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Diet Psychology - People Eat Less When They Have Big Forks
Larger portions mean we eat more food but bigger bites less intuitively lead to eating less in restaurants, according to new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.The authors conducted their...
New hope for treatment of cocaine addiction
Researchers have discovered that a common beta blocker, used to treat people with hypertension, has shown to be effective in preventing the brain from retrieving memories associated with cocaine use...
Kids Live Well initiative pushes for healthier meal options in restaurants
The National Restaurant Association announced its launch of a nationwide initiative designed to provide healthier menu options for children in order to be part of a solutions to ensure a...
UK average tuition fees to hit £8,393
Universities claim schemes to widen participation are not tackling the problem of underachievement in schools
Vaccines, the CIA, and how the War on Terror helped spread polio in Nigeria | by Martin Robbins @mjrobbins
How a polio vaccination in Nigeria collapsed in the face of anti-Western sentiment and conspiracy theories, and why using a vaccine drive to hunt Bin Laden may not have been the smartest...
Swarms of locusts use social networking to communicate
Social studies of Facebook and Twitter have been adapted to gain a greater understanding of the swarming behaviour of locusts. The enormous success of social networking sites has vividly illustrated...
The secret to successful aging: Focus on the positive
Whether we choose to accept or fight it, the fact is that we will all age, but will we do so successfully? Aging successfully has been linked with the “positivity...
No difference in women’s and men’s self-esteem in youth and early adulthood
Self-esteem increases during adolescence, then slows in young adulthood, but contrary to popular belief, there is no significant difference between men’s and women’s self-esteem during...
Current, not prior, depression predicts crack cocaine use
Even after accounting for current crack use, a new study finds that women in drug court who are experiencing current major depression are more likely to use crack within four...
Video game camp slammed for promoting inactivity
A summer camp designed to get young people to play video games is perpetuating New Brunswick's problem of childhood obesity, according to one of the province's most well-known promoters of...
Big Surprises about Eyewitness Research
Steven Clark studies how eyewitnesses make decisions based on imperfect information, and how this affects criminal trials.
Humans 'predisposed' to believe in gods and the afterlife
New research finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife. Research suggests that people across many different cultures instinctively believe that some part of their...
Is Meditation the Push-Up for the Brain?
Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more gray matter than the brains of individuals in a...
When the brain remembers but the patient doesn't
Brain damage can cause significant changes in behaviour, such as loss of cognitive skills, but also reveals much about how the nervous system deals with consciousness. New findings reported in...
Our brains have multiple mechanisms for learning
(Medical Xpress) -- One of the most important things humans do is learning this kind of pattern: when A happens, B follows. A new study, which will be published in...
Men are 45% more likely to lose their jobs than women, report finds
Men are more than forty per cent more likely to lose their jobs involuntarily than women, thanks to the types of jobs they choose and the industries they work in.
Keeping up your overall health may keep dementia away, study suggests
Improving and maintaining health factors not traditionally associated with dementia, such as denture fit, vision and hearing, may lower a person's risk for developing dementia, according to a new study.
Arriving at what's best for elderly parents
Specialized mediators can work with families to settle elder care disputesA new type of go-between, known as an elder mediator, can guide squabbling siblings and elderly parents to solutions before...
Damaging influence of media on public perceptions of chimpanzees
How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers sought to uncover in...
HIV-positive man charged in teen sex assault
A 56-year-old Calgary man infected with HIV has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl he picked up at a summer camp.
Stereotypes about leadership still pose barriers to women's advancement
A new meta-analysis shows that even today leadership continues to be viewed as culturally masculine. Thus, women suffer from two primary forms of prejudice. Women are viewed as less qualified...
Study explores best motivating factors for pursuing a shared goal such as giving
People who see the "glass as half empty" may be more willing to contribute to a common goal if they already identify with it, according to researchers from The University...
The moaning mouth bot learns to sing (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of you may recall the moaning mouth bot. This bot, which is basically a disembodied mouth that first came to the public attention for making a series...
Women Fake It Less Than Men
I just finished watching the Women's World Cup semifinal football match, USA versus France, and am currently preparing to watch Japan versus Germany and an important difference is immediately noticeable...
Do women have what it takes?
So much has changed since 1963, when Betty Friedan's influential "The Feminine Mystique" provoked a national discussion about the deep dissatisfaction women were feeling about the limitations of their lives....
Structural factors integral to understanding girls' vulnerability to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
A new study shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three to four times more...
Local context is key to the success of health innovations
Public health researchers must be sensitive to resource limitations to ensure medical innovations bring real benefits, says Takunda Matose.
Web abuzz with claims that Hubble sought to censor Lemaitre's paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of those odd scientific debates where people who ought to know better, speak up, and in this case, print articles on arXiv, making claims about personal...