psychology

Does Using Facebook Boost Brainpower While Twittering Diminishes It?

Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:29:16 -0400

There's an interesting piece of news about the exploding social network phenomenon, not related to the growing number of users for once: Instead a psychologist is suggesting Facebooking makes you smart while Twittering makes you stupid.

America's First Internet-Addiction Center Is Open for Business

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:48:55 -0400

Are you restless when away from your Internet-enabled devices? Are you moody or irritable if you haven't checked your email? Do you pass up sex or food or friends to squeeze in an extra five hours on World of Warcraft? Then you just might be Internet addicted. ReStart is here to help.

117th Annual American Psychological Association Convention

Clay Dillow — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:26:57 -0400

The APA was hosting this annual gathering before Freud’s ego conjured his “id,” and this year will be no different. Practicing shrinks and academic-types will come together to discuss the latest in research, writing and education, taking time to reflect on such important topics as “what psychotherapists have that the world needs” and “the sacred bonds between sibling psychologists” (presumably a screening of popular episodes of Frasier). So why is the American Psychological Association meeting in Canada? We’re not exactly sure, but we suspect it’s to mess with your head.

Use Your iPhone to Track Your Happiness

Kit Eaton — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:33:57 -0400

Just when you thought you'd learned about all the things your iPhone can do for you, along comes a new one: It can help you track your happiness. Taking part also helps someone write a PhD, so it's a double plus.

What Are Googlers Googling?

Chris Dannen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:45:30 -0400

Last week I had the privilege of visiting the nice folks at Google's New York City office for lunch. Lair of creativity and Web savvy that it is, I wanted to know which of Google's tools fascinate their own ranks most. One of the fascinating answers I got: Google Insights, a little-publicized tool Google launched last summer to analyze search terms over time and location. It lets you plot search terms against each other, figuring out who is searching what, when, and where.

Philips Unveils an "Emotion Shirt" for Video Gamers

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:51:05 -0400

At the 2009 World Haptics Conference last month, Philips demonstrated an intriguing project: An "Emotion Shirt" that simulates the body's emotional responses.

Truehome and Christopher K. Travis Media Home Runs!

Christopher K. Travis — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:34:54 -0500

I am excited to announce that starting early in 2009, I will be offering both consulting services and weekend seminars in

Recognizing and Eliminating Our Internal Monkey Mind by Robert Paisola

Robert Paisola — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:03:05 -0500

What does it mean to have A Monkey Mind?

Having a Monkey Mind can be the Creative Spirit's worst enemy.

It is the voice that chatters relentlessly in your mind to stop you from what you really want to do. This is how you can recognize Monkey Mind in yourself:

Scientists Say Urban Living Makes You Stupid

Kit Eaton — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:55:14 -0500

It's official: Living in a city is bad for your brain--or so says some new research by University of Michigan scientists. Specifically, the team of psychologists found that being in an urban environment depresses memory performance and attention spans.

Bloggers Influence And Shape Opinion

Kelly Jad'on — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:58:20 -0400

October 15th is a day recognized around the world as Blog Action
Day. An annual nonprofit event, this year's 2008 theme is Poverty.
The event's goal is to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and
videocasters, by posting about the same issue on the same day.
Thousands of blogs post and millions of readers are reached. By

Why Facebook Is Even Bigger than You Think

Kermit Pattison — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:45:18 -0400

And you thought Facebook was just for getting a date! Stanford Professor BJ Fogg, who is writing a book about the psychology of Facebook, believes the social networking platform is revolutionary because it takes the dynamics of one-to-one persuasion and scales it up to millions. He explains why this changes the whole game of politics and business, why marketing as we know it will cease to exist, and why the notion of a target market will become perpetually beta.

The Cost of New Year's Resolutions

Kelly Jad'on — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:20:37 -0500