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The Psychology of Texting: The Shaping of a New Language

Sunday, April 4, 2010
By Tim
The Psychology of Texting: The Shaping of a New Language

In the context of a hyper-active world in which people are often running in many directions at once, text messaging appears to be a viable way for people to not just remain in touch with each other but actually increase their social productivity. Perhaps for a new form of communication (text messaging), for... »

Violence in Video Games, More Than Entertainment: Advertising Tool

Monday, January 25, 2010
By Tim
Violence in Video Games, More Than Entertainment: Advertising Tool

Violence sells but many fear it may negatively impact those who partake in watching violent movies, television shows, and especially video games. It seems plausible that if violence in fact increases brand awareness when combined with video games... »

The Psychology of Weight Loss: The Biggest Loser isn’t the only one losing weight for money

Monday, December 14, 2009
By Tim
The Psychology of Weight Loss: The Biggest Loser isn’t the only one losing weight for money

America. Is. Fat. In fact, America is only getting fatter. Volp et al. discovered that those individuals who were given a cash incentive to lose weight performed significantly better than those given no incentive other than their... »


The Psychology of Learning: Craming and why it doesn’t work!

Friday, October 2, 2009
By Tim
The Psychology of Learning: Craming and why it doesn’t work!

The mistake that many students make is that they think the path to long-term memory is a short one. In truth, it requires a little bit of effort. Cramming will never work because... »

The Psychology of Learning: Context Matters–Where You Learn is How You Learn

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
By Tim
The Psychology of Learning: Context Matters–Where You Learn is How You Learn

Where you learn is very important as it is directly related to how well you will remember it when it comes time to take that final. If you learn in one environment and take... »

Wearing Black Makes You Tougher. GRRRRRR

Thursday, July 16, 2009
By Tim
Wearing Black Makes You Tougher. GRRRRRR

Swat teams, Oakland Raiders fans, The Wicked Witch of The West, the Russian MIGs in Top Gun, ninjas, and L.L. Cool Jay in Any Given Sunday all have two things in common; they all... »