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Scanning the brain: Scientists examine the impact of fMRI over the past 20 years
Jan 16, 2013 18:31
Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest scientific quests of all time, but the available methods have been very...
Lack of guidelines create ethical dilemmas in social network-based research
Jan 14, 2013 0:59
With millions of adolescent users, social network sites (SNSs) are a rich data source for academic research studies. But...
Researchers: Online science news needs careful study
Jan 4, 2013 19:33
A science-inclined audience and wide array of communications tools make the Internet an excellent opportunity for scientists...
Predicting if scientists will be stars
Sep 12, 2012 17:48
A medical school committee is weighing whether to hire a promising young neuroscientist. Will she have a brilliant future...
Social psychologists espouse tolerance and diversity — do they walk the walk?
Sep 7, 2012 18:24
Every ten years or so, someone will make the observation that there is a lack of political diversity among psychological...
Gender bias in leading scientific journals
Aug 30, 2012 17:27
Fewer women than men are asked to write in the leading scientific journals. That is established by two researchers from Lund...
Using neuroeconomics to study psychiatry
Jul 19, 2012 16:30
Neuroeconomics experts and guest editors of the Biological Psychiatryspecial issue Carla Sharp, John Monterosso, and P. Read...
China’s first international psychology journal launched with Wiley
Jul 7, 2012 18:34
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the launch of PsyCh Journal, China’s first international psychology journal....
Bias found in mental health drug research presented at major psychiatric meeting
May 22, 2012 15:12
When thousands of psychiatrists attend their field’s largest annual meeting each year, the presentations they hear...
What was B.F. Skinner really like? A study parses his traits
Mar 21, 2012 16:32
March 20th marks the birthday of famed behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner, who would have turned 108 today. Besides Sigmund...
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