Economics & Statistics
The Atlantic: The Upside of a Panic Attack: The Worst Is Over Before You Know It
Science journalist Hans Villarica wrote about the groundbreaking panic attack research of SMU psychologists Dr. Alicia Meuret, Dr. David Rosenfield and Dr. Thomas Ritz in the The Atlantic.
The Sept. 16 article “The Upside of a Panic Attack: The Worst Is Over Before You Know It” details the startling findings of Meuret’s newest published study showing significant physiological instability in advance of so-called out-of-the-blue panic attacks.
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David Sirota Talk Radio: MLB white favoritism lowers minority pitching performance
Best-selling author and progressive talk-radio host David Sirota interviewed SMU’s Dr. Johan Sulaeman, an expert in labor economics and discrimination.
An assistant professor of finance in the Cox School of Business, Sulaeman and his co-authors analyzed 3.5 million Major League Baseball pitches and found that racial/ethnic bias by home plate umpires lowers the performance of Major League’s minority pitchers, diminishing their pay compared to white pitchers.
The study found that minority pitchers reacted to umpire bias by playing it safe with the pitches they throw in a way that actually harmed their performance.
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White favoritism by Major League umps lowers minority pitcher performance, pay
Racial/ethnic bias by home plate umpires lowers the performance of Major League’s minority pitchers, diminishing their pay compared to white pitchers, says a new study by economist Johan Sulaeman, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
The study found that minority pitchers reacted to umpire bias by playing it safe with the pitches they throw in a way that actually harmed their performance.
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Wall Street Journal: Is Science Incompatible With Family?
The Wall Street Journal has covered the research of SMU’s Anne Lincoln, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. The article “Is Science Incompatible With Family?” was published Aug. 9 in the online edition of the WSJ.
The research found that nearly half of all women scientists and one-quarter of male scientists at the nation’s top research universities said their career has kept them from having as many children as they had wanted. The study, “Scientists Want More Children,” appears in the current issue of the journal PLoS ONE.
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Time: Scientists — “We want more children”
Science journalist Tara Thean has covered the research of SMU’s Anne Lincoln, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. The article “Scientists: We want more children” was published Aug. 9 in the online edition of Time.
The research found that nearly half of all women scientists and one-quarter of male scientists at the nation’s top research universities said their career has kept them from having as many children as they had wanted. The study, “Scientists Want More Children,” appears in the current issue of the journal PLoS ONE.
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Patch: Panic Attack — It May Not Be a Sneak Attack After All
The nationally distributed online community news service Patch.com has covered the research of SMU psychologist Dr. Alicia Meuret, which found that panic attacks that seem to strike out-of-the-blue are not without warning after all.
Meuret’s study found significant physiological instability one hour before patients reported feeling a panic attack. The findings suggest potentially new treatments for panic, and re-examination of other “unexpected” medical problems, including seizures, strokes and manic episodes, says Meuret, an assistant professor in the SMU Department of Psychology. She was lead researcher on the study. Dr. David Rosenfield, an associate professor in SMU’s Department of Psychology, was lead statistician.
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Out-of-the-blue panic attacks aren’t without warning; data show subtle changes before patients’ aware of attack
Panic attacks that seem to strike out-of-the-blue are not without warning after all, says psychologist Alicia Meuret, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
A new study found significant physiological instability for at least one hour before patients reported feeling a panic attack, Meuret says, suggesting new treatments for panic, seizures, strokes and manic episodes.
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Live Strong: How Can Overweight Children Lose Weight Fast?
The link between the federal school lunch program and childhood obesity that was uncovered by the research of SMU economist Daniel L. Millimet has been covered by the health articles on the site Live Strong in “How Can Overweight Children Lose Weight Fast?.”
The article notes Millimet’s finding that a la carte options such as ice cream and sodas are readily available to children in the school lunch line.
The research, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, found that children who eat school lunches that are part of the federal government’s National School Lunch Program are more likely to become overweight.
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Faking It: Vivid print ads create false memories of trying nonexistent product
People who read vivid print advertisements for fictitious products actually come to believe they’ve tried those products, says a new study by SMU’s Priyali Rajagopal.
“Exposing consumers to imagery-evoking advertising increases the likelihood that a consumer mistakenly believes he/she has experienced the advertised product,” writes Rajagopal, with Nicole Montgomery, College of William and Mary.
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