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Psychology

                   

The Reality of Momentum in Sports

livescience.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

By Dan Peterson, Scientific Blogging A player can feel it during a game when they hit a game-changing home run or when they go 0 for 4 at the plate. The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science defines psychological momentum as,...

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Psychology Self-Help Books

suite101.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

How to Evaluate Self-Help Reading on Psychology Topics Psychologist discusses criteria readers can use to determine the credibility of self-help books in psychology. However, not all self-help books are equally beneficial,...

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Strippers, Coke Inspire Sci-Prize Winners

edgenewyork.com
Oct 6, 2008 8 related
        

Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is...

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Seeing race and seeming racist? Whites go out of their way to avoid talking about race

physorg.com
Oct 6, 2008 12 related
        

White people - including children as young as 10 -- may avoid talking about race so as not to appear prejudiced, according to new research. But that approach often backfires as blacks tend to view this "colorblind" approach as...

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Nicholas D. Kristof: Racism without racists

iht.com
Oct 6, 2008 4 related
        

One of this season's fallacies is that if Barack Obama is paying an electoral price for his skin tone, it must be because of racists. But the evidence shows he is facing what scholars have dubbed 'racism without racists.'

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All for the family

thestar.com.my
Oct 6, 2008 1 related
        

MALAYSIANS ABROAD By CATHERINE SIOW Familial love figures strongly in the work of this Ipoh-born psychotherapist. EMBRACING all her clients as family members is how Dr Nisha Rani works in discharging her duties as a...

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Landmark Victory: Mental Health Parity Is Now Law, USA

medicalnewstoday.com
Oct 6, 2008 20 related
        

President Bush signed mental health parity into law today, taking a great step forward in the decade-plus fight to end insurance discrimination against those seeking treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. This...

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PHR Salutes APA Policy Banning Psychologists From Illegal U.S. Interrogations

medicalnewstoday.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

"APA's (American Psychological Association's) announcement today is a historic victory for medical ethics and human rights," said Physicians for Human Rights CEO Frank Donaghue. "PHR salutes the APA for telling President Bush...

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CA: Fresno priest comes out against Prop 8 during Mass

pamshouseblend.com
Oct 6, 2008 6 related
        

Father Geoffrey Farrow of the Saint Paul Newman Center on the campus of the University of California (Fresno) is a brave man because he delivered what was likely his final Mass on Sunday -- a homily on love, acceptance and...

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Asst. Professor Aims to Grasp Effects of War

dailynexus.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

By Richard Lau / Staff Writer Published Monday, October 6, 2008 Issue 9 / Volume 89 A UCSB faculty member recently joined a national task force that is seeking to unpack the psyches of war-torn families and analyze the...

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