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...lone word “VOMIT” appeared on the screen as Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman described how audience members would involuntarily react to the stimulus, including raised hairs on the back of the neck, increased sweat gland activity, and heightened sensitivity to other unsettling words. Kahneman, who is a professor emeritus at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, specializes in the psychological underpinnings of economic decision-making. The exercise in priming was part of Kahneman’s talk on judgment and intuition yesterday in Yenching Auditorium. Despite being...
Ultimately, the questions themselves proved to be his destiny. Unlike a clinical psychologist, Gilbert is more interested in understanding people than in helping them. He’ll never prompt, “Tell me about your relationship with your mother...
...other experts, however, the concern is not the separation of church and state but deprogramming. The bottom line, according to Utah psychologist Dr. Larry Beall, who has worked work with women and children who have fled polygamists sects, is the FLDS is a "cult" involved in "plain ole brainwashing since birth." Says Beale, "They have been taught that anyone on the outside is untrustworthy. They are the enemy and they are going to hurt you." He adds, "My experiences with these kids is once they are out of the controlled environment they come to enjoy their freedom...
David Lisak, a clinical psychologist who specializes in the study of interpersonal violence, prefaced his presentation last night with a disclaimer...
...another study of 2,076 children, psychologist Alice Gregory at the University of London followed participants for 14 years, starting when the kids were between 4 and 16 years old. She found that those who slept "less than others" - roughly fewer than 10 hours a night - according to their parents, were more likely than their peers to self-report high levels of anxiety, depression and aggression later, between the ages of 18 and 32. The implication, Gregory suggests, is that children who don't sleep enough may struggle to perform during the day, resulting in lowered self-esteem, along with...