http://www.techpsych.net/pnotes/ Random thoughts, ideas and comments about issues related to Psychiatry, Mental Health and Neuroscience en-us 2008-04-30T08:52:12-05:00 http://www.techpsych.net/archives/pn/000247.html A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reports to have found a method for improving the general problem-solving ability scientists call fluid intelligence, otherwise known as "smarts." Previously, fluid intelligence was thought to be... rsk 2008-04-30T08:52:12-05:00 http://www.techpsych.net/archives/pn/000244.html Since 1972, the General Social Survey of the National Opinion Research Center (GSS)has asked a cross section of Americans the same question: "Taken all together, how would you say things are these days - would you say that you are... rsk 2008-04-20T10:02:28-05:00 http://www.techpsych.net/archives/pn/000242.html In a study released by the RAND corporation today, Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan — 300,000 in all — report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet... rsk 2008-04-17T23:46:54-05:00 http://www.techpsych.net/archives/pn/000201.html A study in this month’s Journal of Consumer Research, suggests that consumers can become “locked” into a particular brand, product, service, etc which increases the likelihood of staying with that particular brand. "We find that consumers typically are not aware... rsk 2007-06-07T15:34:37-05:00