News tagged with sexual language

Does sex sell? New study shows how to make women respond to sexy ads

Do sexy images sell products? It depends, says a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. If marketers are determined to use sex in advertising, there may be ways to do it that can attract customers of both sexes.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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'Worm speak' uses chemicals to communicate

(PhysOrg.com) -- A species of small, transparent roundworms have a highly evolved language in which they combine chemical fragments to create precise molecular messages that control social behavior, reports ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

French version of Huffington Post online on Monday

The French version of the US socialite blogger Arianna Huffington's news website, the Huffington Post, will go online Monday, hoping to repeat the success that made her an Internet multimillionaire.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worm seeks worm: Researchers find chemical cues driving aggregation in nematodes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long seen evidence of social behavior among many species of animals, both on the earth and in the sea. Dolphins frolic together, lions live in packs, and hornets construct ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New forms of torture leave 'invisible scars', say researchers

Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 81

Mobile app to help Indian women fight sex assault

A smartphone app launched Wednesday in the Indian capital Delhi aims to fight a rise in sexual assault cases by enabling women to immediately alert friends or family if they feel at risk.

Technology / Software

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Are sex offenders and lads' mags using the same language?

(Medical Xpress) -- Psychologists from Middlesex University and the University of Surrey found that when presented with descriptions of women taken from lads’ mags, and comments about women made by convicted rapists, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The big picture: Long-term imaging reveals intriguing patterns of human brain maturation

Neuroimaging has provided fascinating insight into the dynamic nature of human brain maturation. However, most studies of developmental changes in brain anatomy have considered individual locations in relative isolation from ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Behavior of people faced with health-care choices is not influenced by 'framing effect,' study finds

The behavior of consumers who are faced with making decisions about their health is not significantly influenced by the way health messages are worded or framed, according to a large, new study by researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Defining a cyberbully

"I was cyberbullied at age 40 by someone that tried to beat me up in high school," says a person posting on a website that chronicles stories of people intimidated through digital communications.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Preventing the inexcusable human rights violations of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities

Stigma and discrimination lead to pervasive human rights violations against people with mental and psychosocial disabilities in low-income and middle-income countries. The final paper in The Lancet Series on Global Mental ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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