Although no exact formula for marital bliss exists, a University of Missouri researcher has found that husbands and wives are happier when they share household and child-rearing responsibilities. However, sharing responsibilities doesn’t necessarily mean couples divide chores equally, said Adam ...
Date Posted: April 9, 2013
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When a child with autism copies the actions of an adult, he or she is likely to omit anything "silly" about what they've just seen. In contrast, typically developing children will go out of their way to repeat each and every element of the behavior ...
Apr 9
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
GOJust two decades ago, autism was a mysterious and somewhat obscure disorder, commonly associated with the movie Rain Man and savantism. It affected an estimated 1 in 5,000 children. How times have changed. Today, thanks to awareness and advocacy ...
Apr 9
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The premise is: perhaps aggression is at least in part caused by biases in emotion perception. So if you see a neutrally emotional face, due to biases in your emotional processing you view that face as angry or hostile. You respond with hostility ...
Apr 8
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New research provides an insight into how groups of people tackle social dilemmas and effectively punish those engaging in anti-social behaviour.
Neighbours playing loud music is an example of where a social dilemma can arise about who should ...
Apr 8
Categories: Antisocial personality
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We are aware of a tiny fraction of the thinking that goes on in our minds, and we can control only a tiny part of our conscious thoughts. The vast majority of our thinking efforts goes on subconsciously. Only one or two of these thoughts are likely ...
Apr 8
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People who practice meditation often do so for individual health benefits like reduced stress and improved mental health. But new research from Northeastern University’s Social Emotions Group says meditation also has an effect on the way we treat ...
Apr 6
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Imagine not being able to recognise your own child at nursery or even pick out your own face from a line-up of photos.
This is just how severe face blindness, or prosopagnosia, can be.
"In extreme cases, people might withdraw socially - become ...
Apr 6
Categories: Child Development, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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It's striking how much of our emotional experience is down to interpretation.
Take the physical feelings you get when you're about to talk in public: the sweaty palms, the churning stomach and the spinning room. Isn't that much the same physical ...
Apr 5
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Why is it so hard for some people to resist the least little temptation, while others seem to possess incredible patience, passing up immediate gratification for a greater long-term good?
The answer, suggests a new brain imaging study from ...
Apr 5
Categories: Inattention, Impulsivity, & Hyperactivity (ADHD)
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SO you want to be a writer. Or an artist. Or to open a cupcake shop. What you’ll hear, often, is that you should pursue your dream. Follow your passion. Quit your job and live the life you want.
Michelle Dalton Tyree, a fashion editor, opened a ...
Apr 5
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Are you more honest than a banker? Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception ...
Apr 4
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Think a lottery win would make you happy forever? Many of us do, including a US shopkeeper who just scooped $338 million in the Powerball lottery – the fourth largest prize in the game's history. Before the last Powerball jackpot in the United ...
Apr 4
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By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats - ...
Apr 4
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction
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A new study conducted by The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, N.M., shows that neuroimaging data can predict the likelihood of whether a criminal will reoffend following release from prison.
The paper, which is to be published in the ...
Apr 3
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