A brain scanning technology called MEG is being used to track the function of unborn babies' brains as they grow inside the womb until after they've been born.The full name for MEG is magnetoencephalography and it works by reading the magnetic fields created by the electrical signalling in the brain.One of the advantages is that it can be used at various angles, doesn't require the person to be i
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Posted by admin 2 days ago (http://www.mindhacks.com)Trust in the Face(width)
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It seems odd, but stable facial cues, such as the width-height ratio of a man's face, may be decent predictors of trustworthiness. Less strange is that we apparently use face-width when intuitively judging a strangers' trustworthiness...... Stirrat, M., & Perrett, D. (2010) Valid Facial Cues to Cooperation and Trust: Male Facial Width and Trustworthiness. Psychological Science,
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Poughkeepsie Journal: A new report on New York drug prices, "issued by the New York Public Interest Research Group, Consumers Union, the Center for Medical Consumers and AARP, looked at the price of the 10 most popular drugs found in the state's pharmacies provided through a Freedom of Information Law request...
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Neural activity in the lateral prefrontal cortex can predict whether an individual will still be upset on the day after a conflict with his or her partner, according to new research. The findings point to the brain region's role in emotion regulation, and suggest that greater activity in this area might lead to improvement in day-to-day mood.
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BC Psychologist Named 2010 Sloan Research Fellow
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Sara Cordes, an assistant professor of psychology at Boston College, is among 118 outstanding early career scientists, mathematicians, and economists to be named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2010, the Sloan Foundation has announced...
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Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is by two or three times, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days.
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Research Answers The Question, 'Who Am I Without You?'
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When a romantic relationship ends, an individual's self-concept is vulnerable to change, according to research in the February issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (published by SAGE). Self-concept is defined as a person's sense of "me." Romantic partners develop shared friends, activities and even overlapping self-concepts...
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Most Americans believe God is concerned with their personal well-being and is directly involved in their personal affairs, according to new research.
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