Media Psychology & Technology

Exposure Therapy in Virtual Reality

Exposure Therapy in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality technology has created a possibility for entirely new types of therapy. An interesting angle psychology researchers have been exploring for the past several years is how people’s experiences in virtual ...
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/ / Media Psychology & Technology
Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths

Internet Haters Might Be Psychopaths

Spend much time on the internet, and you’ll see that online comment sections can easily degenerate into a swirling, toxic stew of humanity’s worst impulses. Which makes them a perfect subject of ...
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/ / Antisocial, Clinical Psychology, Internet, Media Psychology & Technology, Personality
A Text-Message Treatment for Social Anxiety

A Text-Message Treatment for Social Anxiety

Online interventions are a promising new way of providing mental health support, as I’ve written about before. And the logical conclusion of that idea is that if we can treat mental health ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Anxiety, Treatment
Switching Off Your Phone Half an Hour Before Bed Might Improve Sleep, Memory

Switching Off Your Phone Half an Hour Before Bed Might Improve Sleep, Memory

I’m not going to bother telling you not to use your phone before bed. Partly because you’ve probably heard that advice before, and partly because it would be hypocritical of me to ...
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/ / Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Memory, Sleep, Social Media, Social Psychology
In Neighborhoods With Faster Internet, Children Feel Worse About Their Lives

In Neighborhoods With Faster Internet, Children Feel Worse About Their Lives

Who wouldn’t want a faster internet connection? Kids who want to feel good about their lives, maybe. A new analysis of data from 6,300 children carried about by researchers at University of ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology, Internet, Media Psychology & Technology, Social Psychology
Is Your Phubbing Hurting Your Kids?

Is Your Phubbing Hurting Your Kids?

"Phubbing" is an invented word for a phenomenon we all know to be quite real: the act of snubbing someone by burying your face in a smartphone. Psychologists have previously tied phubbing ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Parenting, Relationships
What Search Trends Tell Us About Anxiety

What Search Trends Tell Us About Anxiety

There are different ways people might choose to cope with anxiety. Talking to a mental health professional. Taking up meditation. Or maybe, Googling it! A new study from researchers in Australia and ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Internet, Media Psychology & Technology
Emoji Use Correlates With Dating Success

Emoji Use Correlates With Dating Success

With the rise of smartphones and online dating, texting with potential dates has become an important part of seeking out a relationship. Now, a new study suggests that having a good emoji ...
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/ / Emojis, Media Psychology & Technology, Relationships, Social Psychology
Would You Rather Be Replaced at Work by Another Human or a Robot?

Would You Rather Be Replaced at Work by Another Human or a Robot?

That’s a bleak choice, and it’s exactly the choice researchers in Germany and the Netherlands gave people in a recent study on the psychology of job replacement. OK, the researchers didn’t actually ...
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/ / Media Psychology & Technology, Performance Psychology, Work
Phubbing Destroys Relationships

Phubbing Destroys Relationships

Consider this your annual AllPsych public health announcement about the negative effects of phubbing. In early 2018, I wrote about the dangers of phubbing – that is, of snubbing people by going ...
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/ / Developmental Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Relationships, Teens