Search results for teasing
Teasing is good for you!
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of insults at a young age improves social skills and helps children develop a sense of humour according to research by Dr Erin Heerey of the School of Psychology.
Factors that influence whether people define unwelcome sexual joking in the workplace as harassment
Jul 31, 2008 |
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A new study in Law & Social Inquiry shows that how people define sexual harassment is directly related to the extent to which they view sexual harassment rules as ambiguous and threatening to workplace norms.
Run! It's the student council president
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
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In most movies about high school, the student council president, the so-called "band geek" or the kid who stays after school for math club often fall victim to the teasing and bullying of the popular students or "jocks."
Understanding teen attitudes critical to quit message
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Teen attitudes to smoking need to be re-examined if anti-smoking health campaigns are to be effective, according to Hunter researchers.
Teasing apart T helper cells
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The cytokine IL-9 promotes a multiple sclerosis-like disease in mice, according to a new study by Nowak et al. published online on July 13th in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. In a related Commentary, Richar ...
Red wine vs. white? It makes no difference when it comes to breast-cancer risk
Mar 09, 2009 |
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The largest study of its kind to evaluate the effect of red versus white wine on breast-cancer risk concludes that both are equal offenders when it comes to increasing breast-cancer risk. The results of the study, led by ...
Bullying study focuses on gifted students
Apr 10, 2006 |
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Purdue University researchers say bullying of gifted students is an overlooked problem that leaves many such students emotionally shattered.
Cosmetic surgery appeals to men, women with appearance-based rejection sensitivity
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that men and women who feel sensitive to rejection based on their physical appearance are more likely to express interest in having cosmetic surgery than those who are less sensitive to appearance-based ...
Changing the course of nature: Are fisheries directing the evolution of fish populations?
Sep 10, 2009 |
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For many of the types of fish we buy in stores or order in restaurants, the chance that an individual dies from fishing is several times higher than dying of natural causes. This may seem obvious to most (they had to get ...
New national adolescent weight control registry will recognize successful teen weight loss efforts
Jul 07, 2009 |
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 16 percent of children ages 6-19 years are overweight or obese - a number that has tripled since 1980.
Most neuropsychological tests don't tell Alzheimer's disease from vascular dementia
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Most of the cognitive tests that have been used to decide whether someone has Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia have not been very helpful when used alone. A new report published by the American Psychological Association ...
Children bullied at school at high risk of developing psychotic symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who are bullied at school over several years are up to four times more likely to develop psychotic-like symptoms by the time they reach early adolescence.
Positive parenting associated with less aggression in early-maturing teen girls
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Adolescent girls who go through puberty early and have parents who do not nurture them, communicate with them or have knowledge of their activities appear more likely to display aggressive behavior, according to a report ...
Double hand transplant patient recovering well
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Valarie Kepner was so excited at learning last fall that doctors might be able give her husband new hands that she called the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center without telling him first.
Diverse 'connectomes' hint at genes' limits in the nervous system
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Genetics may play a surprisingly small role in determining the precise wiring of the mammalian nervous system, according to painstaking mapping of every neuron projecting to a small muscle mice use to move ...
