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The less education you have, the more your attitude counts when it comes to staying alive and well.That’s the finding of a new study conducted by personality researchers from the University of Rochester and Brandeis University. They found that adults w…
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Human beings are emotional creatures whose state of mind can usually be observed through their facial expressions.A commonly-held belief, first proposed by Dr Paul Ekman, posits there are six basic emotions which are universally recognised and easily i…
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The white matter microstructure, the communication pathways of the brain, continues to develop/mature as one ages. Studies link age-related differences in white matter microstructure to specific cognitive abilities in childhood and adulthood.Most prior…
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Opening up a can of worms is a good way to start hunting for new drugs, recommend researchers from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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Murderers who committed homicide during robberies are more likely to commit crimes again when they are paroled, compared to murderers who committed homicide under other circumstances, according to research from North Carolina State University and Harva…
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Single-sex education does not educate girls and boys any better than coed schools, according to research published by the American Psychological Association analyzing 184 studies of more than 1.6 million students from around the world. The findings are…
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Studies show color greatly influences human emotion and behavior.
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Hockey players who sustained concussions during a recent season experienced acute microstructural changes in their brains.
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A major new anti-tobacco campaign will be launched in mid-February aimed at vulnerable teenagers at risk of becoming addicted to cigarettes.
February 4, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study provides the first evidence that people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances. The results may help to determine whether we care enough to act: Is something happening here, now, to someone I love? Or ov…
