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Congressional Memo: More Talking Than Listening in the Senate Debate About Climate Change
Even for the Senate, where members are well-known to prefer talking to listening, the amount of unilateral jabbering on the climate change bill has been remarkable.
Are Panic And Inability To Express Emotions Related?
Investigators have explored the inability to express emotions (alexithymia) in panic disorder in an article in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. In patients with panic disorder (PD), the difficulty to identify and...
Hispanic teens try drugs, suicide at higher rates
(AP) -- Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a...
Nearly 1 in 5 teenagers admit eating problems, but anxiety is a bigger problem than appearance
Eighteen per cent of school children who took part in two health surveys carried out a year apart admitted they had eating problems, according to research published in the latest...
Memory in honeybees: What the right and left antenna tell the left and right brain
It is widely known that the right and left hemispheres of the brain perform different tasks. Lesions to the left hemisphere typically bring impairments in language production and comprehension, while...
Brain's Gray Cells Appear To Be Changed By Trauma Of Major Events Like 9/11 Attack, Study Suggests
Healthy adults who were close to the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have less gray matter in key emotion centers of their brains compared...
Are People More Likely To Become Friends Based on Proximity Or Shared Values and Interests?
Rather than picking our friends based on intentional choice and common values and interests, our friendships may be based on more superficial factors like proximity or group assignments. As reported...
New Zealand discovered 1000 years later
The first humans to arrive at New Zealand may have come 1000 years later than previously thought, according to a team of researchers.
Honeybee Dance Breaks Down Cultural Barrier
Asian and European honeybees can learn to understand one another's dance languages despite having evolved different forms of communication, an international research team has shown for the first time.
Marijuana use linked to brain injury
MELBOURNE, June 4 (UPI) -- An Australian study brain imaging shows long-term, heavy use of marijuana can cause significant brain injury.
U.S. Nuclear Brain Drain Feared
Layoffs at a top U.S. nuclear design lab have stirred fears that highly specialized scientists will sell their expertise to foreign countries.
Joanna Moorhead asks why do we hear so little of girls being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome?
When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with...
VA denies money a factor in PTSD diagnoses
(AP) -- A Veterans Affairs psychologist denies that she was trying to save money when she suggested that counselors make fewer diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder in injured soldiers.
Aggression Between Nursing-home Residents More Common Than Widely Believed, Studies Find
When people hear about elder abuse in nursing homes, they usually think of staff members victimizing residents. However, new research suggests that a more prevalent and serious problem may be...
Instant Messaging Proves Useful In Reducing Workplace Interruption
Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study found that workers who used instant messaging on...
Fantasy Leagues Win Against MLB
The fantasy sports companies like Yahoo, CBS Sportsline and others can now breathe a sigh of relief: the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Major...
Defibrillators coming to Vancouver community centres
A pilot project to put defibrillators in some Vancouver community centres has come too late for one hockey player.
Videogaming goes audio: New game lets visually impaired share the fun
A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students has taken the video out of videogames, making it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a...
New Zealand colonised 1000 years later than previously thought
A University of Adelaide palaeontologist has helped to uncover compelling new evidence that New Zealand was discovered 1000 years later than commonly believed.
Finances 'almost there' for west African super-cable
Financial arrangements are almost in place for a new African super-cable — bringing cheaper broadband access closer to reality.
Majority of Uganda depressed
Uganda has the highest rate of post-traumatic stress and depression ever recorded, following extremely high of civilian exposure to violence and poor healthcare, a study published in BMC Psychiatry says...
Vindication! Sad children out-perform happy children in attention-to-detail tasks
Psychologists at the University of Virginia and the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) have conducted experimental research that contrasts with the belief that happy children are the best learners. read more
Positive attitude doesn't beat cancer
Although there are social benefits, a positive attitude has no influence on a woman's chance of surviving breast cancer, a study has found.
Vital Signs: The Brain: Caller May Be Out of Sight, but in Mind
A new study may shed light on why talking on a cellphone appears to make drivers prone to accidents.
Emotional Intelligence Helps Make Better Product Choices
People with highly developed emotional sensibilities are better at making product choices, according to a new study. This research establishes a new method for assessing consumers' emotional intelligence.
Observatory: Camouflage Customized for the Threat
Chameleons are famous for their ability to adjust their appearance, but do they have a predator-specific approach to defending themselves?
Observatory: Same-Sex Parents in Albatross Colony
Researchers have uncovered a case of cooperative breeding involving long-term pairs of unrelated birds of the same sex.
Study examines risk factors for development of eating disorders
Risk factors for binge eating and purging may vary between boys and girls and by age group in girls, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of...