News tagged with trained dogs
If you're aggressive, your dog will be too, study
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new, year-long University of Pennsylvania survey of dog owners who use confrontational or aversive methods to train aggressive pets, veterinary researchers have found that most of these animals will ...
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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The heroes of India's quest to wipe out polio
Later this month, India will be removed from a dwindling list of countries where polio is considered endemic, a huge achievement made possible by people like Madara, a 76-year-old street hawker.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Darpa's Legged Squad Support System (LS3) to lighten troops' load
Today’s dismounted warfighter can be saddled with more than 100 pounds of gear, resulting in physical strain, fatigue and degraded performance. Reducing the load on dismounted warfighters has become a ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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For the dogs: Team performs open-heart canine surgeries
Plagued with a defective heart valve that caused fluid accumulation in his lungs, Leo was in need of serious medical help.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Scientists find link between gene and sensitivity to emotional environment
Researchers at the University of Essex have shown that a genetic variant could make some people more sensitive to their emotional environment - and more susceptible to anxiety disorders - than others. The study, funded by ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Smokers 'salivate' to cigarettes: The physiological reactions to associated images
It is commonly known that, much like Pavlov's dogs salivating in response to hearing the bell they associate with dinner time, smokers feel cravings and have physiological reactions to pictures they associate with smoking. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Is there a dark side to moving in sync?
Moving in harmony can make people feel more connected to one another and, as a result, lead to positive collective action. Think of those feel-good vibes created in a yoga class as students move in unison through their downward-facing ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2012 |
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CEO calls Zynga his 'crowning achievement'
Before Zynga traded its first share on Friday, nervous investors in the social-gaming company didn't know whether to expect a killing or to be killed.
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Discovering Autism: Homing in on the right label
When autism researchers arrived at Norristown State Hospital near Philadelphia a few years ago, they found a 63-year-old man who rambled on about Elvis Presley, compulsively rocked in his chair and patted the corridor walls.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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