News tagged with social situations
Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.
Researchers develop better treatment for social fears
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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While just about all of us would admit to being shy from time to time in social situations, about one in 20 Australians suffer from an extreme form of shyness known as social phobia.
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If you're feeling helpless, it's best to be alone
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2008 |
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If you're going to experience a period of helplessness, it's best to be alone. New research at the University of Haifa found that laboratory rats that were on their own when exposed to uncontrollable conditions, which create ...
Two brain structures key to emotional balance especially in threatening situations
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations. This region appears to work in ...
Promises come at a price
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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 ...
Ethnic discrimination not only based on prejudice
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Our belief in power hierarchies is important in how we view and treat people. This is shown in a dissertation by Alexandra Snellman from Uppsala University that examines how racist and sexist prejudice creates social hierarchies ...
Spain is the second country in the world where divorce is better accepted socially
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Spain is the second country in the world where divorce is better accepted socially, only exceeded by Brazil. Likewise, 79 per cent of the Spanish people think that, when a couple is not able to solve their marital problems, ...
New research: Genes may influence popularity
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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A groundbreaking study of popularity by a Michigan State University scientist has found that genes elicit not only specific behaviors but also the social consequences of those behaviors.
Individuals with social phobia see themselves differently
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Magnetic resonance brain imaging reveals that patients with generalized social phobia respond differently than others to negative comments about themselves, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Ps ...
Those were the days: counteracting loneliness with nostalgia
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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With the days getting shorter (and colder) and the Holidays quickly approaching, many of us start thinking back to days gone by. This sentimentality and desire for the past is known as nostalgia. All of us are struck with ...
Heightened level of amygdala activity may cause social deficits in autism
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Something strange is going on in the amygdala - an almond-shaped structure deep in the human brain - among people with autism.
Psychologists say longer lives can still lead to happier golden years
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Aug 07, 2009 |
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As more people live well into their 80s and 90s, it's reassuring to know that most people get happier as they age and exert more emotional control than younger adults, according to researchers who spoke at the 117th Annual ...
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