News tagged with sociability
Finding a stereotype that is true: Mexicans more sociable than Americans
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
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On the move: Personality influences migration patterns
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2008 |
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When meeting someone for the first time, the second question that is usually asked (following "what's your name?") is "where do you live?". Until recently, it was not apparent just how revealing that answer may be. Although ...
Proof that men and women activate stereotypes of competence and sociability respectively
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Are stereotypes and prejudices automatically activated when we notice someone? How do women react when they are faced with the traditional gender roles?
Multiple genes implicated in autism
Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By pinpointing two genes that cause autism-like symptoms in mice, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that multiple, interacting genetic risk factors ...
Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person'
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 20, 2009 |
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Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the ...
Sociability traced to particular region of brain
Jan 27, 2009 |
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People with a genetic condition called Williams syndrome are famously gregarious. Scientists, looking carefully at brain function in individuals with Williams syndrome, think they may know why this is so. The researchers ...
Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ants colonize. Fish shoal. Flamingos flock and caribou herd. Earth is populated by inherently social beings. Even lowly worms seek out the benefits of companionship. New research at The Rockefeller ...
Researchers discover new schizophrenia gene
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are one gene closer to understanding schizophrenia and related disorders. Reporting in the Jan. 9 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, the team d ...
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 ...
Beyond nature vs. nurture: Williams syndrome across cultures
Jan 25, 2007 |
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Nobody questions that the color of our eyes is encoded in our genes. When it comes to behavior the concept of "DNA as fate" quickly breaks down – it's been long accepted that both genes and the environment shape human behavior. ...
Research supports toxoplasmosis link to schizophrenia
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered how the toxoplasmosis parasite may trigger the development of schizophrenia and other bipolar disorders.
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