News tagged with social scenarios
Digital worlds can help autistic children to develop social skills
The benefits of virtual worlds can be used to help autistic children develop social skills beyond their anticipated levels, suggest early findings from new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 21, 2011 |
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What are you looking at?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's ...
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Tackling financial exploitation of elderly people
Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Smartphone training helps people with memory impairment regain independence
The treatment for moderate-to-severe memory impairment could one day include a prescription for a smartphone.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Fall monitoring device could end standoffs, keep seniors safer
(Medical Xpress) -- It’s a scenario played out all too frequently: Adult children, worried about the safety of their aging parents, foist devices on them to monitor their safety. And their parents, resentful ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Tool is new weapon in fight against climate change
A new service, developed by experts at The University of Manchester and The Mersey Forest, will provide vital information to help urban neighborhoods avoid the potentially dangerous effects of climate change.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Supporting primary children's understanding of physics
New software has significant benefits for primary school children and their understanding of elementary physics, research shows. Studies funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) focused on what primary school ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Mercedes demos DICE -- Interactive dashboard and Heads-Up display
(PhysOrg.com) -- High end car maker Mercedes-Benz last week demoed new technology it’s working on for future car dashboards and windshield displays, and the result is certainly eye opening. Called the ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Researchers identify facial expression for anxiety
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London have, for the first time, identified the facial expression of anxiety. The facial expression for the emotion ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Tradable harvest quotas may save whales: study
Every year, a group of anti-whaling nonprofit organizations that includes Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd, and the World Wildlife Fund spend, by conservative estimates, some $25 million on a variety of activities intended to end ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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US Internet users not as scam-savvy as they think
US Internet users are continuing to fall for online scams, especially if the promised prize is a chance at a hip new gadget such as a tablet computer, according to a new study.
Dec 23, 2011 |
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IBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives in the next five years (Update)
Today IBM formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 19, 2011 |
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