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  • OMG! Texting ups truthfulness, new iPhone study suggests

    May 16, 2012 17:09

    OMG! Texting ups truthfulness, new iPhone study suggests

    Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

     
  • People see sexy pictures of women as objects, not people

    May 15, 2012 16:56

    People see sexy pictures of women as objects, not people

    Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women’s sexualized bodies are on display. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that both men and women see images of sexy women’s bodies as objects, while they see sexy-looking men as people.

     
  • Ovulating women perceive sexy cads as good dads

    May 14, 2012 18:46

    Ovulating women perceive sexy cads as good dads

    Nice guys do finish last at least when it comes to procreation according to a study from The University of Texas at San Antonio that answers the question of why women choose bad boys. Research from Kristina Durante, assistant professor of marketing at The University of Texas at San Antonio [...]

     
  • Smoked cannabis reduces some symptoms of multiple sclerosis

    May 14, 2012 18:35

    Smoked cannabis reduces some symptoms of multiple sclerosis

    A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity – a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease.

     
  • A walk in the park gives mental boost to people with depression

    May 14, 2012 18:32

    A walk in the park gives mental boost to people with depression

    A walk in the park may have psychological benefits for people suffering from depression.

     
  • Self-worth needs to go beyond appearance

    May 9, 2012 18:18

    Self-worth needs to go beyond appearance

    Women with high family support and limited pressure to achieve the ‘thin and beautiful’ ideal have a more positive body image.

     
  • The music of the (hemi)spheres sheds new light on schizophrenia

    May 9, 2012 17:44

    The music of the (hemi)spheres sheds new light on schizophrenia

    In the latest issue of Biological Psychiatry, researchers at the University of California in San Diego suggest that careful analyses of the electrical signals of brain activity, measured using electroencephalography (EEG), may reveal important harmonic relationships in the electrical activity of brain circuits.

     
  • Researcher designs schoolyard for children with autism

    May 7, 2012 18:22

    Researcher designs schoolyard for children with autism

    A Kansas State University graduate student is creating a schoolyard that can become a therapeutic landscape for children with autism.