http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Nancy Brueheim wishes she could break 100 pounds. Without working at it, Brueheim, who is 71 and stands 5-foot-2, fluctuates between 95 and 98 pounds. http://www.physorg.com/news180125109.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:40:01 EST news180125109 (PhysOrg.com) -- In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment. http://www.physorg.com/news180024084.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:20:01 EST news180024084 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new scientific study has found that at least some of the stereotypes associated with older siblings are true: the oldest sibling is often less trusting, less cooperative, and less reciprocating than younger siblings. http://www.physorg.com/news179568469.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:18:43 EST news179568469 (PhysOrg.com) -- Runaways who maintain contact with pro-social peers and have parental support, especially from their mothers, tend to return home. http://www.physorg.com/news179159895.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:50:01 EST news179159895 Although women have made strides in the business world, they still occupy less than two percent of CEO leadership positions in the Fortune 500. Not surprisingly therefore leaders still tend to be thought of as men and most industries are considered to be male-typed at management levels. http://www.physorg.com/news177595812.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:11:11 EST news177595812 Most children actively notice and think about race. A new study has found that children develop an awareness about racial stereotypes early, and that those biases can be damaging. http://www.physorg.com/news177318448.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:50:01 EST news177318448 People with relatively extreme opinions may be more willing to publicly share their views than those with more moderate views, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news175356360.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:30:06 EST news175356360 (PhysOrg.com) -- The nearly 80,000 immigrants older than 65 who arrive in the U.S. each year are often overlooked by society because they don't hold paid jobs or speak fluent English, says UC Irvine sociology professor Judith Treas. http://www.physorg.com/news175194965.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news175194965 New research by the University of Warwick and Royal Holloway finds that neither the general public nor even radical leaning Muslims have any real personal knowledge or understanding of real jihadists and both rely on stereotypes and what they can glean from the mainstream media to inform their understanding of what makes for radicalised jihadists. http://www.physorg.com/news171894257.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:24:40 EST news171894257 (PhysOrg.com) -- Women hedge, issue disclaimers and ask questions when they communicate, language features that can suggest uncertainty, lack of confidence and low status. But men do the same, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. http://www.physorg.com/news170359202.html Other Sciences Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:00:56 EST news170359202 If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past. http://www.physorg.com/news168097943.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:20:05 EST news168097943 A well-groomed man gets out of a Mercedes. He's holding a Smartphone and wearing a slick business suit and what appear to be $400 Kenneth Cole shoes. You only catch a glimpse, but you've already drawn conclusions about him. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines children's tendencies to draw conclusions about social roles from the products they see. http://www.physorg.com/news167325677.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:40:08 EST news167325677 In a new study, cognitive scientists have shown that when aware of both a negative and positive stereotype related to performance, women will identify more closely with the positive stereotype, avoiding the harmful impact the negative stereotype unwittingly can have on their performance. http://www.physorg.com/news160634995.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 05:50:37 EST news160634995 Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group. http://www.physorg.com/news160318240.html Other Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:51:18 EST news160318240 New research carried out at the University of Leicester suggests that Barack Obama has become a 'glorious mascot' for biethnic people seeking to achieve in the workplace. http://www.physorg.com/news156521333.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:22 EST news156521333 Despite the increased popularity of geek culture - movies based on comic books, videogames, virtual worlds - and the ubiquity of computers, the geek's close cousin, the nerd, still suffers from a negative stereotype in popular culture. This may help explain why women and minorities are increasingly shying away from careers in information technology, says Lori Kendall, a professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. http://www.physorg.com/news155305365.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:23:11 EST news155305365 (PhysOrg.com) -- Let's say a white student and a black student both score 1020 on their SATs. They're performing right around the national average, so based on their scores it stands to reason they're both typical students with the same level of potential, right? http://www.physorg.com/news154713676.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:02:17 EST news154713676 Looking at yourself in the mirror every morning, you never think to question whether the person you see is actually you. You feel familiar -at home with your own unique self image. After all, you have been sporting the same old face for years. An innovative study published December 24, 2008 in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, by Dr Manos Tsakiris, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, challenges this common-sense notion about our own self image. The study shows for the first time that the image we hold of our own face can actually change through shared experiences with other people's faces. http://www.physorg.com/news150543530.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:38:50 EST news150543530 The underperformance in examinations of UK medical students from ethnic minorities could be partly down to a psychological phenomenon called 'stereotype threat', according to new UCL research published today in the British Medical Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news138273497.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:18:17 EST news138273497