March 16, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research from the University of California in San Diego, and published in the journal PLOS One, suggests that happy status updates encourage happy updates from other users.Previous studies have shown that emotion spreads among people in direct, per…
March 16, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Do you often put your trust in others? If so, you are likely to be of high intelligence. New research from the University of Oxford in the UK suggests that intelligent individuals are more likely to trust other people, compared with those who are less …
March 15, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
The importance of boosting self-esteem is normally associated with the trials and tribulations of adolescence. But new research from Concordia University shows that it’s even more important for older adults to maintain and improve upon those confidence…
March 15, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
How do you know that your pet is benefiting from its pain medication? A new clinical trial design could help overcome pet owners’ unconscious observation bias and determine whether the drugs they test are effective. When animals are recruited for clini…
March 15, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Along with the whereabouts of Bigfoot and the answer to whether we are alone in the universe, the mechanism behind contagious yawning remains one of life’s great mysteries. Though previous studies have suggested a link to empathy, new research suggests…
March 15, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study out of Western University (London, Canada) has found the majority of transgender patients have had a negative experience when it comes to receiving emergency department (ED) care. The findings, by first author Greta Bauer, PhD, is in press …
March 15, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Many health experts believe that genetics, environmental factors or a combination of the two are to blame.
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Children and adolescents older than age 8 at the onset of type 1 diabetes had weaker brain connectivity when tested later in life relative to those who had earlier ages of diagnosis, researchers have discovered. The findings were made by analyzing the …
March 14, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
A gene linked to intellectual disability is critical to the earliest stages of the development of human brains, new research has confirmed. An international research team explains in a new paper how mutations in USP9X are associated with intellectual d…
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A brain-mapping study of patients with schizophrenia has found that areas associated with the ability to imitate are impaired, providing new support for the theory that deficits in this basic cognitive skill may underlie the profound difficulty with so…
