News tagged with bad behaviour
Promises come at a price
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Be careful what you promise people. You are not just obliging yourself to keep your promises; other people will hold you to account for them as well. Dutch-sponsored researcher Manuela Vieth investigated how the behaviour ...
Early bad behaviour predicts troubled path, according to study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems the ill-advised roads taken early in life are mostly one-way.
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Why you can't hurry love
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often protracted. The study, by researchers at UCL (University College London), University of Warwick and ...
New insight into addictive behavior offers treatment hope
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Addictive behaviour is determined by conscious, rapid thought processes, not necessarily by the content of visual stimuli as previously thought according to research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research ...
Using 'dominance' to explain dog behavior is old hat
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows how the behaviour of dogs has been misunderstood for generations: in fact using misplaced ideas about dog behaviour and training is likely to cause rather than cure unwanted ...
Find the aphid: Molted carapaces act as protective decoys for aphids
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Dec 19, 2008 |
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By leaving the remains of their old exoskeletons, called 'exuviae', in and around their colonies, aphids gain some measure of protection from parasites. Research published in the open access journal BMC Ev ...
Buying green can be license for bad behavior, study finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers. Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.
Troubled teens no match for real role-models
Aug 27, 2007 |
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Suspension and outdoor sports are not a cure all for boys with behavioural problems, according to new research.
Risks hold little weight when it comes to bad behaviour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Why do we ignore public warnings about the dangers of smoking, drinking alcohol, overeating, stressing out, and persist in habits and behaviours that we know aren't good for us?
Good males are bad fathers
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Contrary to predictions, males of high genetic quality are not very successful when it comes to fertilizing eggs. A new study on seed beetles by Swedish and Danish scientists Göran Arnqvist and Trine Bilde shows that when ...
Dogs are aggressive if they are trained badly
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Many dogs are put down or abandoned due to their violent nature, but contrary to popular belief, breed has little to do with a dog's aggressive behaviour compared to all the owner-dependant factors. This is ...
Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There must be times when University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wishes his study on animal personalities focused on something small, like a house cat. Coltman would classify cats that ...
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