The term adult derived from the Latin word derived from adultus means it has grown into strength and size are perfect or have become mature (Hurlock, 1992). Thimefore a so-called adults are individuals who have been ready to accept the position in society. While the maturity is a state of moving forward toward perfection. Maturity is not a static condition, but it is a situation to be .... (A state of Becoming).
Although no one is able to act and react to all situations and all aspects of...
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Mental Disorders Making Poor
Psychological problem greatly affect a person's life. Not only the impact on the mental, psychological disorders also make a person insolvent. How so?
New Scientist magazine has published a list of the most popular mental disorders are a major source person becomes insolvent. The first condition is anxiety, followed by insomnia and depression.
Approximately...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
10 Stress-Free Ways to Reduce Anxiety
By Glenn Mueller
eDiets Contributor
There is no question about it: We are living in very intense times. Though a certain amount of anxiety can help keep us on our toes, how can we manage and reduce our stress so that it doesn’t become overwhelming? Here are 10 stress-busters to help you cope with anxiety:
1. Eat a healthy diet. Feeding your body...
The Teen Happiness Gene?
Whether you were happy with life as a teenager could be down to a certain gene, says a new study.
In a large study of American adolescents, the AddHealth project, teens who carried the long form of the 5HTTLPR locus were more likely to say they were satisfied or very satisified with their lives (at age 18 to 26). People with two long variants...
Temporal Artery Flow Response during the Last Minute of a Head Up Tilt Test, in Relation with Orthostatic Intolerance after a 60 Day Head-Down Bedrest
by Philippe Arbeille, Ming Yuan, Yanqiang Bai, Shizhong Jiang, Gullemette Gauquelin, Patrick Aubry, Yuming Wan, Marc Antoine Custaud, Yinghui Li
Objective
Check if the Temporal flow response to Tilt could provide early hemodynamic pattern in the minutes preceding a syncope during the Tilt test performed after a 60-d head down bedrest (HDBR).
Method
Twenty-one men divided into 3 groups [Control (Con), Resistive Vibration (RVE) and Chinese Herb (Herb)] underwent a 60 day HDBR. Pre and Post HDBR...
How Cannabis Causes 'Cognitive Chaos' In The Brain
Cannabis use is associated with disturbances in concentration and memory. New research by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of Neuroscience [Oct. 25], has found that brain activity becomes uncoordinated and inaccurate during these altered states of mind, leading to neurophysiological and behavioural impairments reminiscent of those seen in schizophrenia.
The collaborative study, led by Dr Matt Jones from the University's School of Physiology and Pharmacology,...
Person Perception 25 Years After Bruce and Young (1986): An Introduction
Faces are special stimuli to humans because they convey an enormous range of socially relevant information about a person's identity, gender, age, ethnicity, mood, attractiveness, and about a person's current focus of attention or intentions. For more than two decades, a sentence similar to this one has introduced numerous scientific articles on face perception. Faces are so rich in social information that it may be easy to overlook that other visual or auditory cues (plus, of course, those from...
Diet Success with the Power of Intention
There are several things that make someone successful or not in a diet. Among these factors the most important is the implementation intention.
A study conducted by Floor Kroese, Marieke Adriaanse, Catharine Evers, and Denise DeRidder as released in the bulletin of Personality and Social Psychology October 2011 edition says that implementation intentions...
Repeat Bouts Of Depression Linked To Low Mastery And Smoking
by Grace Rattue
According to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the risk factors for individuals experiencing repeat episodes of depression include daily smoking, lack of control over life situations (low mastery) and previous depression.
Depression is a common disorder in which feelings of sadness, anger, loss, or frustration negatively affect the individual's quality of life. Approximately 65% of individuals with the condition have repeat episodes. In addition the...
Potential New Drug Target Could Stop Debilitating Effects of Multiple Sclerosis
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a potential new drug target for multiple sclerosis that could prevent the physical disability associated with the disease.
In the first phase of MS, those with the condition have inflammation of their brain cells, resulting in continuous cycles of inflammation attacks and recovery periods. In the second phase of the disease, the inflammation isn't as severe, but this is the stage where physical disability sets in due to the effects...
Harsh Discipline Fosters Dishonesty In Young Children
Classical composition by Orff makes beautiful music on the racetrack
Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children suggests.
The study, published in the journal Child Development, also indicates that children in a punitive environment are able to tell more convincing lies than those in a non-punitive environment.
The research,...
Study: More Outdoor Time for Kids Wards off Nearsightedness
University of Cambridge researchers presented evidence drawn from their analysis of carefully selected recent eye health studies suggesting more outdoor time for children and adolescents could reduce their chances of developing nearsightedness, or myopia.
Myopia has grown more common worldwide since the 1970s, Anthony Khawaja of the University of...
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Brain Development of Autistic Slows Down
Autistic child's brain develops more slowly than other groups. That fact newly discovered by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Slow development causes a child with autism have trouble communicating and socializing with friends and family. During adolescence, the brain grows more rapidly.
The researchers say that autism...
Friday, October 21, 2011
Bandit is a Robot to Helps Autistic Kids
A small robot named Bandit is the latest technology to help children with autism in order to better understand the social and emotional behavior.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Psychology Internship Program Reaccredited
Psychology internship program, which offers three advanced placement to graduates each year University Health Services Center, Counseling and mental health is reaccredited through the American Psychological Association in 2018, according to a press release.
Accreditation ensures that every program meets the standards of the APA, and trains apprentices...
Treatments of ADHD
Although there is no known cure for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there are several options that can help them effectively manage the symptoms of space. Treatments range from behavioral interventions of prescription drugs. Although research has found that medication alone is an effective way to treat ADHD, a large study by the National Institutes of Mental Health has found that a combined approach to drug therapy and behavior therapy in collaboration with the most useful for patients...
The Research Examines The Approaches To Drug Trafficking Among African Americans
By: Dawn Fuller
The new study is the first to study the effectiveness of an approach widely used for counseling for the treatment of substance abuse among African-Americans. The study found that African-American women were more likely than men to continue the consulting approach for the treatment of substance abuse, but their substance abuse problems continued. The study led to Latrice Montgomery, a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati Department of Psychology, published this month...
The Psychology of Occupy Wall Street
Introduction
For an article in The New York Times this week, reporters tried to find a common denominator among the demonstrators to capture the movement in New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, London, Phoenix, Tucson and Los Angeles. They found one: everyone is angry.
When it came time for this, like other popular uprising, the French Revolution in the Arab spring, the Tea Party of 1773 a 2009. It is the psychology behind Wall Street deal more complicated than this picture? Ask to take the protests...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Treatment for Brain Injury Lacks Evidence, Panel Finds
By BENEDICT CAREY
Techniques being used to treat traumatic brain injuries, the signature wounds suffered by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, appear to be helpful but lack rigorous scientific support, a government-appointed panel reported on Monday after completing the most comprehensive analysis of the evidence to date.
The new report, done by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Department of Defense, concluded that some specific methods — the use of special daily diaries, for instance,...
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