A recent study from my alma mater (UCLA) by grad student David Frederick reported some interesting data on the way women judge men on the basis of muscularity. As usual, the popular press got it a bit wrong. For example, a Reuters headline proclaimed, “women drawn to men with muscles.” A more careful Read more…
Cheryl Olson and her colleagues at the Center for Mental Health and Media at Massachusetts General Hospital recently completed a study of the videogame habits of middle school youth. What is most interesting to me is that the results of the study have been described as “surprising.” One suspects that Read more…
I always wanted to be one of those people who lost weight when stressed. Unfortunately, I could pretty much track my stress levels as a function of how my weight fluctuates: more stress = more me. Like many Americans, Roger and I found that we had added more than a Read more…