Northwest Iowa — Did you make New Year’s Resolutions for 2016?  Many northwest Iowans did, but most of us find it hard to keep them. One of the most common resolutions is to get fit and lose weight, and an Iowa State University study is looking at ways to help you stick to the weight loss plan. I-S-U psychology professor Alison Phillips says having what she calls an “instigation cue” can light the spark that prompts you to succeed at developing good exercise habits.http://kiwaradio.com/files/mkrez1.mp3 The I-S-U study, published in the journal Health Psychology, finds that these cues >>>

These Questions originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answers by Paul Gilmartin, former TV Host, current host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast, on Quora. Q: What's the difference between a therapist, a psychiatrist, and a psychologist? Which one should I see for what? A: Psychologists and therapists can't prescribe meds. Psychiatrists are medical doctors and they can. Psychiatrists aren't trained as extensively as therapists in talk therapy. Some psychiatrists have no training at all in talk >>>

It’s one of the puzzling truths of wrongful conviction cases: Where was the evidence proving the wrongfully named suspect’s innocence? If he swears he wasn’t at the scene, surely there’s an alibi confirming where he was? A growing body of evidence shows that when suspects make false confessions—which happen for many reasons, and far more often than most people realize—fiction trumps fact. Our brains abhor ambiguity. The tidy narrative of a confession biases witnesses and investigators alike, neutralizing evidence that could prove a suspect’s innocence. In one study, 61% of people >>>