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Researchers design self-test for memory disorders
A self-administered test to screen for early dementia could help speed the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. It could also provide health care providers and...
Smokers Dumber Than Non-Smokers?
Tracking 18- to 21-year-old men enlisted in the Israeli army, researchers from Tel Aviv University say they have demonstrated an important connection between the number of cigarettes young males smoke...
Giggles give clues to hyena's social status
While dominant hyenas have a steady, confident-sounding giggle, subordinate ones produce a more variable call, allowing the animals to keep track of their social hierarchy, according to a new University...
Words easily trigger painful memories
"Watch out, it'll hurt for a second." Not only children but also many adults get uneasy when they hear those words from their doctor. And, as soon as the needle...
Research shows why we forget to take our medicine, and what we can do about it
For many people, remembering to take a daily medication can be the difference between life and death. Yet, people forget all the time. Now a landmark study from North Carolina...
The consequences of brain contusion
It has been thought that the loss of physical and psychological function after traumatic brain injury is closely related to injuries in brain structures. However, in the current edition of...
Depression affects how women with PMDD respond to stress, pain
As science slowly, but continually, unravels the causes of disorders, it increasingly teases apart biological threads that, when spooled together, begin to take on the warp and weft of separate...
Motivation by anticipation: Expecting rapid feedback enhances performance
The timing of expected feedback impacts individuals' performance: Students who were told they would receive feedback quickly on their presentations earned higher grades than students who expected feedback at a...
The lifetime effects of stress
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Stafford Lightman and his team in the Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology are interested in how stress impacts upon human health throughout the lifespan - just...
A Magnetic Field Applied to the Brain Can Alter People's Sense of Morality
Perfect for brainwashing an evil clone army Moral judgments often have less to do with outcome and more to do with intention. Take murder, for instance: The U.S. legal system makes distinctions between...
Love at work
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problems. This week: Is she interested in me?From male, age 20Hi, hope you can help. I am 20 years old and...
Animal studies paint misleading picture
Unpublished negative results may explain limited translation of promising treatments to the clinic.
Researchers look at reducing yield loss for crops under stress
People feel it, animals feel it, and yes, plants sense it too. It's stress.
Poor thinking hinders justice
Jurors with poor critical thinking ability are unlikely to reach an impartial verdict, according to a recent study.
Job Stress Linked to Higher Weight
A stressful job can lead to more vegging out at home, and weight gain.
'Grrrr' Means Many Things in Dog Speak
Dogs have special growls for different occasions, and other dogs can tell the difference, a new study finds.
New Owl Nebula Photo Wins Student's Choice Contest
Student choice of Owl Nebula wins contest for Gemini North photo op.
Having plenty of supportive relatives increases fear of dying
Having a large number of supportive relatives increases the fear of dying among the elderly from ethnic minority groups, suggests research in Postgraduate Medical Journal...
Urine sprays during courtship send mixed messages
Walking through urine drives crayfish into an aggressive sexual frenzy. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology suggest that a urine-mediated combination of aggressive and reproductive behaviour ensures...
Crib sheet 30.03.10
Tiny tots, gay students, beautiful people and the weather reportForget the rose-tinted glasses; it seems that grey clouds are more likely to make a student decide to apply to a university, according to...
Children's sense of threat from parental fighting determines trauma symptoms
If children feel threatened by even very low levels of violence between their parents, they may be at increased risk for developing trauma symptoms, such as bad dreams and nightmares,...
Study: Chapter 13 bankruptcy little help in saving homes
Current chapter 13 bankruptcy laws do little to help filers save their homes from foreclosure, according to a study published in the Journal of Legal Studies.
American Women are Over- (and Under-) Estimating How Many Children They Will Have
(PhysOrg.com) -- Regardless of their level of education, most women in the United States expect to have two children. But women with more education tend to have fewer than two...
Well: New Health Care Landscape: Questions and Answers
More than a week after President Obama signed the sweeping new health care law, many of us are still scratching our heads. What just happened?
OD tot's dad to undergo mental exam
A Calgary judge has granted a mental assessment for a father convicted of failing to provide the necessities of life to his daughter, who died of an inadvertent methadone overdose.
What Does Islamic Faith Promise Martyrs?
Islamic extremists who believe in suicide bombing as martyrdom expect rewards in the afterlife.
Brazil Goes for Olympic Gold With New Research Lab
Brazil hopes that science will help it become an Olympic powerhouse in time for...
FSU BIOLOGIST WINS $1M EARLY CAREER AWARD FROM NSF
The National Science Foundation has bestowed a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award on Assistant Professor Karen M. McGinnis, a molecular biologist and geneticist whose work since she joined The...