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Biofeedback Your Brain Regions
People can learn to control the activity of some brain regions when they get feedback signals provided by functional magnetic resonance brain imaging (fMRI), according to researchers who used fMRI...
Brain mechanism linked to relapse after cocaine withdrawal
Addictive drugs are known to induce changes in the brain's reward circuits that may underlie drug craving and relapse after long periods of abstinence. Now, new research uncovers a specific...
Researchers give robots the capability for deceptive behaviour
A robot deceives an enemy soldier by creating a false trail and hiding so that it will not be caught. While this sounds like a scene from one of the...
Appetite hormones may predict weight regain after dieting
Many people have experienced the frustration that comes with regaining weight that was lost from dieting. According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of...
The brain needs to remember faces in 3-dimensions
In our dynamic 3D world, we can encounter a familiar face from any angle and still recognise that face with ease, even if the person has, for example, changed his...
There is more to motor imagery than mental simulation
The human brain is a powerful simulation machine. Sports professionals and amateurs alike are well aware of the advantages of mentally rehearsing a movement prior to its execution and it...
Most influential tweeters of all
Tweet this, Ashton Kutcher, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Just because you have a ton of followers on Twitter doesn't necessarily mean you're among the most influential people in the...
Music on prescription could help treat emotional and physical pain
New research into how music conveys emotion could benefit the treatment of depression and the management of physical pain. Using an innovative combination of music psychology and leading-edge audio engineering...
Study probes Dawson College shooting fallout
A highly anticipated study into the psychological effects of school shootings will be released Thursday at Montreal's Dawson College, the school where a gunman opened fire in 2006.
Peer review highly sensitive to poor refereeing, claim researchers
Human foibles may drastically reduce scientific quality
Teens too revealing online: police
Police in a Nova Scotia town say they've uncovered some disturbing facts about the online habits of teenagers, thanks to several student spies.
Aging drug users are increasing and facing chronic physical and mental health problems
Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. UK researchers interviewed...
Where does the myth of a gene for things like intelligence come from?
There's a widespread belief that individual genes determine traits such as intelligence, optimism, obesity and dyslexia. But genetics rarely works that wayDorothy Bishop is a professor of developmental neuropsychology at the University of...
Would you want to know about a terrorist threat at any cost?
As we approach the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this weekend, many people may be thinking about the possibility of future terrorist strikes. If the government knew about a...
Anti-aphrodisiac protects young bedbugs
Male bedbugs are known to be very unfussy when it comes to mating, mounting any well-fed bug they can see - regardless of age or gender. Researchers writing in the...
Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover
(AP) -- Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel...
Burger and Tweets With a Side of Social Media
NYC Burger Joint Lets Customers Add To The Menu
J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids
By LINDA A. JOHNSON 2010-09-08T22:53:09Z TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Health giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million...
Secondhand smoke: Ventilation systems are not the answer, says new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a scientific study of secondhand smoke exposure in St. Louis bars and restaurants, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that ventilation systems and `voluntary` smoke-free...
Study: Elephants unfazed by dynamite, but fear humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- Elephants are not bothered by dynamite explosions, but nearby human activity prompts them to dramatically change their behavior, reports a Cornell study that used automated listening devices to...
Parents split on tax credit for kids' activities
The Ontario government's plan to offer a tax credit for households that spend money on extra-curricular children's activities has parents and politicians alternatively peeved and pleased.
Back-to-School Blues for Pets
Back-to-school season is a time of stress and transition for the whole family -- including the pets.
Researchers find that interneurons are not all created equally
A type of neuron that, when malfunctioning, has been tied to epilepsy, autism and schizophrenia is much more complex than previously thought, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and...
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 26 August–8 September 2010
Lack of funding keeps HIV prevention gel at bay, African S&T must be mainstreamed, Africa urged to invest in water storage, and more.
China to double science communicators by 2020
China hopes to increase its number of science communicators two-fold, focusing on rural areas in an attempt to close the knowledge gap.
Neuroscience: In their nurture
Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.
The Biology of Sin: Researcher Explores the Biological Basis of Sinful Behavior
What causes our sinful behavior? Is there a biological predisposition for biblically defined sinful behaviors? A Baylor University researcher has compiled years of research into a new book called The...
Do more to help smokers, P.E.I. told
One of the world's top medical journals says most provinces, including P.E.I., should be doing more to help people quit smoking.