Storytelling program helps change medical students’ perspectives on dementia
Treating patients with dementia can be viewed as a difficult task for doctors, but Penn State...
It’s the way you tell em’: Study discovers how the brain controls accents and impersonations
Jun 18, 2013 18:26
A study, led by Royal Holloway University researcher Carolyn McGettigan, has identified the brain regions and interactions involved in impersonations...
Beliefs about causes of obesity may impact weight and eating behavior
Slow and steady wins the baggage search
People attribute minds to robots and corpses that are targets of harm
Scientists identify neurons that control feeding behavior in Drosophila
Memory-boosting chemical is identified in mice
New language discovery reveals linguistic insights
Jun 18, 2013 18:28
A new language has been discovered in a remote Indigenous community in northern Australia that is generated from a unique combination of elements...
Parenting and home environment influence children’s exercise and eating habits
Academics earn street cred with TED Talks but no points from peers
Painful and extreme rituals enhance social cohesion and charity
Sibling aggression — often dismissed — linked to poor mental health
Study finds babies witnessing violence show aggression later in school
Missing enzyme linked to drug addiction
Jun 18, 2013 18:27
A missing brain enzyme increases concentrations of a protein related to pain-killer addiction, according to an animal study. The results will...
Tobacco laws for youth may reduce adult smoking
Certain environmental factors impact alcohol problems more for European than African-American women
Research points to brain’s ‘dark side’ as key to cocaine addiction
Nearly a fifth of designated drivers are impaired
Researchers focus on a brain protein and an antibiotic to block cocaine craving
Young self-described ‘conservatives’ underestimate their liberalism
Jun 17, 2013 0:35
Public polls and voter registrations may be underestimating the number of liberals and independents in the United States. Young conservatives...
Caregiving dads treated disrespectfully at work, new study finds
Treatment of mental illness lowers arrest rates and saves money
Conservatives more likely than liberals to identify mixed-race individuals as black
Teacher collaboration, professional communities improve many elementary school students’ math scores
Same-sex marriage polling faces a Bradley effect
Predicting collective online behaviour
Jun 14, 2013 18:56
A new study shows that small websites, in terms of daily user flux based on number of clicks, have a disproportionally high impact when it comes...
You’re so vain: U-M study links social media and narcissism
New tasks become as simple as waving a hand with brain-computer interfaces
Making sense of patterns in the Twitterverse
Facebook: A confidence boost for first-gen college students
Facebook shines light on the merging of identities in romantic relationships
Short-term antidepressant use, stress, high-fat diet linked to long-term weight gain
Jun 17, 2013 18:05
Short-term use of antidepressants, combined with stress and a high-fat diet, is associated with long-term increases in body weight, a new animal...
Testosterone improves verbal learning and memory in postmenopausal women
Researchers design variant of main painkiller receptor
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