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Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do ...
New study shows that in horse play, adult-to-young ratio is key
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Adults of many animal species play a crucial role in the social development of youngsters. A new study published March 18 in the online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal PLoS ONE, reveals that the ratio of adults to you ...
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Study: Race, class and gender shape religion's effect on American voters
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socio-economic class and gender, reports a new Cornell study.
Rich people don't need friends
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain.
Pesky fruit flies learn from experienced females: Study
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A common household nuisance, the fruit fly, is capable of intricate social learning much like that used by humans, according to new research from McMaster University.
Emotional support leads to sporting success
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 01, 2009 |
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Sportsmen and women could get the edge on their opponents by accepting more emotional support in their personal and professional lives. A study by the University of Exeter, published in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, shows ...
Half of your friends lost in seven years
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context ...
Imaging study shows decrease in empathic responses to outsiders
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 30, 2009 |
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An observer feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, according to new research in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that perceiving others in pai ...
Delinquent acts less likely for youths from religious-centered, two-parent homes
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A committed two-adult household with strong religious values may reduce the likelihood that youths will commit acts such as assault, vandalism and theft throughout adolescence and into early adulthood, says ...
Promises come at a price
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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 ...
Ecstasy use up as methamphetamine levels off
Jun 11, 2009 |
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An increase in the use of ecstasy may be due to the outlawing of the party pill drug BZP and the bad reputation of P, according to the latest findings of the illicit drugs monitoring work done by Massey University researchers.
British researcher says Facebook a brain drain
Feb 25, 2009 |
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This is your brain. This is your brain on Facebook.
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