Latest science news in Psychology & Sociology

Geeks Drive Girls Out of Computer Science

14 years ago from Live Science

Women may steer clear of computer science because they don't feel like they fit in.

Moral dilemma scenarios prone to biases

14 years ago from Science Daily

Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake. Psychologists and philosophers...

Interactive animations give science students a boost

14 years ago from

For a generation of students raised and nurtured at the computer keyboard, it seems like a no-brainer that computer-assisted learning would have a prominent role in the college science classroom...

Investigate Iran plagiarism allegations

14 years ago from SciDev

A Nature editorial calls on the global academic community to support investigations into allegations of scientific plagiarism in Iran.

Court to review employer access to worker messages

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts.

Witnesses to bullying may face more mental health risks than bullies and victims

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Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical abuses of another student could become as psychologically distressed, if not more so, by the events than the victims...

Parents: Be mindful of hazardous holiday ornaments

14 years ago from Science Daily

A new study has found that holiday decorations, particularly glass ornaments, are one more safety hazard parents must consider during the season.

Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says

14 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more...

Their infinite wisdom

14 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hotel guests come and go. But in the first decade of the 1900s, a pair of frequent Russian visitors to the Hotel Parisiana, near the Sorbonne on Paris'...

Vital Signs: Patterns: Pediatricians Turning to Part-Time Work

14 years ago from NY Times Health

Almost one in four pediatricians were working part time in 2006, a survey showed, up from 15 percent six years before that.

Master gene Math1 controls framework for perceiving external and internal body parts

14 years ago from Physorg

Waking and walking to the bathroom in the pitch black of night requires brain activity that is both conscious and unconscious and requires a single master gene known as Math1...

Musical cards dangerous for young children

14 years ago from CBC: Health

Musical holiday cards may be popular this season, but officials at the Montreal Children's Hospital are warning parents they may also pose a threat to young children.

Do consumers always approach pleasure and avoid pain? New study suggests an alternative

14 years ago from Physorg

Whether it's doing sit-ups or eating steamed veggies instead of fries, it's often difficult to get ourselves to do something we know is beneficial. A new study in the Journal...

I think step to the left, you think step to the east

14 years ago from Physorg

Even the way people remember dance moves depends on the culture they come from, according to a report in the December 14th issue of Current Biology. Whereas a German or...

The Power Of The Brain Through The Window Of Savants

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Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant and author of the recent book Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind (Free Press). You may have heard...

On Lieberman | Michael Tomasky

14 years ago from The Guardian - Science

As several of you have observed, he's being the skunk at the picnic again. I'm not sure what to say about the man at this point that hasn't been said. So instead...

To Err Is Cellular, To Respond Human (A Call For Action)

14 years ago from

This is an experiment to stir up reaction: a significant proportion of the literature is misleading or false, tainting up to 20% of publications. What are the consequences? 1. The wastage of funds...

Study: Half of urban teen girls acquire STIs within 2 years of first sexual activity

14 years ago from Physorg

Half of urban teenage girls may acquire at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections (STI) within two years of becoming sexually active, according to an Indiana University School...

Interview: A glowing career

14 years ago from Chemistry World

From jellyfish to cancer diagnostics, Roger Tsien discusses the challenges of looking into a cell with Harp Minhas

National survey tracks rates of common mental disorders among American youth

14 years ago from Physorg

Only about half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders receive professional services, according to a nationally representative survey funded in part by the National Institute of...

The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

14 years ago from Physorg

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal...

Nostradamus Says: It Will Soon Suck To Be Us

14 years ago from

No more sifting through unsanitary goat knuckles, searching for abstractions in tealeaves, shaking the Mattel magic eight ball, listening to Yellow Submarine backwards, or trudging India’s highlands in search of...

New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

14 years ago from Science Blog

Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain. Link:  ...

Are angry women more like men?

14 years ago from Science Daily

"Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to a new article may lie in...

A Call To Promote More Scientific Skepticism In The Media

14 years ago from

A small segment of scientists are not in favor of skepticism; primarily if it happens to be in their discipline.   But a group of cancer researchers welcomes it and...

Archbishop of Canterbury says fear hinders success of climate change

14 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Rowan Williams tells Copenhagen service corporations and governments are afraid to make choices to bring real changePeople are so paralysed by fear and selfishness they cannot save the planet, the archbishop of Canterbury...

Burned ayatollah photo sparks new Iranian protests

14 years ago from AP Health

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Police surrounded the campus of Tehran University on Sunday, trapping hundreds of students protesting what they said were fabricated government images of...

Game Theory - The Art Of Acting Rational

14 years ago from

You are in a game show with nineteen other players. You don't know the other players, you can't see them, and you can't communicate with them. The game you are...