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Interracial Poster by South African Youth Group Stirs Debate
Source: USA Today - World NewsAn interracial poster distributed on South African college campuses by a student youth group has caused a stir.
First-Year College Students in U.S. Move Left on Issues
Source: USA Today - Top StoriesA major study finds a growing number of college freshmen say they're middle of the road in politics, but more than 70% say they support same-sex ...
Feeling Left Out? Being Ignored Hurts, Even by a Stranger
Source: Medical News TodayFeeling like you're part of the gang is crucial to the human experience. All people get stressed out when we're left out. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that a feeling of inclusion can come from something as simple as eye contact from a stranger. Psychologists already know that humans have to feel connected to each other to be happy. A knitting circle, a church choir,...
Autism Can Be Detected in Babies, Say Scientists
Source: The GuardianResearchers used sensors placed on babies' scalps to measure the brain's response when the infants were shown faces Signs of autism can be detected in six-month-old babies by measuring their brain activity, research has shown. Scientists say the test could help identify infants most at risk of developing the disorder later in life. Autism, a lifelong developmental disability that impairs a person's ability to connect socially and communicate, is...
Survivors of Hurricane Katrina Struggle with Mental Health Years Later
Source: Medical News TodaySurvivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study's lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, said that the results were a departure from other surveys both in the design and the results...
U.S. Congressman to Wed Same-Sex Partner in Massachusetts
Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesBarney Frank, a gay 16-term congressman from Massachusetts, plans to marry his partner, his office said on Thursday.
New California Law Combats Human Slavery
Source: Christian Science MonitorCalifornia law requires companies to make clear what they are doing to rid their foreign suppliers from the use forced labor or human trafficking.
Age-Related Memory Loss More Common in Men
Source: CNN - HealthMen in their 70s and 80s may be more likely than women of the same age to develop the memory loss and cognitive problems.
Prenatal Testosterone Linked to Increased Risk of Language Delay
Source: ScienceDailyNew research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development compared to females. The research, published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, focused on umbilical cord blood to explore the presence of testosterone when the language-related regions of a fetus' brain are undergoing a critical period of growth.
How to "Think Outside the Box"
Source: Medical News TodayWant to think outside the box? Try actually thinking outside of a box. In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers had students think up solutions to problems while acting out various metaphors about creative thinking and found that the instructions actually worked. The authors of the new paper were inspired by metaphors about creativity found in...
Exercise Lowers Supervisors' Abusive Behaviors Toward Subordinates
Source: Medical News TodayIf your boss is giving you a hard time - lying, making fun of you in public and generally putting you down, he or she may benefit from some exercise, according to a new study by James Burton from Northern Illinois University in the US and his team. Their work shows that stressed supervisors, struggling with time pressures, vent their frustrations on their employees less when they get regular, moderate exercise. The research is published online...
In Schizophrenia Research, a Path to the Brain Through the Nose
Source: ScienceDailyA significant obstacle to progress in understanding psychiatric disorders is the difficulty in obtaining living brain tissue for study so that disease processes can be studied directly. Recent advances in basic cellular neuroscience now suggest that, for some purposes, cultured neural stem cells may be studied in order to research psychiatric disease mechanisms. But where can one obtain these cells outside of the brain?
Steady Diet of Mental Stimulation Might Reduce Alzheimer's Risk
Source: MedicineNet.comTitle: Steady Diet of Mental Stimulation Might Reduce Alzheimer's Risk Category: Health News Created: 1/23/2012 6:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 1/24/2012.
Stem Cells May Restore Some Vision in Blind People
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Health and FitnessStudy: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 01:16 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2012 LOS ANGELES — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday. While embryonic stem cells were first...
Nurturing Mothers Rear Physically Healthier Adults
Source: ScienceDailyNurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with lullabies. Now they're gaining merit for their offspring's physical health in middle age. While children raised in families with low socioeconomic status frequently go on to have high rates of chronic illness in adulthood, a sizable minority remain healthy across the life course, new research shows.
Women Report Feeling Pain More Intensely Than Men, Says Study
Source: ScienceDailyWomen report more intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to researchers who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad gender difference to a high level of statistical significance.
Why Some Children May "Grow Out" of Autism
Source: WebMDA new study shows that whether or not a child “outgrows” their autism may be related to the number and severity of other physical and psychological problems that are part of their original diagnosis.
Guatemalans Climb Volcano in Protest Against Domestic Violence
Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesThousands of Guatemalans climb an extinct volcano in a protest against domestic violence in the country, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
Good Intentions Ease Pain, Add to Pleasure, Research Suggests
Source: Medical News TodayA nurse's tender loving care really does ease the pain of a medical procedure, and grandma's cookies really do taste better, if we perceive them to be made with love - suggests newly published research by a University of Maryland psychologist. The findings have many real-world applications, including in medicine, relationships, parenting and business...
Study Adds Wrinkle to Behavioral Priming Paradigm
Source: Medical News TodayBehavioral priming, in which behavior is changed by introducing subconscious influences, is a well-established phenomenon, but a new study shows that the cause may be different than what was previously assumed, and that the experimenter's expectations are also crucial for the priming effect to be seen. The results are reported in the online journal PLoS ONE. The study, led by StÃ©phane Doyen of the University of UniversitÃ© libre de...

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