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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relatively widespread condition that traces its roots to infancy. Researchers have recently established a new way of keeping track of symptoms related to this condition in children. Parents can keep track of them in order to catch the condition early on.
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28 December 2011
08:23 GMT |
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Swiss researchers from the University of Zürich were recently able to identify areas of the brain that are responsible for underlying social fairness and acceptance. They say that these neural hotspots are responsible for exerting control over selfish impulses and economic self-interest.
The reason why this i... |
12 October 2011
06:09 GMT |
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According to the results of a new study, it would appear that in-laws (parents of one's spouse) played a critically important role in our development as a species, eventually allowing us to move from the savannas to big cities. Though generally picked on by social norms, in-laws may have helped trigger a social ... |
11 March 2011
10:42 GMT |
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One of the things that separate humans from bonobos, but not from chimpanzees, is violence. While the latter species have it, and display it plentifully, bonobos don't. These primates essentially live in a non-violent world. Researchers have been wondering about how they were able to do so for a while, but resea... |
7 March 2011
07:59 GMT |
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Back in the 1970s, the general conception was that stress was a killer, and that people needed to avoid it at all costs. But an expert managed to change that idea, showing the it can be beneficial to us, if only we treat it as a challenge. Salvatore R. Maddi, a professor of psychology and social behavior at the Unive... |
10 November 2010
05:41 GMT |
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A team of scientists, including a University of Michigan researcher, developed a disaster-response planning model that considers human decisions made in real-time, before establishing an effective law-enforcement strategy during evacuations.The model they developed is for pedestrian traffic but could also be applied ... |
5 November 2010
05:00 GMT |
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Greed is a trait that can be found across our species. The recent SEC lawsuit and the Congressional hearings into the individuals running the corporation Goldman Sachs are just a few examples of this human behavior. While it's true that these people took greed to new extremes, in an environment that promotes exa... |
29 April 2010
05:29 GMT |
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In a new study, investigators in Canada decided to look at some of the reasons women give for remaining in abusive relationships. For the purpose of the research, these were defined as couples in which the woman's partner or husband acted violently towards her, either physically or emotionally. Usually, you woul... |
14 April 2010
06:58 GMT |
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Parents are always brought to the brink of despair when their children make the same mistakes they did, after being warned repeatedly that certain actions are bad. While in a perfect society, the mistakes on one individual would never get repeated, researchers say that the current state of affairs may actually be one... |
9 April 2010
09:27 GMT |
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According to new data, it would appear that people tend to be fair and trusting in strangers for reasons that are different than the initially-suspected ones. In previous studies, it has been proposed that individuals tend to trust people they've just met on account of the fact that they unconsciously transferre... |
19 March 2010
04:32 GMT |
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Humans are one of the few species of animals that can sense and protest to injustice. For a long time, our self-righteousness made us believe that we were the only ones able to do this. We also considered ourselves as the only ones capable of feelings and altruistic behavior, but that too was proven false. Now, anoth... |
12 November 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that the infamous Koobface social networking worm received and upgrade, which allows it to create and use Facebook accounts in a similar way a real person would. The new component also performs various checks in order not to arouse suspicion.Koobface is a computer worm targeting the users of... |
11 November 2009
09:34 GMT |
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The fact that happiness and sadness spread through social circles like ripples in a pond was proven some time ago. It may take more than a year for a positive or negative feeling to make its way through related groups of friends, until the emotion finally has no more “stamina” left to move forward. Expert... |
11 November 2009
06:58 GMT |
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The second edition of the BotPrize contest, which aims at producing an artificial intelligence (AI) that cannot be distinguished from a live person in a virtual environment, has its roots deep in history, all the way to the 1950s. At the time, Alan Turing developed a test that held that a real AI was only achieved wh... |
14 October 2009
09:45 GMT |
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Washington and Lee University Philosophy Professor and Chair of the philosophy department James E. Mahon is the person who wrote the definition of lying for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He says that, even though a popular TV show concluded that people lied, on average, about 42 times per week, much less l... |
25 September 2009
04:41 GMT |
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While most psychiatrists will tell you that you need to build up your self-confidence to reasonable levels in order to succeed in life, only a few draw your attention to the side-effect of this behavior, namely overconfidence. For a long time, experts in human behavior have been amazed at how this way of acting, whic... |
24 September 2009
08:39 GMT |
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In almost all aspects of our existence, sharing plays a central part. From parents taking care of their newborns, and providing them with everything they need, to helping a stranger on the street, the habit has shaped over millennia who we are and how we interact with each other. A recently published investigation h... |
