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Research shows pollsters how the undecided will vote

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 21, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As the American Presidential election approaches, pollsters are scrambling to predict who will win. A study by a team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario, Canada, and the University of Padova, Italy, may give ...





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Implicit political attitudes can predict future voting behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In many political elections, undecided voters come to a decision about who they will vote for only a few days before the vote, if not the very same day of the election. A new study in the journal Political Psychology reveal ...


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Google gadget lets websites go multilingual

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google on Wednesday released free software that lets website operators automatically translate online pages into any of 51 languages.


Ethnic pride may boost African-American teens' mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most adolescents who belong to an ethnic minority group wrestle not only with their self-esteem (like most teens), but also with identity issues unique to their ethnic group, such as dealing with social stigma. A new study ...


Could some forms of mental retardation be treated with drugs?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Growth factors. They are the proteins that trigger a countless number of actions in cells. Drugs that increase or decrease certain growth factors have lead to treatments for cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Georgetown ...


By jove, we've got it: EEG correlates of insightful problem solving

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The history of our development over the last three millennia chronicles many remarkable and fundamental discoveries, such as Archimedes’ law of buoyancy, Newton’s law of gravity, Poincaré’s conjecture, which are considered ...


Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be  tied to empathy

Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space -- including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes -- may be related to how ...


'Less is More' Online

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 10, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found that less is more when it comes to online content. In a study that examined responses to pictures viewed online, the researchers found that people were able to ...


Xenophobia, for men only

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Very few people fear dandelions. Or even dangerous things - like Hummers. We may object to outsized automobiles on principle, but the mere sight of them doesn't make us tremble and sweat and run away. On the other hand, even ...


Acne really is a nightmare for some teens

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young person's worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin condition that affects millions of adolescents. Now a Norwegian study published in the open ...


Strong link between obesity and depression

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors should pay more attention to the link between common mental illness and obesity in patients because the two health problems are closely linked, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.



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