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Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...





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With age comes a sense of peace and calm, study shows

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created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Aging brings a sense of peace and calm, according to a new study from the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Starting at about age 60, participants reported more feelings of ease and contentment ...


Using music to explore the neural bases of emotional 'processing' in the autistic brain

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them?


Study uses music to explore the autistic brain's emotion processing

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created May 07, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them? Thanks to funding from ...


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Study: Facial expressions of emotion are innate, not learned

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created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The research suggests that facial expressions of emotio ...


Brain Regions Responsible for Empathy Mapped by Researchers

Brain Regions Responsible for Empathy Mapped by Researchers

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created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Columbia University researchers have shown for the first time that two brain systems are primarily responsible for allowing humans to accurately predict the emotions of others. Psychology professors Kevin ...


Face off: Misunderstood expressions facilitate adolescent aggression

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Juvenile delinquency may be a result of misunderstood social cues. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health shows that male juvenile delinquents frequently misint ...


Monitoring social networking sites could prevent suicide

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysing posts on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook could help to prevent suicide, according to two Victoria University researchers.


Naps with rapid eye movement sleep increase receptiveness to positive emotion

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Naps with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep refresh the brain's empathetic sensitivity for evaluating human emotions by decreasing a negative bias and amplifying recognition of positive emotions.


New research suggests key to happiness is gratitude -- and men may be locked out

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

With Mother's Day, Father's Day and high school and college graduations upcoming, there will be plenty of gift-giving and well wishes. When those start pouring in, let yourself be grateful—it's the best way to achieve happiness ...


Psychologist explores perception of fear in human sweat

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When threatened, many animals release chemicals as a warning signal to members of their own species, who in turn react to the signals and take action. Research by Rice University psychologist Denise Chen suggests a similar ...



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