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Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...
Stress in the womb can last a lifetime, say researchers behind new exhibit
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Visitors can see how their stress levels could affect the heart rate of their unborn baby and find out why pregnant women should reduce their anxiety, at a new exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, which ...
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Why criminals cannot say 'no'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 09, 2008 |
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A study integrating theories from criminology and psychology has provided an in-depth explanation for the link between self-control and why people get into crime.
Childhood lead exposure is associated with increased risk of criminal arrest in adulthood
May 28, 2008 |
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Childhood exposure to lead is associated with adult criminal behaviour, including violent crime, finds a new study in this week’s PLoS Medicine. Dr Kim Dietrich and colleagues (University of Cincinnati, USA) studied the as ...
Prison study to investigate link between diet and behavior
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Trials will soon be underway in three UK prisons to investigate the link between nutrition and behaviour. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, the study will look at which nutrients are most important and at what dosage.
Brain difference in psychopaths identified
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Professor Declan Murphy and colleagues Dr Michael Craig and Dr Marco Catani from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London have found differences in the brain which may provide a biological explanation ...
Binge drinking due to ‘copying’ behaviour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 24, 2008 |
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The rise in binge drinking in the young is a “fashion phenomenon” where drinkers are copying their associates’ behaviour, new research has shown.
Kids from juvenile justice system 7 times more likely to commit criminal acts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A new study shows that juvenile delinquents sentenced to either a juvenile retreat, probation or unsupervised community service were seven times more likely to commit criminal acts as adults than youngsters from the control ...
Fearless kids more likely to be adult criminals: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Children who lack a normal fear response are more likely to commit crimes when they grow up, a study published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggested.
Trial beginning over New Orleans' crime cameras
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system.
Men sexually abused in childhood 10 times more likely to contemplate suicide
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children are ...
Nature or nurture - why do some of us see red?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2008 |
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University of Manchester researchers are investigating why some people remain calm in the face of life's niggles, while others 'flip' with little provocation.
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