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Autistic children recognize stereotypes based on race and sex
Children with autism, who are unable to grasp the mental states of others, can nonetheless identify with conventional stereotypes based on a person's race and sex view more (2007-06-19)
Video game Everquest 2 provides new way to study human behavior, says U of Minnesota researcher
Can researchers study the populations of online video games, like Everquest 2, just as they study traditional communities like Miami, Pittsburgh or Minneapolis? view more (2009-03-02)
Environmental enrichment can reduce cocaine use, researchers find
Simple environmental enrichment and increased social stress can both affect the level of individual drug use, according to new monkey research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. view more (2008-04-07)
Police, not social workers, should protect children from criminal abuse
Following Lord Laming's report on the life and death of Victoria Climbie, paediatricians experienced in managing life threatening abuse suggest in this week's BMJ that police, rather than social workers, should take responsibility for protecting children from criminal abuse. Professor David Southall and colleagues believe that most perpetrators,... view more... (2003-02-05)
Saying sorry can win support
Everyone can think of individuals or corporations that have something to feel sorry for. But when powerful public figures actually show remorse it may help win back public approval. This is the finding of Dr Roger Giner-Sorolla and Dr Pablo Espinosa of the University of Kent, and Professor Rupert Brown of the University of Sussex, who have been... view more... (2004-04-14)
The social care function of farm animals
Farm animals can play a valuable role in the lives of children and adults with psychological problems or a mental handicap. Social care farms and children's farms can improve the quality of their life, as shown by interviews with counsellors and managers of children's farms and social care farmers. The interviews were conducted by researchers from... view more... (2002-04-22)
Few friends combined with loneliness linked to poor mental and physical health for elderly
Although not having many close friends contributes to poorer health for many older adults, those who also feel lonely face even greater health risks, research at the University of Chicago suggests. Older people who are able to adjust to being alone don't have the same health problems. view more (2009-03-19)
Study shows that indigenous people are not genetically prone to diabetes
The high rate of diabetes among indigenous people is not due to their genetic heritage, according to a recently published study. view more (2007-04-17)
Psychologist Says Neurochemical Processes Explain Romantic Attraction
The Beatles' George Harrison wondered in his famous love song about the 'something' that 'attracts me like no other lover.' view more (2007-02-13)
Animal welfare can now be ‘objectively’ measured
Analysing the well-being of farm animals such as pigs is no longer merely a matter of opinion. Researchers at the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (IMAG), one of the research institutes of Wageningen University and Research Centre, have succeeded in producing a model allowing them to give a score to the well-being of pigs.... view more... (2001-05-30)
Invitation to the media - Government to get health message from Sheffield conference
Eminent scientist and broadcaster Lord Robert Winston will address the massive challenges of modernising health and social care in the UK at a national conference next week. In a keynote speech to the Sheffield Hallam University Chancellor's Conference Lord Winston will tackle a range of issues including how best to meet the health care needs of... view more... (2002-06-21)
Living Apart Together
Traditionally, marriage has been the dominant social institution for couples. Some decades ago a new institution appeared in the western world: non-martial cohabitation. Today, yet another form has developed. Four percent of the Swedish population chooses to be together, forming a unit, but living in separate households. The phenomen is described... view more... (2000-10-11)
Group Bragging Betrays Insecurity, Study Finds
From partisans at a political rally to fans at a football game, groups that engage in pompous displays of collective pride may be trying to mask insecurity and a low social status, suggests new research led by University of California, Davis, psychologists. view more (2008-10-21)
Differences between parental selection for adoption and embryo donation unfair
The magnitude of the difference between the selection criteria for adoption and embryo donation is unfair and unjustifiable. The procedures should be reassessed, argues an analysis in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The differences hinge on the social and emotional suitability criteria for adoption - fitness to parent - and the medical suitability... view more... (2002-05-27)
Peer pressure plays major role in environmental behavior
People are more likely to enroll in conservation programs if their neighbors do - a tendency that should be exploited when it comes to protecting the environment, according to a pioneering study from Michigan State University. view more (2009-07-01)
Does a peptide affect the heart's response to social isolation?
A team of researchers investigating the effects of oxytocin, a peptide produced by the brain that regulates social behavior, has found that it can prevent detrimental cardiac responses in adult female animals exposed to social isolation. The findings may provide further insight into how these mechanisms affect humans. view more (2007-04-30)
ISU psychologists produce first study on violence desensitization from video games
Research led by a pair of Iowa State University psychologists has proven for the first time that exposure to violent video games can desensitize individuals to real-life violence. view more (2006-07-31)
Unemployment is contagious
The length of time a person is unemployed is dependent on how many others are unemployed in the immediate surroundings. According to a new report from IFAU (the Institute for Labor Market Policy Evaluation) in Sweden, a high level of unemployment in the immediate area is a factor in extending the length of unemployment among local individuals.... view more... (2003-11-26)
If plants could talk, what would they say?
If plants could speak they will boast about being part of remedies such as the common aspirin to a leukaemia drug derived from the rosy periwinkle. view more (2009-03-06)
Tweens sensitive to others' perceptions of them
Young adolescents care a lot about what others think about them. A new study confirms this using brain-mapping techniques that shed new light on this complex period of social development. view more (2009-07-15)
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