is deeply flawed and only serves to confuse people about the nature of mental illness, particularly psychosis. While people diagnosed with other psychotic illnesses such as delusional disorder are understood >>>

As states begin voting to determine who will represent each party in the November presidential election, researchers are studying the psychology of how voters decide who to support. A lab at Harding University in Searcy has been surveying groups of people on how they respond to the image of candidates and how they listen to the content of what's said during speeches and debates. Dr. Jeremiah Sullins, an assistant professor of psychology, said the project has two overarching questions that they're working to answer. "Do we use mental shortcuts or do we use heuristics when we actually judge a >>>