News tagged with behaviour change


Few people changed their behaviour in the early stages of the swine flu outbreak

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Few people changed their behaviour in the early stages of the swine flu outbreak, finds a study published on bmj.com today. But the results do support efforts to inform the public about specific actions that can reduce the ...


Cultural games change attitudes

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Persuasive technologies such as educational video games are more effective at changing people's attitudes or behaviours when they are adapted to a specific cultural audience.





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'Early birds' adapt to climate change

'Early birds' adapt to climate change

Biology /

created May 09, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Individual birds can adjust their behaviour to take climate change in their stride, according to a study by scientists from the University of Oxford.


Doctors must step up to the challenge of climate change

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 27, 2008 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Doctors must lead by example on climate change, according to experts in this week's BMJ. Health professionals were powerful catalysts in changing society's view of smoking from a normal lifestyle choice to that of a harm ...


The robot uses a laser range finder and radio communications to recreate the behaviour of fish

Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.


Hens change sex behaviour to outfox males

Hens change sex behaviour to outfox males

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created May 15, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Hens solicit sex in the morning in male-dominated groups of chickens to avoid an evening of sexual harassment from amorous cockerels, according to new research.


How accurate is your memory?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child did you hate brussel sprouts? Do you remember such a preference or did your parents remind you afterwards, ensuring a lasting dislike of the vegetable? Or do you have a phobia in adult life, ...


Religious beliefs focus too much on self

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.


Milestone discovery in cell behaviors

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of international molecular scientists, led by a Monash University researcher has discovered a new, fast mechanism by which cells communicate change - for example their location during spreading of a cancer in the human ...


High population density triggers cultural explosions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence of modern human behaviour, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) scientists published in ...


Gene Tells Soldier Ants to Beat Swords into Ploughshares

Gene Tells Soldier Ants to Beat Swords into Ploughshares

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- While science has yet to discover what makes that little ol' ant think he'll move that rubber tree plant, researchers at the University of Toronto Mississauga have identified an enzyme in ...


We're off then: the evolution of bat migration

We're off then: The evolution of bat migration

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not just birds, but also a few species of bats face a long journey every year. Researchers at Princeton University in the U.S. and at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, ...



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