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How to get a college roommate you can live with

August 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Anxious college freshmen can relax. No matter who will be sharing their dorm room, they have the power to make the relationship better, University of Michigan research suggests.


Memory trick shows brain organization

August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | No comments yet

A simple memory trick has helped show UC Davis researchers how an area of the brain called the perirhinal cortex can contribute to forming memories. The finding expands our understanding of how those brain areas that form ...


Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why

August 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on why smokers' intentions to quit "cold turkey" often fizzle out within days or even hours.


How accurate is your memory?

August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child did you hate brussel sprouts? Do you remember such a preference or did your parents remind you afterwards, ensuring a lasting dislike of the vegetable? Or do you have a phobia in adult life, ...


Sticks and stones: A new study on social and physical pain

August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

We all know the famous saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," but is this proverb actually true?


Parents can play an active role in the identity formation of their adolescent children

August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Mainstream belief regarding identity theory tends to portray adolescents as the sole agents involved in their identity development. However, a new article in the Journal of Research on Adolescence reveals that parents ...


New approach needed to tackle child abuse and neglect

August 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Leading child advocates have called for a new approach to tackling child abuse and neglect amid rising rates of abuse notifications and children being brought into State care. The arguments for a new approach are set out ...