News tagged with good 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 ...
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Classroom behavior: Why it's hard to be good
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2009 |
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Being seen as either well behaved or naughty at school is never entirely in the hands of the individual child, this study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council shows.
Male and female brains are not so different, fruit flies’ sex acts tell us
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Apr 17, 2008 |
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While males and females might sometimes act as though they come from different planets, a new study in flies suggests they are both equipped with a largely unisex brain.
Being altruistic may make you attractive
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Displays of altruism or selflessness towards others can be sexually attractive in a mate. This is one of the findings of a study carried out by biologists and a psychologist at The University of Nottingham.
Battle of sex in genes and the brain
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Sex is good for a lot of things. One of the most important is the way in which sex leads to a shuffling of the genetic cards in every individual. Scientists in Cardiff are beginning to build up a picture of what certain genes ...
Fame matters more than beauty in consumer behaviour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 13, 2008 |
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New research from Aston University in Birmingham, UK suggests that fame really does matter more than beauty when it comes to consumer behaviour.
All of us -- from slime mould to MPs -- are born to cheat
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Organisms are genetically programmed to cheat the system and have to be policed to stop them putting their needs ahead of society and thus threatening its survival, say scientists.
Unhealthy lifestyle more than doubles stroke risk
Feb 20, 2009 |
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People who lead unhealthy lifestyles are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke than those who eat and drink sensibly, don't smoke, and take regular exercise, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
New way of gauging professional behavior in medical students
May 27, 2009 |
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A new way of assessing professionalism among medical students could help to make better doctors, a new research study suggests.
Brain noise is a good thing
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Jul 04, 2008 |
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Canadian scientists have shown that a noisy brain is a healthy brain.
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 ...
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