News tagged with people
'Wiring' in the brain influences personality
Nov 23, 2008 |
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Have you got the new iPhone yet? Do you like changing jobs now and again because you get bored otherwise? Do you go on holiday to different places every year? Then maybe your neural connection between ventral striatum and ...
Selflessness, core of all major world religions, has neuropsychological connection
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist. An MU study has data to support a neuropsychological model ...
Body clock linked to diabetes and high blood sugar
Dec 07, 2008 |
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Diabetes and high levels of blood sugar may be linked to abnormalities in a person's body clock and sleep patterns, according to a genome-wide association study published today in the journal Nature Genetics.
Old and young brains rely on different systems to remember emotional content
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 16, 2008 |
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Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions.
The benefits of punishment
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The stick rather than the carrot could be a better approach to encouraging slacker colleagues to pull their weight in the workplace, research published in the prestigious journal Science has revealed.
Baffling Chronic Pain Linked to Rewiring of Brain
Nov 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists peered at the brains of people with a baffling chronic pain condition and discovered something surprising. Their brains looked like an inept cable guy had changed the hookups, rewiring ...
Today's parents 'not to blame' for teenage problem behaviour
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor parenting is not the reason for an increase in problem behaviour amongst teenagers, according to research led by Oxford University.
Girls have superior sense of taste to boys
Dec 16, 2008 |
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New knowledge: Girls have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of school age prefers soft drinks which are not sweet. Children and young people love fish and do not think of themselves as being ...
Muscle: 'Hard to build, easy to lose' as you age
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever noticed that people have thinner arms and legs as they get older? As we age it becomes harder to keep our muscles healthy. They get smaller, which decreases strength and increases the likelihood ...
Anxious? Do a crossword puzzle
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Anxious people often engage in mindless distractions to keep from thinking scary or troubling thoughts. But results from a new brain imaging study by a University of California, Berkeley, researcher suggest that brain-sharpening ...
Nanotechnology 'culture war' possible, study says
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 07, 2008 |
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Rather than infer that nanotechnology is safe, members of the public who learn about this novel science tend to become sharply polarized along cultural lines, according to a study conducted by the Cultural ...
People sometimes seek the truth, but most prefer like-minded views
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 01, 2009 |
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We swim in a sea of information, but filter out most of what we see and hear. A new analysis of data from dozens of studies sheds new light on how we choose what we do and do not hear. The study found that ...
Depressed people have trouble learning 'good things in life'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences.
Scientists show that people really walk in circles when lost (w/ Video)
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented ...
Crafting your image for your 1,000 friends on Facebook or MySpace
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites — Facebook and MySpace are the most popular — and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents ...
