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psychology stories: 107 news summaries

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Psychologists Won't Impose Gitmo Ban

Group votes to list interrogation techniques it won't help with

Aug 20, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association has voted not to ban members from assisting with interrogations at Guantanamo and other military prisons, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Instead, the group approved a measure listing specific procedures members won't help with, including sleep deprivation and water-boarding. "If we remove psychologists from these... More »

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torture • human rights • prison • Guantanamo Bay • psychology • interrogation • American Psychological Association • sleep deprivation

Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

Professional group to condemn interrogation techniques

Aug 15, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association, long chummy with the CIA, is set to condemn tactics the spy agency has been using to interrogate terror detainees, writes Salon. Members have in the past worked with the CIA to design techniques: now the group wants to distance itself by formally opposing a long... More »

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CIA • torture • abuse • psychology • detainee • interrogation • sleep deprivation • waterboarding • torture list

Young Athletes Turning to Sports Shrinks

Even kids under 10 are getting coached on their 'mental' game

Aug 5, 07 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young, driven athletes who already have all the coaching money can buy—personal strength experts, conditioning coaches, and specialized instructors for every part of their game—are now adding shrinks to the roster, the New York Times reports. Athletes as young as 9 are working out their on-field (or on-parallel-bar)... More »

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sports • children • parents • athlete • psychology • coach • baseball

The Mind Thinks More Than It Knows

Subconscious works behind the scenes of decisions, judgments

Jul 31, 07 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - After just handling a stranger’s coffee, people make subconscious judgments about personality, psychologists say. Asked to hold a lab assistant’s cup of hot or iced coffee, Yale students associated cold drinkers with selfish personalities, the Times reports. The experiment is part of a body of research that... More »

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evolution • Yale University • brain • psychology • subconscious • mind

Had Any (Music) Lately?

Good vibrations as beneficial as sex and food, doc says

Jul 18, 07 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Listening to music can unleash the same "feel good" brain chemicals as eating or having sex, researchers have found. Now neuroscientist Daniel Levitin—a former rock producer—says he has located the 'sex, drugs and rock n' roll center of the brain,' after pulling together research to be... More »

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music • sex • psychology

10 Books
to Blow
Your Mind

Best takes on psychological journeys, from a British novelist/therapist

Jul 17, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sebastian Beaumont, the author of Thirteen, offers his list of books that "blur the boundaries of consensus 'reality' and psychological reality."
  1. Journey to the East, Hermann Hesse
  2. Le Grand Meaulnes, Henri Alain-Fournier
  3. Fight Club, Chuck Palahnuik
  4. Vurt, Jeff Noon
  5. Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse
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literature • list • psychology • Sebastian Beaumont • mind • book

10 Un-PC Truths About Human Nature

From gender dynamics to suicide bombers, facts are facts

Jul 7, 07 12:59 PM CDT
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  1. Men like blond bombshells (and women want to look like them)
  2. Humans are naturally polygamous
  3. Most women benefit from polygamy, while most men benefit from monogamy
  4. Most suicide bombers are Muslim
  5. Having sons reduces the likelihood of divorce
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list • psychology • politically incorrect • human nature

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