25 August 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Over recent decades, the complexity of simulations conducted using the world's supercomputers has increased significantly, and it is now possible to mimic the path of an atom or the behavior of a fly, or run simulations involving numerous factors at the same time. Taking his inspiration from the way meteorologis... |
24 July 2009
03:50 GMT |
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People who suffered heavy disfigurement following an accident, or who were simply born this way, tend to walk around the city with their faces covered, and with a fast pace that doesn't allow many others to see them, because, if they would, they would stare. And most of them, psychologists say, wouldn't do ... |
26 May 2009
02:36 GMT |
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Clarke's pattern-recognition theory of humor has drawn numerous critics and commendations since its publishing, as well as misinterpretations and unfounded assumptions, the author tells. That's why evolutionary theorist Alastair Clarke has recently stepped out on the scene again, and has brought forth a few... |
27 March 2009
11:53 GMT |
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If we take a quick look at the celebrity world, we can find out that the most successful famous couples around the world have met a real challenge after they bound their destinies in marriage. And everyone says that no one could have predicted the gloomy outcome. Yet, scientists believe that the success of a marriage... |
20 February 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Scientists have finally managed to provide us with a potential answer to an ancient mystery, namely why we follow the gaze of others, to see what they're looking at. It could be only curiosity, but, according to a new paper published in a recent issue of the journal Animal Cognition, this behavior is innate in a... |
3 February 2009
10:58 GMT |
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The unusual occurrence took place at a steel processing plant, not far from the German capital, Berlin. Workers who were moving a safe for recycling discovered some 100,000 euros ($128,000) inside, but, instead of keeping the money, like most would have done, they exhibited a high sense of civic duty and contacted th... |
2 February 2009
06:16 GMT |
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The human mind does indeed work in mysterious ways, psychologists say, and not always for the best. For instance, eyewitnesses cited to testify in a court of law may get easily confused as to what happened in the situation they saw, and are very likely to second-guess themselves while speaking before a jury. This is ... |
30 January 2009
07:56 GMT |
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A new scientific study shows that people engaged in synchronous activities are more likely to cooperate with other group members than they would normally do. Actions like playing in a marching band, training together for military, or singing the national anthem together makes people come to realize the value of frien... |
29 January 2009
04:10 GMT |
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A new research indicates that expressing more affection within the couple, by a form of touch therapy, can increase stress resistance and make the relationship even stronger, compared to a control group. The study, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, was conducted by experts at the Brigham Young Universi... |
10 January 2009
06:45 GMT |
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Everyone knows that lack of trust and confidence can be the downfall of an otherwise solid relationship, but popular culture, such as Hollywood movies, shows us that sometimes even the worse left-foot starts can be the beginning of something beautiful. A new research thoroughly dismisses that hypothesis and argues th... |
9 January 2009
08:55 GMT |
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Bangor University School of Psychology researcher Dr Erin Heerey argues in a recent study that teasing and “play fighting” improves children's abilities to tell apart real violence from pretended one, and learn how to use their bodies, face expressions and other non-verbal cues to communicate nuances... |
9 January 2009
06:41 GMT |
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We all know that brilliant minds are everywhere around us, and that, among those minds, there are some that stand out like a single star in the night sky. Unfortunately, many of these extremely bright and endowed scientists suffer from harsh forms of autism that do not allow them to communicate very well with the out... |
8 January 2009
02:01 GMT |
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It's common knowledge that large groups of people drive innovation. Large cities become think tanks over time, as the possibility of people with similar ideas and interests meeting increases with the number of inhabitants. Academies and universities become cultural centers and "create" scientists and researchers... |
19 November 2008
06:30 GMT |
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During a new study, conducted in the UK, scientists discovered that women are more attracted to men with scars for short-term relationships, than they are to men with no visible marks. These results can be explained by the unconscious impression that scars leave in a woman's mind, as she usually associates them ... |
18 November 2008
10:21 GMT |
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Behavior experts say that the different levels of social acceptance that people get from various groups are crucial in developing their abilities of picking up deceiving gestures, such as smiles, that are directed at them during various events. Those people who are used to being rejected by others showed much more ac... |
27 October 2008
02:38 GMT |
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The part of the human brain that kicks in the "auto-pilot" when people go to and come from work or when they perform repetitive tasks was thoroughly analyzed by a Yale researcher. As reasons why he started the survey he named the fact that he always forgot to take the laundry out, even if he passed right by the shop ... |
21 October 2008
10:16 GMT |
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New scientific research proves that two points around the nose are the first to be observed by people meeting another person. These results contradict long-term beliefs, which state that the eyes, mouth and nose are the first things persons getting acquainted notice about each other. These tests were conducted by sci... |
21 October 2008
06:15 GMT |
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