Dr. Claudia Osborn's life changed forever on a warm summer night in 1988 when a bike ride through her quiet neighborhood ended when she was hit by a car. Now a volunteer faculty member at Michigan State University, Osborn has chronicled her 10-year journey from serious head injury to a different yet happy life in a book titled "Over My Head."
By law, people opposed to the death penalty are prohibited from serving on juries in which a defendant may be sentenced to death. But a new study suggests that excluding anti-death-penalty jurors may be biasing the juries who determine guilt or innocence of defendants. It is not possible, however, to tell whether this bias would favor defendants or prosecutors.
The impact of new information technologies (IT) has been pervasive on society but productivity benefits are more difficult to pin down, according to a new National Science Board (NSB) report to Congress, Science and Engineering Indicators 1998.
Americans say they are more interested and more aware than ever about scientific discoveries, inventions and new technologies. However, they still score low on actual understanding of basic scientific terms and concepts, such as the definition of molecules and DNA, and how frequently the earth revolves around the sun.
Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet latest study may just prove how healthy it is to forgive. The assistant professor of psychology at Hope College launches a two-year study this fall which will focus on the physiological effects of forgiveness
In the first comprehensive study of the use of masks by African women, a University of Delaware anthropologist raises important questions about the women's access to power--both political and spiritual.
Patient empowerment takes a step forward today with the launch of MSWatch, the first fully integrated, interactive disease management Web site for people with multiple sclerosis and their health care providers.
A $1.5 million grant to the School of Social Work and Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia will fund an in-depth view of those who are continuing to receive welfare assistance and the changes that have taken place in the Division of Family and Children Services since welfare reform began in the state five years ago.
Meet Mr. Mom. He's as comfortable doing the weekly run to the grocery store with kids in tow as he is doing a production cost analysis. He can hug a toddler, wipe away tears and apply a bandage as well as he can ngeotiate a tough contract for his company.
A study by psychologist Patricia Owen is the first to show that brief exposure to media images of thin female bodies results in body dissatisfaction on the part of the viewer.
A new study finds welfare recipients cautiously optimistic about welfare reform and supportive of the new time limits on welfare benefits.
Despite the high cost, 40 percent of Americans over age 70, regardless of income, have modified their homes with grab bars, bathroom railings, wheelchair ramps and other aids, regardless of their income, reports Nandinee Kutty, assistant professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University.
Researchers probing people's memories of sexual abuse report two ordinary mechanisms may be responsible for temporarily forgetting and later remembering genuine instances of childhood sexual abuse. The findings by University of Washington psychologists suggest that it is possible to explain such forgetting without repression.
Adolescent violence is becoming a commonplace and alarming trend. Before we blame television, the Internet, or working parents, multiple studies conducted by Dr. Tiffany Field indicate that the groundwork for adolescent violence is laid in infancy.
Men and women experience the same level of sadness while watching a tearjerker at the movies, but women are more likely to reach for a box of tissues, according to a Vanderbilt University psychologist. Research by Associate Professor of Psychology Ann Kring found that women aren't more emotional than men, they are just more expressive of their emotions.
Inner-city drug dealing is a good example of what management guru Peter Drucker would call entrepreneurship, says a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
What have women accomplished since the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls 150 years ago and what remains to be done? National leaders will answer these questions July 13 to 16 in upstate New York during a rare opportunity to continue the legacy of that first convention.
Although men are three times more likely than women to be killed in car crashes, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health have found that, when the total numbers of crashes are considered, female drivers are involved in slightly more crashes than men.
A new study by researchers at Ohio State University has concluded that people have 15 fundamental desires and values that guide their behavior. These desires include basic needs, such as food, as well as social desires such as prestige, social contact and honor.
More children suffer from anxiety disorders than any other psychological problem, say two Purdue University experts. They share advice for parents dealing with separation anxiety in children.
It's human nature to party, says a Vanderbilt University specialist in organizational behavior. As companies across the country - from Fortune 500 corporations to family-run businesses - plan summer picnics, barbecues and other informal outings, it's important for employers to recognize that corporate celebration is essential during the bad times, too.
People who live in poverty areas are 80 percent more likely to die than comparable people who live in better areas
It's Election Day. An exhausted businesswomen rushes into the voting booth five minutes before the polls close and in less than three minutes, punches through her ballot to indicate her preferences. As she votes she vaguely recalls the political ads she saw on television a few night ago, the few pieces of direct mail....
In a Purdue University study of morality and motivation in sports, teen-age athletes rated coaches as having the most influence on their likelihood to be overly aggressive or to chat in sports. Parents also were a factor, with dads having the most influence on cheating and moms influencing aggression.
Male college athletes consume about 50 percent more alcohol than their counterparts who don't participate in intercollegiate sports, a record beaten only by college fraternity members, as shown in a study published by the Core Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Deep poverty in early childhood profoundly affects achievement in later years, according to a new study that examines schooling outcomes in relation to family incomes.
1948 ìset the engines goingî for the rest of 20th century America, according to George Douglas, the author of nine books dealing with U.S. culture and history.
The issue of physician-assisted suicide, long the shrouded preserve of activists like Dr. Jack Kevorkian, is about to go public with political battles expected in a number of state legislatures.
