Psychology Around the Net: June 22, 2019

Grab of cup of joe or your kick-back beverage of choice and dive into this week’s Psychology Around the Net which covers the psychology of screen time, the surprising connection between anxiety and boredom, how a happy spouse can help you live longer, and more. Enjoy! How to Get to Sleep: Lifehacker’s podcast, The Upgrade, is calling all “insomniacs, tossers, turners, blanket hogs, disco nappers, and snooze button pushers” for their recent episode “How to Get to Sleep,” during which they spoke with experts about — you guessed it — getting a good night’s sleep with the promise of avoiding the tried-and-true-but-tired “no screen time before bed” advice. The Psychology of Screen Time: Speaking of screen time, did you know the average American spends up to six hours a day interacting with some kind of screen media? Researchers at the University of Michigan know, and they want to better understand how that media and interaction affect us. MSU media psychologists are diving into why we choose to spend time with certain kinds of media, how we interact with that content, and how the stories impact us, and hope their findings will help explain media communication’s roles, uses, and effects. Currently, you can check out highlights of a few projects including the impact binge-watching has on your health, the connections between social media use and risky decision-making, and reversing the affects of “fake news...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Psychology Around the Net Antidepressants anxiety Boredom Depression Empathy Happiness Marriage Media Pain Screen Time Sleep sleep advice social media spouse Suicide Source Type: blogs