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Common mental disorders may be more common than we think
The prevalence of anxiety, depression and substance dependency may be twice as high as the mental health community has been led to believe...
Infertility And The Battle Of The Sexes: Evolutionary Explanation For Today's Fertility Problems?
About 10 percent of all couples hoping for a baby have fertility problems. Some environmentalists say pollution is to blame, while some psychiatrists point to our stressful lifestyles. But an...
War, Genocide 'Difficult Knowledge' To Teach Younger Students
An education professor says the study of genocide and "difficult knowledge" of historical events is best left to high school students.
Deficits In Brain's Reward System Observed In ADHD Patients; Low Levels Of Dopamine Markers May Underlie Symptoms
A brain-imaging study provides the first definitive evidence that patients suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have lower-than-normal levels of certain proteins essential for experiencing reward and motivation.
Arab Americans continue to face both stigma and acceptance
Arab and Muslim Americans continue to face an unusual degree of both discrimination and acceptance, according to a University of Michigan researcher who headed an in-depth study of the nation's...
Coins From Bar-Kokhba Revolt Against Romans Found In Israel
The Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans was the third and last, establishing a new Jewish state for two years before the Romans crushed it. Along with a massacre...
Face processing slows with age
Identifying a face can be difficult when that face is shown for only a fraction of a second. However, young adults have a marked advantage over elderly people in these...
Study: Parenthood makes moms more liberal, dads more conservative
Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University...
Banff may get new caribou herd
Scientists in Banff National Park are trying to decide whether to bring in a herd of caribou to replace those lost in an avalanche last spring.
How do doctors really feel about surrogate decision making?
A growing number of hospitalised adults are incapable of making their own health decisions, but little research has explored how doctors feel about making medical decisions with a patient's surrogate...
Seeing is not believing
Studying paranormal claims is as much about revealing imperfections in the human mind as it is about flying saucers, ghosts, extrasensory perception and psychic healing
Making connections the key to overcoming shame
It would be difficult to find someone who has never felt shame in their life. Shame is a common reaction when someone feels that they have fallen below social norms...
Undergrad academic performance linked to neural signals
Students will have to use their brains to get good grades at school this year, according to new University of Toronto research that relates brain activity to undergraduate academic performance...
999: The human face of economic crisis
As the economy continues to unravel, a series of papers published today assess the effects of the crisis on children's health, education, and rights in East Asia and the Pacific....
Sharing a bed is 'bad for your health', say experts
Couples should consider sleeping apart for the good of their health and relationship, say experts.
Grrr, Sniff, Arf
A cognitive scientist leads a tour of the sensations and thought processes of dogs.
Early Life Nurturing Impacts Later Life Relationships, Prairie Vole Study Finds
Prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior and how early life nurturing impacts later life relationships.
Hairstylists Can Help Identify Older Clients Who Need Health Services
Hairstylists may have a unique opportunity to help steer their elderly clients to needed health services, according to a small, exploratory study. More than 80 percent of 40 Columbus-area stylists...
Brazil to offer fellowships to Dominican Republic students
Brazil will award grants to students and professionals in the Dominican Republic, enabling them to study in Brazilian universities.
Costa Rica will not invest one per cent in S&T in 2010
The Costa Rican government says that it will not be able to invest one per cent of the country's GDP in science and technology, a promise made in previous political...
Bullying boss disturbing your sleep?
Its not uncommon that we're forced to work/put up with a disgruntled boss at least once in our lives. Not surprisingly, the relationship between an employee and their boss is...
Do labour market trends worsen mental health in the young?
Mental health in young people worsens in line with trends in the labour market. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied data from 1985 to 2002...
Knowing Me, Myself And I: What Psychology Can Contribute To Self-knowledge
How well do you know yourself? It's a question many of us struggle with, as we try to figure out how close we are to who we actually want to...
Monkeys get a groove on, but only to monkey music
Music is one of the surest ways to influence human emotions; most people unconsciously recognize and respond to music that is happy, sad, fearful or mellow. But psychologists who have...
Turfgrass quality measurement improved with GreenSeeker sensor
STILLWATER, OK -- To measure turfgrass performance, professionals have traditionally relied on trained human evaluators who provide visual assessments of turf quality. But human evaluators require training and may be...
H1N1 outlook 'grim' for China
China is experiencing a surge in domestic cases of H1N1 infections as schools resume, the country's health minister said Tuesday.
2009 Peer Review Survey Issues Preliminary Results
What does peer review do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do? Should peer review detect fraud and misconduct? Does peer review illuminate good ideas...
Citizen Science Family Leads to Discovery of a Lost Bug
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in citizen science was certainly not on the minds of 6-year-old Alyson Yates and her mom, Kate, when they stepped out into their back yard one day...