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Northern Ireland Universities Reach Out Helping Hand To Community Groups
Northern Ireland's two universities have launched a new service which will help community organisations and other bodies access the most up-to-date social and political information. The University of Ulster and Queen's University have created a new Survey Analysis Unit as part of their existing joint initiative, ARK - the Northern Ireland Social... view more... (2003-06-10)
Telling stories of relationship break-ups
Telling the story of 'what went wrong' in a relationship allows the individual to reduce feelings of helplessness and maintain self-esteem. A study by Dr Carla Willig of City University and Kris Dew Valour of the University of Leeds, presented today, Thursday 7 September, at The British Psychological Society's Social Psychology Section Conference... view more... (2000-08-25)
Ethical Evaluations of Nanotechnology
Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say. view more (2009-01-28)
Autism the focus for students
The highly respected international speaker, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen will be presenting his world-renowned research on autism to the next generation of psychologists at the British Psychological Society's Student Member Group Conference, today, Saturday 17 April. view more (2004-04-19)
Yerkes researchers show early life nurturing impacts later life relationships
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior. view more (2009-09-01)
High-quality marriages help to calm nerves
A University of Virginia neuroscientist has found that women under stress who hold their husbands' hands show signs of immediate relief, which can clearly be seen on their brain scans. view more (2006-12-19)
Parental cigarette use is 'double whammy' for children
A new study exploring smoking, heavy drinking and marijuana use across three generations indicates that the children of a parent who uses any of these substances are more likely to smoke, binge drink or use marijuana in adolescence and adulthood. view more (2006-08-14)
Sexual harassment from males prevents female bonding, says study
The extent to which sexual harassment from males can damage relationships between females is revealed in a study published today. view more (2009-04-22)
Nature Contents: 10 June 1999
Nature Contents: 10 June 1999 10 June 1999 Volume 399 No. 6736 (c)Copyright 1999 Macmillan Publishers Ltd view more (1999-06-10)
Caring for older people with dementia
The plight of older people from ethnic minority groups who develop dementia and how to ensure they get what they need from the NHS was discussed by psychologists from across the UK when they met at the Annual Conference of the Psychologists Special Interest Group Working with Older People (PSIGE) today, Friday 12 July, at King Alfred’s... view more... (2002-07-02)
Science Museum to hold séance at adults-only centre
The Science Museum's Dana Centre is to recreate a Victorian séance on Thursday 23 September in a bid to see if science can unlock the secrets of the psychic world. view more (2004-09-22)
Medicalising sex damages relationships
Overly medical approaches to sex ignore the social and interpersonal dynamics of relationships, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. The medicalisation of sex has resulted in surgery and drugs being used to enhance sexual pleasure, write Graham Hart and Kaye Wellings. Viagra (sildenafil citrate) has become the world's most popular drug ever, and... view more... (2002-04-10)
National prejudice emerges in young teenagers
National prejudice (i.e. negative evaluations of other countries) emerges in British children and gathers momentum well into teenage years - unlike ethnic prejudice which tends to diminish. view more (1999-03-12)
Challenging conventional wisdom: advances in development reverse fertility declines, says Penn study
A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Università Bocconi in Milan have released a study that challenges one of the most established and accepted standards in the social sciences: Human fertility levels tend to decline as countries advance towards high levels of social and economic development. view more (2009-08-06)
Parts of brain involved in social cognition may be in place by age 6
Social cognition-the ability to think about the minds and mental states of others-is essential for human beings. In the last decade, a group of regions has been discovered in the human brain that are specifically used for social cognition. view more (2009-07-15)
Portrait of an envious person
Russian psychologists have investigated disposition to envy with various social and age groups of the population to gain an understanding of this phenomenon. In their opinion (rather unexpectedly), students are more envious than employees of the public sector of economy. It is common knowledge that envy is a drawback, however, few people can... view more... (2003-09-26)
Castaways united
If you want to unite two separate factions, put them in a stressful and challenging situation and give them a common goal. This is the conclusion drawn by Dr Cynthia McVey after her involvement in the BBC1 television programme and Lion production, Castaway 2000. She presents her report to The British Psychological Society Scottish Branch annual... view more... (2000-11-17)
Gender At Heart Of World's Social Problems
Popular views of the roles and relationships of men and women are at the heart of many social problems, according to Professor Ann Oakley of London University`s Institute of Education. Issues such as rising crime, disintegrating families and the abuse of the environment are connected through a culture which excludes women and alienates men from... view more... (2002-05-22)
Adolescents think school bullying 'will keep on happening' and resign themselves to it
Most of the adolescents think that bullying in the school context "has always happened and will continue happening", and present "a negative, pessimistic and resigned attitude" towards this social problem, which makes difficult the intervention and leaves few hopes for its eradication. view more (2009-10-29)
Abortion-Rights and Anti-Abortion Groups Share Some Values
People with strong views on abortion and other controversial issues tend to exaggerate differences of opinion they have with their opponents, a new University of Florida study finds. view more (2006-01-27)
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