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Positive Thinking Trial In UK Aims To Prevent Childhood Depression
More than 7,000 school pupils from across the United Kingdom will be taking part in the trial of a new positive thinking program led by the University of Bath designed...
Internationally Adopted Children Hit Puberty Earlier, Study Finds
A Canadian study has found that some girls adopted from China begin puberty as early as eight and boys as early as 10-years-old.
Bats pick up rustling sounds against highway background noise
Listening for faint rustling noises made by tasty beetles on a quiet day is simple for bats hunting with their exquisitely sensitive hearing. So try imagining what it must be...
Chinese parents scramble to hospitals amid milk crisis
Children are taken for tests as fear grows with the scandal. Hong Kong officials issue a recall of milk products from the mainland. ...
Marilyn Fithian dies at 87; influential sex therapist
The co-founder of the Center for Marital and Sexual Studies in Long Beach 'helped legitimize and destigmatize sex research.' ...
Mobile Video Communication From A Mountain Top
Imagine being able to communicate with video images anywhere in the world. Regardless of the connection you still have a good image of the person you are communicating with. Ulrik...
Overbearing Parents Foster Obsessive Children, New Study Finds
Parents watch your nagging. A new study from the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada, has found that parental control directly influences whether a child will develop a harmonious or...
You've Got to Be Flexible to Live in Complex Societies
Study shows link between social complexity and personal restraint
Pictures Of Hot Fudge Sundaes Arouse: Understanding Emotions Improves Our Food Choices
Menus and advertising affect our emotions, and if we understand those emotions, we make better food choices, according to a new study.
Natural Childbirth Linked To Stronger Baby Bonding Than C-sections
The bonds that tie a mother to her newborn may be stronger in women who deliver naturally than in those who deliver by cesarean section, according to a study published...
Which do you answer: Mail or Email?
Surveys used to be done by snail mail. Many are now done by e-mail. Many have speculated that this effects who responds and what the answers are, but recent research...
New Waterford woman rallies public to stop ER closures
The latest round of temporary emergency room closures in Cape Breton has forced a New Waterford woman into action.
Open thread: Is political orientation really influenced by biology?
Open thread: New research suggests that genetically inherited responses to fear can predict political preferences. Do you agree?
Some Political Views May be Related to Physiology
People who react more strongly to bumps in the night, spiders on a human body or the sight of a shell-shocked victim are more likely to support public policies that...
Psychologists Vote to End Interrogation Consultations
Members of the American Psychological Association have voted to prohibit consultation in the interrogations of detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Left, Right; Obama, Mccain: It May Not be What You Think
By monitoring people's physical sensitivities to things like sudden noises and threatening visual images, political scientists were able to conclude that physiological reactions help predict variations in political beliefs.
The Rock Stars Of Video Game Marketing
The game Guitar Hero took playing air guitar to a whole new level - and now it's bringing the real music industry into the fold. Anthony Mason explains the phenomenon...
People use similar search strategies
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found people choose similar strategies to search for both for physical objects and words.
Women have the numbers but find college is still a struggle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women may maintain a numerical advantage over men at U.S. colleges and universities, but they also experience greater economic hardship, higher levels of stress and less academic confidence,...
Left, Right; Obama, McCain: It may not be what you think
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does it seem many people begin with political preferences and then try to find reasons justifying their inclinations? Why is it so difficult to sway people who...
Political views 'all in the mind'
A person's political views may be an expression of their innate psychological makeup, research in the US suggests.
Dr James Ost discusses his research into false memories and how they relate to the London bombings
Dr James Ost discusses his research into false memories and how they relate to the London bombings
Hugo Spiers discusses his research into London taxi drivers and their navigation
Hugo Spiers discusses his research into London taxi drivers and their navigational abilities
Prof Francis McGlone discusses the importance of touch and pleasurable stroking
Prof Francis McGlone discusses the importance of touch and pleasurable stroking
Prof Theodora Duka and Dr Matt Field discuss their research on alcohol, binge drinking and brain functions
Academics discuss their research on alcohol, binge drinking and brain functions
Lord Prof Robert Winston discusses the hand axe; the 'science delusion'; plus many more
Lord Prof Robert Winston discusses the hand axe, the 'science delusion' plus many more
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over ringtone tariff
The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal of a decision which gave musicians and songwriters a percentage of royalties for cellphone ringtones.
Depression rife in legal profession
An Australian study has revealed that both law students and practitioners experience psychological distress at up to three times the expected rates.