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Social Psychology Can Be Used To Understand Nuclear Restraint
Social psychology is the study of how people and groups interact. A new study shows how social psychology can help us better understand the puzzle of nuclear restraint and uses...
Teen Suicides Dip, but Rate Remains High
The rate of teen suicide remains disturbingly high, researchers said, possibly fueled by drug warnings that have scared many from using antidepressants.
Should Babies Be Put on a Sleep Schedule?
We had only one rule when my daughter was born — sleep when the baby sleeps.
Australian Over-50s Walk Away Memory Problems In World-first Trial
An Australian study has found that walking for two and a half hours a week can significantly improve memory problems in the over-50s.
Addicted To Tanning Beds? 'Tanorexia' Common Among University Students
A new study conducted at a large university finds more than 25 percent of those surveyed reported symptoms of tanning dependence, including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug-addicted individuals. Suggestively,...
Finding a Guy Who Looks Like Dear Old Dad
Study reinforces the idea that men and women choose partners who resemble their own parents
Infidelity Gene? Genetic Link To Relationship Difficulties Found
Scientists have found a link between a specific gene and the way men bond to their partners. The results offer a better understanding of such problems as autism and social...
Can School Make Kids Sick?
Most kids plead against school, and parents later receive that call from school.
Zen Training Speeds The Mind's Return After Distraction, Brain Scans Reveal
After being interrupted by a word-recognition task, experienced meditators' brains returned faster to their pre-interruption condition. Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine changes in blood flow in the...
Neuroscientist Scans Brain For Clues on Best Time to Multitask
In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become an increasingly necessary part of our daily routine. Unfortunately, multitasking also is notoriously inefficient. However, a new brain imaging study led by a...
U.S. and China Tie for Olympic Glory, According to Statistician
Who won the Olympics? The answer depends on who's crunching the numbers.
Collective Traumas: Early Explanations Of 9/11 Linked To Long-term Adjustment
A new study, lead authored by Kent State University's John Updegraff, suggests that finding meaning in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terroist attacks was an important coping response that...
It Pays to Trust Your Instinct
Whether you call it a hunch or vibes, a reckoning or a feeling in your bones, humans know the power of a nagging suspicion. Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink stands as testament...
Children with TVs in their room sleep less
Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more...
Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy
(AP) -- Television ads for the world's top-selling drug, cholesterol fighter Lipitor, are back, six months after Pfizer Inc. pulled them amid charges its use of a celebrity doctor...
Make China journals open access, says top scientist
Priority must be given to domestic science publications and many Chinese journals should be made open-access, says a leading Chinese scientist.
'Bonding Gene' Could Help Men Stay Married
One form of DNA linked to marital bliss, the other to discord, study found
Rethinking rebuilding in New Orleans
Karl F. Seidman, senior lecturer in urban planning at MIT, writes in an op-ed that New Orleans "neighborhood viability should not be a condition to be proven by residents but...
Sex Differences Seen In Response To Common Antidepressant
Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both...
Bonobos May Have Greater Linguistic Skills Than Previously Thought
What happens when linguistic tools used to analyze human language are applied to a conversation between a language-competent bonobo and a human? New findings indicate that bonobos may exhibit larger...
Animal rights groups might do better to campaign where there is significant suffering for questionable benefits
Opinion surveys over the last decade have shown consistently that most people can accept the use of animals in medical research, but this support is conditional. They want to know...
Personal Health: Let the Mind Help Tame an Irritable Bowel
Irritable bowel syndrome has a strong connection to the mind.
Vital Signs: Awareness: Stadiums Sell Alcohol to Young and Drunk
Stadium vendors often sell alcohol to fans notably intoxicated or under age, a study finds.
Proud Is Proud, Sighted or Not, Researchers Find
Scientists have long assumed that nonverbal expressions associated with pride and shame are learned socially, but new research shows otherwise.
Essay: Addiction Doesn’t Discriminate? Wrong
Anyone can theoretically become an addict. However it is more likely the fate of some, including truant young men, the children of addicts and those with depression.
Mind: Spot on Popularity Scale Speaks to the Future; Middle Has Its Rewards
High school students know that popularity is far more than a temporary competition, and in recent years psychologists have confirmed that intuition.
Well: Early Focus on One Sport Raises Alarms
Around the country, little girls are donning leotards and tumbling into gymnastics classes — but what are the risks of competitive sports on young bodies?