Memory trick shows brain organization August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
How accurate is your memory? August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(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)
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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 ... | |
Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why August 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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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 to get a college roommate you can live with August 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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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. | |
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 ... | |
Action research helps people make positive changes August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Certain kinds of research can help improve social problems, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Participatory action research is the subject of the study by authors Julie L. Ozanne and Bige ... | |
The big gulp: consumers avoid extremes in soda sizes August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
As portion sizes have increased, Americans' waistlines have expanded. And as a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates, consumers are tricked into drinking more soft drinks when retailers eliminate ... | |
Personal relationships increase donations August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
People tend to be more sympathetic to people suffering from the same misfortune as a friend. But friendship with a victim does not make people generally more sympathetic, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal ... | |
When charities ask for time, people give more money August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
According to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, simply asking people a question about whether they're willing to volunteer their time leads to increases in donations of both time and money. | |
Measuring the auditory dynamics of selective attention August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Call it the cocktail party effect: how an individual can participate in a one-on-one conversation within a cluster of people, switch to another, pick up important comments while tuning out others, change topics and return ... | |
New study shows false memories affect behavior August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Do you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human ... | |
Suicidal thoughts among college students more common than expected August 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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More than half of 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities who completed a survey on suicidal experiences reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives. Furthermore, 15 ... | |
Antidepressants may impair driving ability, new research finds August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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People taking prescription antidepressants appear to drive worse than people who aren't taking such drugs, and depressed people on antidepressants have even more trouble concentrating and reacting behind the wheel. | |
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