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Researchers find memory capacity much bigger than previously thought
In recent years, demonstrations of memory's failures have convinced many scientists that human memory does not store the details of our experiences. However, a new study from MIT cognitive neuroscientists...
Youth prefer blogging to voting
Young Australians are not apathetic, but are more likely to show their political preferences through blogging or protesting rather than by voting, research has found.
Purdue, Citing Research Misconduct, Punishes Scientist
An appeals committee at Purdue University has upheld findings of misconduct by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan.
Teens Making Poor Choices When It Comes To Riding In Vehicles
Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of US teens. While states are passing laws to help teen drivers, little thought is being given to their habits as passengers. A...
Study Shows Link Between Spanking And Physical Abuse
Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents. But mothers who report that they or their partner spanked their child in the...
Sticks And Stones: A New Study On Social And Physical Pain
According to a new study, words may pack a harder punch that we realize. Psychologists have found that while the pain of physical events may fade with time, the pain...
Researchers To Survey Students On Managing Psychiatric Medications In The Transition From Home To College
An increasing number of students are packing more than their computers and iPods when leaving for college. They are bringing along prescribed psychiatric medications. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University...
Even Without Dementia, Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death
A new study shows that older people's mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don't have dementia.
Linguistic Tools Used To Analyze Human Language Applied To Conversation Between Scientist And Bonobo
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...
Lean on Me (Or at Least a Monkey)
Primate intelligence gives me cognitive dissonance. It’s fascinating that monkeys can recognize numbers, construct tools and even follow to-do lists. But it also bruises my ego, just slightly, knowing that...
How accurate is your memory?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child did you hate brussel sprouts? Do you remember such a preference or did your parents remind you afterwards, ensuring a lasting dislike of the...
What does your MP really believe?
(PhysOrg.com) -- MPs tend to 'toe the party line' on parliamentary votes, but when it comes to expressing their private opinions, Dan Bailey and Guy Nason, statisticians from the University...
Follow That Robot!
It’s not hard to notice when your co-worker is grouchy, your friend is exhausted, or your boss is overjoyed. Without recognizing it, we easily pick up on other people’s emotions...
Family are forced out of their Essex home by spider
A soldier's family are frightened out of their home by a spider thought to have been brought from Afghanistan.
China too must confront obesity
China must confront changing diets, more sedentary lives, and a 'plump is prosperous' culture to halt obesity, say Rachel Huxley and Yangfeng Wu.
Police: Disabled Palestinian siblings hidden away
BEIT AWWA, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter away for decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage...
'Industrial relations' employee satisfaction dependent on more than relative pay
A new study in the journal Industrial Relations reveals that employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage within a comparison group, as opposed to the individual's...
Campus diversity important predictor of interracial friendships
One of the hopes of having diverse campus environments is that the daily interaction with students from different backgrounds will promote interracial understanding and friendship. A new study in the...
South Australians fear cancer myths
Research has found that most South Australians falsely believe pollution and stress are major causes of cancer, ignoring main concerns such as UV exposure.
Feature: Social maps strengthen support for abused children
The Take Two program is using social maps to allow traumatised children to express themselves and to help them heal.
Children learn to share by age 7-8, study finds
Children may first learn about sharing when in pre-school, but a new study shows the behaviour doesn't take root until they are into the second grade.
Psst! Obama To Text Supporters Veep Pick
The Obama campaign has instituted text-message alerts to inform supporters of the candidate's choice for vice presidential running mate.
How Vinyl Got Its Groove Back
In the age of the ubiquitous iPod, there's something retro spinning into earshot. As it turns out, LPs are making a comeback. Anthony Mason reports on the new vinyl revolution.
Biden's Scranton childhood left lasting impression
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Biden left blue-collar, bare-knuckles Scranton for the greener pastures of Delaware when he was only 10 years old. But Scranton, it...
Brain physiology of prenatal alcohol exposure uncovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta researchers have identified several regions of the brain that appear to be altered in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Sleight of hand and sense of self
(PhysOrg.com) -- An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn`t all in the mind, Oxford University researchers have found. They have observed a physical...
Driven:
When the baby vomited again, Gail Melton knew something was seriously wrong with her second child, a son she and her husband, Doug Melton, had named Sam.read more
Environment and health sectors must work together
A meeting of African scientists and ministers on the environment's impact on health is welcome, if long overdue, says an editorial in The Lancet.