January 26, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Unless you’re just looking to entertain your fellow online shoppers, you may want to think twice about writing that funny Amazon or Yelp review.
January 26, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
People who post positive updates on social media platform Twitter may be at lower risk of heart disease than those who post negative tweets, according to new research.
January 26, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
When cells are missing, both males and females are slower to fight.A miniscule cluster of estrogen-producing nerve cells in the mouse brain exerts highly specific effects on aggressive behavior…
January 26, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Visual distortions and hallucinations related to an elevated risk of psychosis are linked to self-destructive thought processes among adolescents with psychological symptoms, tells the recent study…
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Video-based therapy administered to 7-10-month-old infants at risk of autism appears to improve their engagement, attention and social behavior, a new study finds.
If you're trying to lose weight, Weight Watchers might seem like the ideal…
People often resort to superstitious behavior to facilitate goal achievement. We examined whether…
BSSR Lecture Series As part of the BSSR Lecture Series organized by the National…
January 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have produced an approach that protects animal models against a type of genetic disruption that causes intellectual…
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Teen girls were less likely to report being sexually victimized after learning to assertively resist unwanted sexual overtures and practicing resistance in a realistic virtual environment, finds a…
January 23, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
The female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls, explaining why boys, are shown to suffer more often from the cognitive disabilities linked to lead.
January 23, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
To control one’s dreams and to live ‘out there’ what is impossible in real life — a truly tempting idea. Some persons — so-called lucid dreamers — can do this. Researchers have discovered that the brain area which enables self-reflection is larger i…
January 23, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researcher says people may be able to control their hunger pangs (to an extent) if they try to remember the last food they’ve eaten.
January 23, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Scientists have long known that sleep, memory and learning are deeply connected but how has remained a mystery. The question is, does the mechanism that promotes sleep also consolidate memory, or do two distinct processes work together? In other words,…