PakistanÃs nuclear tests on May 28, in apparent response to IndiaÃs testing earlier in the month, could represent ìthe biggest foreign policy failure of the Clinton administration,î says Stephen P. Cohen, an expert on South Asian security and nuclear issues.
As activists and politicians debate the merits and drawbacks to same-sex marriages, a University of Iowa professor has taken a step back to look at the rituals involved in these ceremonies and what they represent for the couples as well as for society as a whole.
Researchers report that when relaying an emotional experience, children who drew as they spoke reported more than twice as much information than children asked only to talk about their experiences. Furthermore, the additional information did not occur at the expense of accuracy, according to an article to be published in the June issue of the APA's Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.
Fingerprints, DNA matches and fibers may be more reliably objective indicators that a suspect committed a crime, but, studies have found, for most jurors, nothing beats the confident testimony of an eyewitness, even when the eyewitness is completely wrong. Research has shown that incorrect eyewitness identifications account for more convictions of innocent persons than all other causes combined. Now a new study published by the American Psychological Association provides even further evidence that eyewitness testimony may not deserve the confidence that many jurors have in it.
The scene was a tiny village on the Venezuelan savanna where anthropologist Pei-Lin Yu of Southern Methodist University was living among the PumÈ Indians in order to study their way of life. It was the rainy season in September 1992 and thanks to a good hunting trip, everyone was dining on venison. YuÃs fellow researcher tossed some leftover bones into a fire rather than brave a torrential downpour to throw them in the trash outside of camp. A PumÈ friend nicknamed P. J. entered their thatched-roof house and saw the bones mixed in with the coals.
Just 10 days before India conducted five underground nuclear tests, participants in an international workshop at the University of Georgia expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of change in the strategic bilateral relationship between India and the United States.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health have found that how well or poorly a young person interacts with family and peers, participates in school, and controls behavior can reveal the presence or absence of psychiatric disorders much earlier than can traditional indicators such as school failure and contact with police, which appear after problems have already become entrenched. Social role dysfunction can also help indicate whether a teen's psychiatric problems will be acted out as behavior problems or turned inward to cause emotional difficulties.
The overall amount of disruptive behavior in the first grade classroom can influence the course of aggressive behavior in boys through middle school, according to a study by Johns Hopkins School of Public Health researchers. The common practice of grouping many disruptive children together in one classroom may be actively steering those children toward anti-social behavior. The study was published in the Spring 1998 issue of Development and Psychopathology.
Investing major resources in reforming mental health systems of care for children and adolescents appears to be ill advised, according to a professor who led two recently completed mental health studies.
University of Georgia researchers have spent the past decade searching for the secret to living an active, meaningful life beyond the age of 100. Instead of a secret formula, they've found an equal-opportunity phenomenon.
The CIA and its 12 companion U.S. intelligence agencies are bloated bureaucracies, overly reliant upon technology and in need of a game plan for the post-Cold War era, according to Loch Johnson, a University of Georgia Regents Professor of Political Science.
Poor children in America face multiple stressors that threaten their biology and psychology, says James Garbarino, professor of human development at Cornell University. Yet, conventional economic barometers paint rosy economic pictures mask that the demise of children in trouble.
Senator John McCain's proposed comprehensive tobacco legislation that is expected to raise cigarette prices by $1.10 per pack will reduce teen smoking rates by 27 percent, according to a new study by the University of Maryland and the National Opinion Research Center.
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can also hurt you, says a University of Georgia clinical psychology professor. Bruises and broken bones are easier to see, but it doesn't mean that the injuries of psychological abuse are any less painful or long-lasting.
Beware of the upcoming summer holidays. They can be killers. "DUI fatalities during the summer holidays are far greater than the winter holidays," says Michael S. Garr of Wilkes University. He studies alcohol use and social settings, and drunken driving. When examining each day of the Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day holiday periods, Garr says the data reveal a higher incidence of alcohol-related fatalities than each day of the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holiday periods.
Tips from Notre Dame experts on the Microsoft case, India's nuclear tests, the Israeli position, Viagra and health care, NATO expansion, and a new book on the psychology of people who claim to have seen UFOs.
Sea Grant Memorial Day / Summer Safety Tip Sheet: 1)Seafood Savvy: Knowing the Risks of Catching Your Own Fish and Shellfish 2)Choosing the Right ÃŒbuddy" Crucial to Safe Scuba Diving 3)Beach Safety: Protecting Yourself from Lightning
Men who watch their favorite sports team compete and win experience the same type of testosterone surges as the players.
Psychology's movement away from an exclusive focus on assessing and repairing illness and toward an emphasis on prevention will be an overarching theme of the 106th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
The most recent explosion in the travel industry may have been ignited by aging baby boomers who still want to kick up their heels. Adventure vacations for persons over 50 years old are one of the fastest-growing areas of the travel industry, according to Purdue University travel expert Alastair Morrison.
Volunteering boosts self-esteem and energy and gives Americans a sense of mastery over their lives, particularly in later midlife, says a new Cornell University study.
High-fashion models are thin. But the first study of the majority of professional models shows a leanness that is life-threatening. These are not the handful of celebrity super models in the news, but rather the anonymous women typically seen in print and television advertising for clothing, household items, jewelry, automobiles, children's products, food and the like.
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