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New understanding of how we remember traumatic events
Neuroscientists at the University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories...
Link found between physical and emotional warmth
In a study with interesting implications, people who held a cup of hot coffee for 10 to 25 seconds warmed to a perfect stranger. Holding a cup of iced coffee...
Placebos don't make ethicists feel better
A survey of U.S. doctors finding wide use of dummy pills makes some uneasy with the deception. ...
Spirituality Protects Against Depression Better Than Church Attendance
Researchers have found that the different ways people worship a higher power can offer some insight into their risk for depression.
Phony Friends? Rejected People Better Able To Spot Fake Smiles
All of us have "faked a smile" at some point. Now, a new study might make us think twice about sending out a phony grin. It has been shown that...
Could Your Initials Influence Where You Choose To Work?
The "name-letter effect," is a phenomenon which shows that we have a preference for things that begin with the same letter as our first name. Belgian psychologists wanted to know...
Sexy Halloween costumes . . . for little girls?
Titillating outfits marketed to kids are a reflection of an increasingly sexualized childhood, says author and professor Diane Levin. For little boys, it's the macho look. What's a parent to...
Youth from poor neighborhoods 4 times more likely to attempt suicide
Youth in their late teens who live in poor neighbourhoods are four times more likely to attempt suicide than peers who live in more affluent neighbourhoods, according to a new...
Bringing Science to "Life" in the Classroom
In comparision with their peers in other countries, U.S. students on average do not perform as well in mathematics and science they longer they are in school. In a major...
Hawking to give up academic title
Professor Stephen Hawking is to give up a prestigious Cambridge University title next year
Could 'The Happening' Actually Happen?
There might just be a way to use a neurotoxin to make people kill themselves... (insert suspenseful music here) read more
Bad Science: Listen carefully, I shall say this only once
Welcome to nerds' corner, and yet another small print criticism of a trivial act of borderline dubiousness which will lead to distorted evidence, irrational decisions, and bad outcomes in what...
Shaw sitting out cellphone wars
Shaw Communications Inc. has decided to sit out the cellphone wars for the time being, despite spending $189 million in an auction this summer to buy wireless licences.
How Do Children With Down Syndrome Learn?
Researchers are conducting a new study that will compare two early literacy intervention approaches to educating young children with Down syndrome.
Answering the Question:'Which Drug Therapy Is Right for Me?'
(PhysOrg.com) -- UA pharmacy researchers aim to unravel a mystery: why do genetically similar people react differently to the same drug.
Want to make friends? Give them a hot drink
People are more likely to judge strangers as welcoming and trustworthy when they are holding a hot cup of coffee, research shows.
Global trials fall short on ethical standards
Developing countries are attractive places to run clinical trials, but in many places ethical oversight falls short.
Designing Computer Therapy For Astronauts
Scientists are working on giving a computer the ability to offer some of the understanding guidance - if not all the warmth - of a human therapist, before psychological problems...
Successful first test for Vega's Zefiro 9-A solid-fuel rocket motor
Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy). This was the penultimate firing test for the...
Distraught mothers decry lack of N.L. services for suicidal teens
The mothers of two Newfoundland and Labrador children with severe mental illnesses say it is appalling that they will have to leave the province to find medical treatment.
In Obama or McCain, US scientists see new hope
US scientists will breath easier after the elections, certain either candidate will mark progress after the Bush administration and the influence of Christian fundamentalists on its policies.
Raj Persaud quits as consultant at leading hospital
The disgraced celebrity psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud has left his job at a leading hospital four months after being convict
Overweight Women Find Health Care Access And Attitudes A Constant Struggle
Shame, embarrassment, distress, anger. Those are just some of the emotions overweight women expressed when they were asked to talk about their health care experiences. It's vital to tackle the...
Tuning in to unconscious communication
What you say in a conversation -- whether on a first date or a job interview -- may be less important than how you say it. But the cues that...
Review: 'Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew'
The reality show contains many guilty pleasures, sure, but it's also a potent cautionary tale. ...
Civic education conducive to a more democratic America
Successful democracies depend on an informed, thoughtful, and engaged electorate. However, social scientific research shows the American electorate to be poorly informed and often disengaged. In an article in the...
Green practices: When do corporations respond to stakeholders' pressure?
In a new study published in Strategic Management Journal, researchers explain when external stakeholders can effectively influence organizations to adopt greener management practices. In an effort to appease the...
Racialization of drugs mobilizes prior conceptions of identity
If we want to fully understand the allure of pharmaceuticals, we need to look beyond both medical efficacy and profit motives. A new study in the Journal of Law, Medicine...