People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether, according to new research.
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Posted by admin 32 minutes ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)Racial Bias of Adult Sensitivity to Infant Facial Care-Seeking Cues
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John Hodsoll (Queen Mary University, United Kingdom) and coworkers have shown that preferential adult attention to infant facial features is affected by the race of the infant relative to that of the adult, suggesting an influence of experience and environment. This news feature was written on September 2, 2010.... Hodsoll, J., Quinn, K. A., & Hodsoll, S. (2010) Attentional Prioritizatio
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How To Fight Loneliness
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Loneliness is bad for your health. The work of John Cacioppo and others has proven this connection repeatedly over the last decade, finding links between loneliness and blood pressure, sleep quality, dementia, gene expression, and many other medical measures. The evidence has built to the point that loneliness could be considered a serious risk factor [...]... Masi CM, Chen HY, Hawkley LC
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The Science of Sexism: Primate Behavior and the Culture of Sexual Coercion
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The latest stop in the #PDEx tour is being hosted by The Intersection at Discover magazine.Despite the advances our society has made for women’s rights and sexual equality during the last century this example is just one more sign of how far we still have to go. It’s not an isolated incident. According to statistics compiled by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission there were 12,696 work
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Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes, says biosocial criminologist
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The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects -- English, math, science, history -- if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a biosocial criminologist.
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Text Messages Reveal The Emotional Timeline Of September 11, 2001
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have been called the defining moment of our time. Thousands of people died and the attacks had huge individual and collective consequences, including two wars. But less is known about the immediate emotional reactions to the attacks...
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Unrealistic goals and standards make teachers stressed, UK study finds
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New research from the UK has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets.
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Medicare Smoking Prevention Program Could Lower Costs
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The Fiscal Times: A Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America's health system, lower costs. "Smoking costs the U.S. economy $97 billion annually in lost productivity, in addition to the $96 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to [the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services]...
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