http://clinicalpsychology.ro/a Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:00:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. announced the results from a Phase Ib/II clinical trial in patients with schizophrenia with ITI-007, the Company's unique, investigational new drug for the treatment of schizophrenia. The trial met its primary endpoint demonstrating that ITI-007 was safe and well-tolerated in patients with stabilized schizophrenia...9 Vote(s) http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-News/intra-cellular-therapies-announces-the-successful-completion-of-a-phase-ibii-study-of-iti-007-in-patients-with-schizophrenia/ Mass hysteria and not leaked chemicals was the likely cause of the symptoms experienced by those exposed in 16 per cent of hundreds of chemical leaks recorded in England and Wales between January 2007 and April 2008. That's according to an analysis by Lisa Page and colleagues at the Institute ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/what-proportion-of-chemical-leaks-provoke-mass-hysteria/ Throughout most of human history, our hunter-gatherer ancestors had to engage in physical activity to obtain food. But nowadays we can drive to the supermarket, briefly walk through its aisles, check-out, then drive back home. This may seem like a luxury, but evolution hasn't prepared us for such a drastic ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/endocannabinoids-and-the-runner039s-high/ I’ve always wanted to create a meme. Something that I can just devise, and watch it spread like a virus. And I didn’t realize it until recently (though it was lurking in the back of my mind) that I’m fascinated by networks – how information is spread from person to ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/helliphappiness-fatness-and-pizza/ Someone, somewhere, can look you straight in the eye and say "I've got a PhD in booty call research".A new study just published online in the Journal of Sex Research investigates where the booty call falls on the spectrum of relationships.Positioning the Booty-Call Relationship on the Spectrum of Relationships: Sexual ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/booty-calling/ A recent study provides the first direct evidence of linkage between elevated intrinsic (resting-state) brain connectivity and spontaneous pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia. This research shows an interaction of multiple brain networks, offering greater understanding of how pain arises.13 Vote(s) http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-News/resting-brain-activity-associated-with-spontaneous-fibromyalgia-pain/ Heterosexual women bear the brunt of narcissistic heterosexual men's hostility, while heterosexual men, gay men and lesbian women provoke a softer reaction, according to psychologist Dr. Scott Keiller from Kent State University at Tuscarawas in the US. This is likely to be due to women's unparalleled potential for gratifying, or ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-News/male-narcissism-hostility-toward-heterosexual-women-most-of-all/ Spanish daily El País recently published an article on psychologist Stanley Milgram which had this amazing photo of the young conformity researcher where he looks surprisingly beatnick.Sadly the photo isn't dated but it makes quite a contrast to the better known photos where he looks much more like the typical ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/the-experiment-requires-that-you-continue/ Polygamy is pretty popular. Most pre-industrial societies were polygamous in some way, and there are increasing pressures in the west for polygamy to be legallised. After, it's surely just a matter of personal freedom of expression. If homosexuality and other forms of sexual expression are legal, then why not polygamy. ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/monogamy-evolves/ The cognitive style known as central coherence is receiving increased attention across a variety of clinical neuroscience disorders.  I had not been familiar with this concept of central coherence.  Essentially, central coherence describes a style of thinking on a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum, you have individuals who ... http://news.psydir.com/Psychology-Articles/global-vs-local-cognitive-style-in-autism-central-coherence/