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Personalities judged by physical appearance alone

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

6 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Observers were able to accurately judge some aspects of a stranger's personality from looking at photographs, according to a study in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSBP), the official monthl ...

Research finds the mum-bub bond may reduce neglect

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ researcher Dr Lane Strathearn sees strengthening the bond between mother and baby as a possible way of reducing childhood neglect.

Non-invasive technique blocks a conditioned fear in humans

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging ...

Brain activity exposes those who break promises

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 09, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 7

Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The ...

Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Dec 08, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (26) | 46

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing ...

Rodent smoke screen

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Rats passively exposed to tobacco smoke become dependent on nicotine, according to a new study by Dr. Adrie Bruijnzeel and colleagues from the University of Florida in the US. Their findings of how rats' brains respond to ...

Researchers study psychological impact of casual sex

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have found that young adults engaging in casual sexual encounters do not appear to be at increased risk for harmful psychological outcomes as compared to ...

Study shows link between working memory and reactive parenting

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at ...

Coroner: Self-help course led to woman's suicide

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- An Australian coroner said Tuesday that participation in an intense self-help course led a woman to suffer a psychotic breakdown before she stripped naked and leaped to her death from an office window ...

Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School ...

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