News tagged with social smiles

Breaking rules makes you seem powerful

When people have power, they act the part. Powerful people smile less, interrupt others, and speak in a louder voice. When people do not respect the basic rules of social behavior, they lead others to believe that they have ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 157 | with audio podcast

Study: Facial expressions of emotion are innate, not learned

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4




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Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest

Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineering safer drinking water in Africa

In the United States and other developed countries, fluoride is often added to drinking water and toothpaste to help strengthen teeth. But too much naturally occurring fluoride can have exactly the opposite effect.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Being ignored hurts, even by a stranger

(Medical Xpress) -- Feeling like you’re part of the gang is crucial to the human experience. All people get stressed out when we’re left out. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Associ ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Study shows racial differences in doctors' unspoken language

(Medical Xpress) -- When communicating with white patients, black physicians may face greater challenges than their white counterparts, according to a University of South Carolina study.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good intentions ease pain, add to pleasure: study

A nurse's tender loving care really does ease the pain of a medical procedure, and grandma's cookies really do taste better, if we perceive them to be made with love - suggests newly published research by a University of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

YouTube spends $100 million to redefine TV

On a recent sun-kissed day, a trio of hot names made a pilgrimage to the ninth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Asteroid named for 'disappeared' Argentine student

(AP) -- For 35 years, Zaida Franz has not been able to find her daughter, a girl who dreamed of becoming an astronomer and then disappeared without a trace. Now she at least has an address she can think about ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parkinson's & dance: An unusual partnership unites

(AP) -- The two things that have brought Michael and Roslyn Lieb closer together couldn't be more different: Parkinson's disease and dance, one slowly taking away, the other giving back in ways they never ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Integrated 3-D imaging facilitates human face transplantation

By combining conventional medical imaging with some of the same 3-D modeling techniques used in Hollywood blockbusters, researchers are offering new hope to victims of serious facial injuries. Results of a new study on human ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fungi: Another tool in bacteria's belt?

Bacteria and fungi are remarkably mobile. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that the two organisms enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship to aid them in that movement — and their ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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