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Rosalind Cartwright, Psychologist and ‘Queen of Dreams,’ Dies at 98
In 1999, Rosalind D. Cartwright, a renowned sleep researcher, testified for the defense in the murder trial of a man who arose from his bed early one night, gathered up tools to fix his pool’s filter pump, stabbed his beloved wife to death, rolled her into the pool and went back to bed. When he was awakened by the police, he said he had no memory of his actions. His lawyers argued that the man, who had no motive to kill his wife, had been sleepwalking and was therefore in an unconscious state and not responsible for his behavior. Dr. Cartwright, who had successfully served as a witness for the defense in a similar case a decade earlier (working pro bono in both trials), agreed.
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The Creative Genius Within: Learning From Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci’s creative approach made use of general psychological processes common to every human being. Visit Page
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, psychopathology and fecundity, the general factor of psychopathology, task learning in schizophrenia, life positive events and depression, predictions of hospitalization outcomes, and adolescents’ stress reactions to COVID-19. Visit Page
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New Content from Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on measurement practices, multiverse methods, and intervention research; plus tutorials on performing omega estimates in R, visualization of neuroimaging data, and creating data dictionaries for shareable data sets. Visit Page
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Watching TV can Boost Your Mental Health During Lockdown, Study Says
... So how can TV support our wellbeing? We know that art can stir intense emotions. More often than not, we are drawn to musicals, podcasts, TV programmes, films and other artistic productions because we want to experience strong emotions. According to research by Martin Seligman, a leading positive psychology researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, experiencing positive emotions is one of the building blocks of our wellbeing. It would therefore make sense for us to watch more feelgood shows on TV to increase positive emotions.
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UCLA Study: Babies in Bilingual Households Respond Better to ‘Baby Talk’
Babies will pay more attention to baby talk than regular speech, regardless of which languages they're used to hearing, according to a study released today by UCLA's Language Acquisition Lab and 16 other labs around the globe. The study found that babies who were exposed to two languages had a greater interest in infant-directed speech -- that is, an adult speaking baby talk -- than adult-directed speech. Research has already shown that monolingual babies prefer baby talk. Some parents worry that teaching two languages could mean an infant won't learn to speak on time, but the new study shows bilingual babies are developmentally right on track.
