Via Tristan Taormino Are you in a romantic relationship? Do you have other sexual partners? The University of Michigan is conducting an online survey and they want to ask you about your experiences. It’s a very quick survey, so take a few minutes and help some researchers out. Feel free to pass the link along […]

I’ve been following the developments surrounding the upcoming changes to The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). If you’re not familiar with it, the DSM is a document produced by the American Psychiatric Association and it effectively serves as the dictionary of mental health. If a doctor, therapist, psychiatrist or other mental health […]

You may have seen the post from a couple of weeks ago, announcing that Heather Corinna, the founder of Scarleteen.com, was looking for people to participate in a short, anonymous online survey about their experiences with casual sex. She’s just announced an even shorter follow up survey, which will help fill in some of the […]

via Dr. Petra Researchers in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, Canada are looking for folks to participate in an online survey exploring male body image and sexuality. From the survey page: The purpose of this study is to better understand how men evaluate certain features of their genitals, and the factors that influence […]

Clipped from: Carnal Nation by clp.ly I have to admit that this is the sort of thing that seems so obvious to me that I’m surprised that someone had to do research. But then, it’s good to have empirical validation, especially since that means that it can be used in other research. It turns out […]

I recently read an amazing report by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy called The Fog Zone: How Misperceptions, Magical Thinking, and Ambivalence Put Young Adults at Risk for Unplanned Pregnancy (PDF). It’s a thorough and impressive bit of research about the gap between what young adults know about contraception and their […]

The New York Times recently ran an article about some research showing that physical touch has a lot more benefit than many people realize. A supportive touch from a teacher on the back or the arm encourages students to be twice as likely to volunteer in class. A doctor’s sympathetic touch gives the impression that […]