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Positive Thinking Trial In UK Aims To Prevent Childhood Depression
More than 7,000 school pupils from across the United Kingdom will be taking part in the trial of a new positive thinking program led by the University of Bath designed...
Internationally Adopted Children Hit Puberty Earlier, Study Finds
A Canadian study has found that some girls adopted from China begin puberty as early as eight and boys as early as 10-years-old.
Chinese parents scramble to hospitals amid milk crisis
Children are taken for tests as fear grows with the scandal. Hong Kong officials issue a recall of milk products from the mainland. ...
Overbearing Parents Foster Obsessive Children, New Study Finds
Parents watch your nagging. A new study from the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada, has found that parental control directly influences whether a child will develop a harmonious or...
Natural Childbirth Linked To Stronger Baby Bonding Than C-sections
The bonds that tie a mother to her newborn may be stronger in women who deliver naturally than in those who deliver by cesarean section, according to a study published...
Some Political Views May be Related to Physiology
People who react more strongly to bumps in the night, spiders on a human body or the sight of a shell-shocked victim are more likely to support public policies that...
Psychologists Vote to End Interrogation Consultations
Members of the American Psychological Association have voted to prohibit consultation in the interrogations of detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Global spread of MS targeted
LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Research suggests multiple sclerosis affects many more people than previously thought, a British-based MS group said.
Left, Right; Obama, Mccain: It May Not be What You Think
By monitoring people's physical sensitivities to things like sudden noises and threatening visual images, political scientists were able to conclude that physiological reactions help predict variations in political beliefs.
People use similar search strategies
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found people choose similar strategies to search for both for physical objects and words.
Women have the numbers but find college is still a struggle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women may maintain a numerical advantage over men at U.S. colleges and universities, but they also experience greater economic hardship, higher levels of stress and less academic confidence,...
Left, Right; Obama, McCain: It may not be what you think
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does it seem many people begin with political preferences and then try to find reasons justifying their inclinations? Why is it so difficult to sway people who...
Political views 'all in the mind'
A person's political views may be an expression of their innate psychological makeup, research in the US suggests.
Dr James Ost discusses his research into false memories and how they relate to the London bombings
Dr James Ost discusses his research into false memories and how they relate to the London bombings
Hugo Spiers discusses his research into London taxi drivers and their navigation
Hugo Spiers discusses his research into London taxi drivers and their navigational abilities
Prof Francis McGlone discusses the importance of touch and pleasurable stroking
Prof Francis McGlone discusses the importance of touch and pleasurable stroking
Prof Theodora Duka and Dr Matt Field discuss their research on alcohol, binge drinking and brain functions
Academics discuss their research on alcohol, binge drinking and brain functions
Lord Prof Robert Winston discusses the hand axe; the 'science delusion'; plus many more
Lord Prof Robert Winston discusses the hand axe, the 'science delusion' plus many more
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over ringtone tariff
The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal of a decision which gave musicians and songwriters a percentage of royalties for cellphone ringtones.
Depression rife in legal profession
An Australian study has revealed that both law students and practitioners experience psychological distress at up to three times the expected rates.
Postcards from heaven: scientists to study near-death experiences
Scientists from University of Southampton design experiment to investigate out-of-body experiences in heart attack survivors
Spit parties: Genetic testing becomes a social activity
A company is glamorising genetic testing by taking spit samples at high-society parties. But instead of promoting healthier lifestyles, the results could create needless anxiety
Training Young Brains to Behave
A small group of scientists now say that mental exercises of a certain kind can teach children to become more self-possessed at earlier ages.
Isolation That Chills to the Bone
Feelings of rejection cause volunteers to ask for a warm cup of soup
Calling options keep growing like magic
The line between a traditional phone and a cell phone continues to blur, which is good news for consumers. No longer do you have to sacrifice the comfort and stability...
US researchers call off controversial autism study
(AP) -- A government agency has dropped plans to test a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children.
Confidential data on millions of Norwegians sent to media by mistake
Norway's national tax office said Wednesday it had mistakenly sent confidential information about nearly all Norwegian adults to nine media groups, an error the government described as "extremely serious."
Table for Two: Family Dinners Also Good for Couples
(PhysOrg.com) -- Families who eat together are more likely to stay together, as the saying goes. One University of Missouri researcher has discovered that the importance of mealtime also applies...