Cell Phones Promote Serious Social, Psychological Issues

Cell phones promote serious social, psychological issues

Filed under: addiction psychology

What started out as a means of adult communication has become a teen status symbol and a new age addiction, and it is not a drug: It's a cell phone. Recent research at Baylor University finds the link between materialism and IT devices are creating a … Read more on Washington Times

Charting the Zodiac for The Sopranos, Mad Men … and South Park

Filed under: addiction psychology

… Scorpio and Aries, respectively — and, in true horoscope fan fashion, toss out the inconsistent (Leo's penchant for selfless service) to focus on the more accurate (sarcastic, theatrical, fascinated by human psychology, maintaining a dislike for … Read more on Grantland (blog)

The quest for underlying order: inside the frauds of Diederik Stapel (part 1)

Filed under: addiction psychology

His lifelong obsession with elegance and order, he said, led him to concoct sexy results that journals found attractive. “It was a quest for aesthetics, for beauty — instead of the truth,” he said. He described his behavior as an addiction that drove … Read more on Scientific American (blog)