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Men 'to blame for the menopause'
Men choosing young women as partners meant fertility in older women was pointless, leading to the menopause, researchers suggest.
Fri 14 Jun 13 from BBC News
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You clap, so I clap: Peer pressure drives applause
If you have just seen a play that you privately think is drivel, will you keep silent when everyone around you demands an encore?
1 hours ago from Phys.org
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Sound of voice may not reward autistic kids
VOICE REWARDS: Some children with autism have weak brain connections in regions that link speech with emotional rewards, possibly signaling a new pathway in treatment, say researchers.
Mon 17 Jun 13 from ABC Science
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Sibling aggression, often dismissed, linked to poor mental health
"It's not fair!" " "You're not the boss of me." "She hit me!" "He started it." Fights between siblings – from toy-snatching to clandestine whacks to being banished from the bedroom – are so ...
Sun 16 Jun 13 from Medical Xpress
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Thinking of Home Makes it Harder to Learn a Foreign Language
Reminders of one's homeland can hinder the ability to speak a new language. The findings could help explain why cultural immersion is the most effective way to learn a foreign tongue, and why ...
17 hours ago from Wired Science
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People attribute minds to robots, corpses that are targets of harm
As Descartes famously noted, there's no way to really know that another person has a mind—every mind we observe is, in a sense, a mind we create. Now, new research suggests that victimization ...
Mon 17 Jun 13 from Medical Xpress
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Video gamers really do see more, research says
Hours spent at the video gaming console not only train a player's hands to work the buttons on the controller, they probably also train the brain to make better and faster use of visual input, ...
Tue 11 Jun 13 from Medical Xpress
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Repairing Bad Memories
A neuroscientist who has anguished over the terrors in her family's history explores how people might erase the trauma from memories.It was a Saturday night at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, ...
Mon 17 Jun 13 from MIT Technology Review
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Infections increase risk of mood disorders
New research shows that every third person who is diagnosed for the first time with a mood disorder has been admitted to hospital with an infection prior to the diagnosis. The study is the largest ...
Mon 17 Jun 13 from Medical Xpress
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No dishonour in depression
The stigma associated with mental illness discourages investment in finding cures — even though the burden of the disorders on society is immense.
Wed 12 Jun 13 from Nature News
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