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Kendra's Psychology Blog March 2006 Archive

By Kendra Van Wagner, About.com Guide to Psychology since 2005

The Irritable Heart - New Study Looks at Long-term Health Effects of War

Wednesday March 22, 2006
While research has been conducted on the effects of exposure to war combat and conflict, most studies are concentrated on the immediate impact and not the lifelong consequences of experiencing ... Read More

Psychology News - Study Looks at Damaging Effects of Peer Exclusion

Thursday March 16, 2006
A new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology found that children excluded by peers are more likely to suffer academically and participate less in the classroom. While ... Read More

New Study Finds Repeated Testing More Effective Than Studying

Thursday March 9, 2006
According to a new study published in the March 2006 issue of Psychological Science, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that repeated test-taking may be a better memory ... Read More

New Study Suggests That Color Vision Evolved to Detect Blushing

Friday March 3, 2006
A new study published in the journal Biology Letters suggests that color vision developed in primates in order to detect changes in skin tones. Researchers believe that color vision ... Read More

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