Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of psychiatry at SUNY Downstate, and colleagues ...
Apr 14
GOUniversity of British Columbia research comparing traditional bullying with cyberbullying finds that the dynamics of online bullying are different, suggesting that anti-bullying programs need specific interventions to target online aggression. ...
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ext messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for people who ...
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In 2006, the Conservative party in the UK unveiled its new logo - a scribbled sketch of a healthy-looking oak tree. The image was intended in part to communicate the party's renewed dedication to environmental causes. A new study by French ...
Apr 13
GOA study published online on April 12 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology offers some news for parents: even toddlers have a tendency to follow the crowd. That sensitivity isn't unique to humans either; chimpanzees also appear more likely to ...
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I’m sure that you have had the experience of hopping into the grocery store when you are hungry. As you walk through the aisles, all kinds of snacks and chips seem to leap from the shelves into your cart. What you hoped was going to be a quick ...
Apr 12
GOResearchers at Harvard Medical School have significantly reduced from hours to minutes the time it takes to accurately detect autism in young children. The process of diagnosing autism is complex, subjective, and often limited to only a segment of ...
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When was the last time you let your child play without thinking it was a complete waste of time? If you think Junior would be better off attending enrichment classes, think again.
"Original play", as Dr Fred Donaldson, author of the Pulitzer ...
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It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example. Research by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, has found that at least part of the reason some people ...
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Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? It’s temping to think that the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to act fairly. After all, if you already have enough for yourself, it’s easier to think ...
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Pregnant women might now have one more good reason to watch their diet and exercise: A new study links autism and developmental delays in young children to metabolic conditions, like obesity and diabetes, in their mothers.
The findings, published ...
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Ask yourself this set of simple questions every few weeks to help gauge how much damaging stress you are experiencing. Overwhelming stress cripples. Neuroscientists have begun to learn that even acute, everyday stress can turn off the brain’s ...
Apr 10
GOMoney doesn't buy happiness. Neither does materialism: Research shows that people who place a high value on wealth, status, and stuff are more depressed and anxious and less sociable than those who do not. Now new research shows that materialism is ...
Apr 10
GOAccording to a study published in the April issue of Psychiatric Services, people are less prepared to pay for prevent mental illnesses than for treatments of medical conditions. The study also revealed that regardless of the fact that mental ...
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If you maintain any type of presence online, you’ve likely encountered at least one difficult person whose behavior you find irritating. Unfortunately, as much as you might want to lash out and demonstrate just how “wrong” this person is, ...
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