News tagged with unpleasant experience
Researchers break the animal kingdom's colour code
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Charles Darwin was fascinated by the colours of animals - he once wrote to his colleague Alfred Russell Wallace asking why certain animals were "so
beautifully and artistically coloured".
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New study sheds light on brain's response to distress, unexpected events (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 10, 2009 |
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In a new study, psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are able to see in detail for the first time how various regions of the human brain respond when people experience an unexpected or traumatic ...
Early scents really do get 'etched' in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Common experience tells us that particular scents of childhood can leave quite an impression, for better or for worse. Now, researchers reporting the results of a brain imaging study online on November 5th ...
Study shows the upside of anger
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Here’s a maxim from the “duh” department: People typically prefer to feel emotions that are pleasant, like excitement, and avoid those that are unpleasant, like anger.
Cry me a river: The psychology of crying
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2008 |
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We've all experienced a "good cry"—whether following a breakup or just after a really stressful day, shedding some tears can often make us feel better and help us put things in perspective. But why is crying beneficial? And ...
Kids connect alcohol odors with mom's emotions
Jun 25, 2008 |
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How children respond to the smell of alcoholic beverages is related to their mothers' reasons for drinking, according to a new study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center. When asked to choose between the odor of beer and ...
Report: Children's medicine has additives
Mar 11, 2007 |
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Britain's Food Commission finds most over-the-counter medication for young children contains additives that are banned from food for infants and toddlers.
Changes in brain chemicals mark shifts in infant learning
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 26, 2009 |
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When do you first leave the nest? Early in development infants of many species experience important transitions—such as learning when to leave the protective presence of their mother to start exploring the wider world. Neuroscientists ...
Your personality type influences how much self-control you have
Jan 23, 2008 |
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A new study from Northwestern introduces personality types used frequently in consumer research to the realm of self-improvement. People are motivated by one of two fundamental needs: they are either “promotion-focused,” ...
Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Social isolation affects how people behave as well as how their brains operate, a study at the University of Chicago shows.
Why do astronauts suffer from space sickness?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2008 |
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Centrifuging astronauts for a lengthy period provided researcher Suzanne Nooij with better insight into how space sickness develops, the nausea and disorientation experienced by many astronauts. Nooij defended her PhD theses ...
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