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A new study suggests that political bias can influence how people perceive the facial characteristics of a presidential candidate — even after seeing his face on TV thousands of times.
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In a large UK study of teenage twins, researchers found that differences in exam grades owed more to genes than family environment, schools and teachers. In math, English and science, genes accounted for nearly 60% of the differences, they found.
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You’re shopping for holiday gifts when you spot someone pocketing a nice pair of leather gloves. What do you do?
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Priming people to think about money makes them more likely to cheat, but priming them to think about time seems to strengthen their moral compass, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychologi…
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, but they don’t work for everyone. What’s more, patients must often try several different SSRI medications, each with a different set of side effects, befo…
Private contractors who worked in Iraq, Afghanistan or other conflict environments over the…
We examined the psychology of "instigators," people who surround an unethical act and…
Presented by: William R. Shadish, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Founding Faculty; Chair for…
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A head injury can lead immune-system brain cells to go on “high alert” and overreact to later immune challenges by becoming excessively inflammatory – a condition linked with depressive complications, a new animal study suggests.The findings could help…
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Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, is a brief, safe, and effective treatment for combat-related symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans and U.S. service members, researchers at University of South Florida College of Nursin…
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Scientists have discovered how to fix sleep disturbances in mice with traumatic brain injuries — a discovery that could lead to help for hundreds of thousands of people who have long-term and debilitating sleep and wakefulness issues after they suffer…
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Insurance acceptance rates are lower for psychiatrists than for other types of physicians, according to a study by Tara F. Bishop, M.D., M.P.H., of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, and colleagues. There have been recent calls for increased …
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In new research, neuroscientists find that even high-performing schools don’t influence their students’ abstract reasoning.
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A mechanism in the brain that controls tics in children with Tourette Syndrome has been discovered by scientists.
