Latest science news in Psychology & Sociology
Explanation For 'Face Blindness' Offered
For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face blindness, and have been able...
Expressing Emotions In E-mail So As Not To Be Misinterpreted
How do people use emoticons, subject lines, and signatures to define how they want to be interpreted in email? The authors find that "a shift to email interaction requires a...
Tracing a crime suspect through a relative
California's familial searching policy, the most extensive in the nation, looks for genetic ties between culprits and kin. Privacy advocates and legal experts are nervous. ...
Miserable mid-lifers want love
There's a reason they call it a crisis - a new study has found that middle age is a low point for Australians, and people want love, not money, to...
Prejudice Affects Perception Of Ethnic Minority Faces
Prejudice can be a powerful influence, biasing the way we think about and act towards ethnic minorities. Now, a new study revels that the way people view ethnic minority faces...
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something... Green?
Balikpapan has decided to take its carbon footprint as seriously as " 'til death do you part". read more
In sickness and health: Caring for ailing spouse may prolong your life
Older people who spent at least 14 hours a week taking care of a disabled spouse lived longer than others. That is the unexpected finding of a University of Michigan...
Think tank calls for 'home MOTs'
A Government advisory body says major changes must be made to technology and policy to meet the UK's emissions goals.
What to get a geek
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It's hard to know what to buy for a science geek — so hard that we're offering geeky prizes for the best holiday gift idea.
Amoebas turn to family during tough times
When times are tough, many of us turn to family and develop closer ties. So, too, with amoebas.
Want to be happier? Be more grateful
Want to quickly improve your happiness and satisfaction with life? Then the pen may be a mighty weapon, according to research done by Kent State University's Dr Steven Toepfer...
Scientists find more evidence the aging brain is easily distracted
Canadian researchers have found more evidence that older adults aren't able to filter out distracting information as well as younger adults.
How knowledge is power: researchers link education, personal control
Well-educated people feel a greater sense of personal control in their lives and new University of Toronto research pinpoints some of the reasons why.
Newsletter helps parents, one month at a time
David Riley's work has reached thousands of children and parents across Wisconsin and the country, but for him, a chance conversation at a pizza parlour was a powerful reminder of...
New Tool Trains Athlete Brains To React 53 Percent Faster
Researchers have discovered how to train the brain of athletes to improve their overall athletic performance.
L.A. Weight Loss closing Atlantic Canadian franchises
A chain of weight loss franchises in Atlantic Canada is closing its doors, with one owner citing the worsening economic crisis.
IV drug users unfairly excluded from needle program, CB group says
A group set up to fight drug abuse in Cape Breton believes intravenous drug users are being unfairly excluded from a provincial program to safely collect used needles.
Psychologist studies ways to improve soldiers' work-life relationship
The U.S. military provides its members with policies to help balance their work and family commitments. But a researcher at Kansas State University has found that simply providing programs might...
In pictures: Tribal Portraits: Vintage & Contemporary Photographs from the African Continent
Tribal Portraits: Vintage & Contemporary Photographs from the African Continent is at Bernard J Shapero Rare Books until 23 December
'Embryo adoption' service seeks to give infertile couples a chance to have a family
The day the frozen embryo arrived via FedEx was the day Maria Lancaster began experiencing firsthand what she had always believed: that human life begins at conception.
Face-to-face interaction crucial in a digital world
Scott Garvis and Robert Kelly are in the business of effective communication. They work well together, but disagree over the use of a BlackBerry.
Letters: Back-to-front child buggy research
Letters: I would be very interested to see results from a similar study on the 'front- v back-facing buggy' debate carried out in a Mediterranean country
Justin L Barrett: Do children believe because they're told to by adults? The evidence suggests otherwise
Justin L Barrett: Do children believe because they're told to by adults? The evidence suggests otherwise
Books of The Times: Polly Wanna Cracker? Squawk! Do Better, That’s So Bush League
In this volume Irene M. Pepperberg describes her three-decade-long relationship with Alex the African gray parrot and her struggle to win recognition from the scientific establishment.
New Clinical Study Will Help Doctors Assess Abnormal Bleeding
How do you know if you bleed normally? Scientists aim to answer that question more definitively with the launch of an assessment tool designed to help physicians and researchers more...
Predicting The Future For Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
"How will our loved one come out of this?" After an accident that results in severe traumatic brain injury, the answer to this simple question can change everything. A new...
Robots Created That Develop And Display Emotions And Become Attached To Certain People
New robots develop and display emotions as they interact with humans, and become attached to them.
How Is Our Left Brain Is Different From Our Right?
Scientists found that synaptic size and shape in the center of the spatial memory (i.e. hippocampus) were asymmetrical between synapses receiving input from the left and right hemisphere. Differences were...