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As a child grows and changes, parental expectations may stay the same causing more conflict.

A team of researchers managed to isolate “moonwalker flies” in a high-throughput screen. Screening a large collection of fruit flies, the scientists found specimens that seemed locked in reverse gear. Researchers were able to trace these changes in…

The role that dopamine plays in a region of the brain called the hippocampus has been demonstrated for the first time. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a central role in brain function, and many mental illnesses involve an imbalance in this ch…

A new study provides evidence of what many moms and dads already know – that babies respond in a measurable way to soft and gentle caressing, or what scientists call “pleasant touch,” and that this helps cement bonds between infants and parents to ensu…

Dogs are known to be Man’s best friend. No other pet has adjusted to Man’s lifestyle as this four-legged animal. Scientists at the Messerli Research Institute at the Vetmeduni Vienna, have been the first to investigate the evolution of dogs’ attentiven…

A Johns Hopkins team says that only 10 percent of orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons follow professional guidelines recommending routine psychological screenings of patients prior to major surgery for severe back and leg pain, in a report published…

According to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, an educational intervention program for children between kindergarten and 10th grade, known as Fast Track, reduces aggressive behavior lat…

According to a new RAND Corporation study, more than 1.1 million spouses, parents and friends are caring for the injured and disabled who have served in the U.S. military since Sept. 11, 2001, often doing so without a formal support network and putting…

Keeping young people in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention programs is a major goal in reducing the incidence of HIV, and multi-session interventions are often more effective than single-sessions. But according to a new study from the Annenb…

The study, “Too many men: the violence problem?” is in the April issue of Trends in Ecology & Evolution.Conventional wisdom and scientific arguments have claimed that societies with more men than women, such as China, will become more violent, but a Un…