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Input-output trade-offs found in human information processing
A new study examines information processing and finds that human behavior is systematic, not random, demonstrating a trade-off between input and out. The study also points to limitations to information...
Brain connections break down as we age
It's unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests...
Prenatal Pesticide Exposures Linked to Attention Disorders in Preschool Children
Exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides before birth can increase susceptibility to attention disorders such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to new research published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives...
Internet access at home increases the likelihood that adults will be in relationships, study finds
Adults who have Internet access at home are much more likely to be in romantic relationships than adults without Internet access, according to new research.
Video: Star Wars Heads to Blu-Ray
Phillip Markoff, the alleged Craigslist killer, has committed suicide; the Xbox 360 Slim gets hacked to play copied games; and all the Star Wars films come to Blu-ray along with...
Video: Gamble With Your Grades
Shira Lazar talks to Steven Wolfe, co-founder of Ultrinsic.com, a site that motivates students to do better in school by gambling on their grades.
Passing in the night: Examining work schedules, gender and marital quality
Taking care of business is becoming an ever-growing, 24/7 challenge for the American worker. A new study out of the University of Cincinnati is examining the effect this is having...
Iran asks Bangladesh to join pipeline
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Bangladeshi government is considering an Iranian offer to join a long-delayed pipeline project from Iran's South Pars gas field, the government said. ...
Science 2.0 Solutions To Science Community Competition Versus Cooperation
Science has a long history of being multinational and has long been a way to bridge cultures and balance the public good with private gain. Science, being about excellence,...
Ivory Wave drug implicated in death of 24-year-old man
Drug bought online as legal high following ban on mephedrone causing several hospitalisations and possibly one deathThe mother of a chef whose body was found off the Isle of Wight has claimed that...
THQ hopes to draw in artists with tablet for Wii
(AP) -- Video game publisher THQ hopes to draw in artistically inclined fans when it launches its uDraw GameTablet for the Wii this year.
Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting
(AP) -- If you've never time-shifted a prime-time television series - watched it later on a DVR, over the Internet or ordered it on demand - you're now in...
Study suggests boys and girls not as different as previously thought
Although girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys, this difference vanishes by the time children reach the eighth grade, according to a new study by...
People who cannot escape a system are likely to defend the status quo
The freedom of emigration at will is internationally recognised as a human right. But, in practice, emigration is often restricted, whether by policy or by poverty. A new study published...
Eye-Trackers Help Scientists Learn How Children Look at the World
Eye-tracking studies suggest that infants may be more capable of understanding and acting on what they see than had been thought.
Skin condition associated with depression, anxiety and suicidal feelings
Individuals with psoriasis appear to have an increased risk of depression, anxiety and suicidality, according to a new study.
When Friends Disappear During a Health Crisis
We've come to understand ways in which people cope with crisis when it happens to them, but psychologists are just beginning to explore the ways we respond to other people's...
Personal Health: Few Rules for Donors, but Many Wait for Organs
At any given time in the United States, more than 100,000 people are waiting for donor organs, more than 10 times as many as become available even though almost anyone...
How badly does it hurt? Research examines the biomedical diagnosis of pain
Sociology research investigates the challenges of patients experiencing pain symptoms that don't visibly turn up on any test, or, in other words, are not "proven" by science.
Survey reveals hidden dipolarity in many depressed respondents
Interviews with members of more than 5,000 representative U.S. households as part of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication found that nearly 40 percent of those with major depressive disorder may...
Dreams Make You Smarter, More Creative, Studies Suggest
Even during naps, REM sleep—when dreams are most vivid—boosts memory, creativity, and more, experts announced Friday. ...
How do we talk about our town?
University of Melbourne researchers have developed a mobile phone game that will help ensure computers better understand the way we talk about our towns.
Science Vs. Buddhism - Do You Wanna Be A Monk?
Every noticed how when something is vaguely Eastern and mystical, it sort of gets a special kind of regard from people? Maybe it's the way almost every old Asian character...
UQ law student research exposes boat people myths
A research project undertaken by a group of University of Queensland undergraduate students has exposed the widely believed election myth that boat people are `flooding our borders`.
If you build it, will they walk to school?
An individual's decision to walk to school is actually quite complex. It is influenced-perhaps-by distance and an attractive walkable environment, but also by intertwined social, psychological and environmental perceptions that...
Only Child Not Less Socially Equipped In School
A long-standing argument for public schools over home-schooling and more kids versus one is the social aspect. Honestly, sending kids to school so they can learn to feel bad about...
Comparing Nursing Homes, and Seeing Stars
Residents and family members are surprisingly satisfied with some poorly rated nursing homes. Why is that?
SPF on your plate
We all want that summer glow that comes from a day at the beach, but taking in the rays can have long-term implications for our health. Now Dr. Niva Shapira...