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• Just slip out the back, Jack: Are humans hardwired to break-up and move on?

  25-03-2015 20:17
  When it comes to romantic relationships, a research review article suggests humans are wired to break-up and move on. Drawing largely upon the field of evolutionary psychology, they say men and women might break up for different reasons. For instance, a man is more likely to end a relationship because a woman has had a sexual relationship with another man. On the other hand, a woman may be more likely to break up if her partner has been emotionally unfaithful.
  
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• Sleep loss tied to emotional reactions

  25-03-2015 19:02
  A new book summarizes research on the interplay of sleep and various components of emotion and affect that are related to mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder and depression.
  
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• Carbon nanotube fibers make superior links to brain

  25-03-2015 18:25
  
  Carbon nanotube fibers may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain. The research could enable new strategies for treating neurological disorders like Parkinson's, investigators say.
  
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• Why drug for type II diabetes makes people fat

  25-03-2015 18:14
  Medication used to treat patients with type II diabetes activates sensors on brain cells that increase hunger, causing people taking this drug to gain more body fat, according to researchers. The study describes a new way to affect hunger in the brain and helps to explain why people taking a class of drugs for type II diabetes gain more body fat.
  
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• The Big Personality Test: Wales – land of hills rain and neuroses?

  25-03-2015 18:01
  
  According to new figures, Welsh people are more neurotic, extroverted and unconscientious than the Scots and the EnglishAge: As a national identity, about 1,600 years old; as a devolved political entity, 16.Appearance: Land mass to the left of England, approximately the size of Wales. Continue reading...
  
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• Neurotic, open, extrovert – are you a British regional stereotype? | Opinion panel

  25-03-2015 16:47
  
  With Britain’s personality types now charted on a map, our panel of writers from Lincolnshire, Newport, Orkney and London consider whether they match up to their birthplace Continue reading...
  
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• Promising new biomarkers for concussion identified

  25-03-2015 16:08
  A panel of four readily detectable blood proteins can accurately indicate concussion, even helping distinguishing it from other injuries, according to a new study. Researchers found the panel by employing the unusual strategy of looking at the body's inflammatory response to trauma, which might also be a therapeutic target.
  
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• Prenatal exposure to common air pollution linked to cognitive, behavioral impairment

  25-03-2015 16:06
  
  A powerful relationship between prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure and disturbances in parts of the brain that support information processing and behavioral control have been identified by researchers. The study showed reductions in nearly the entire white matter surface of the brain's left hemisphere -- loss associated with slower processing of information during intelligence testing and more severe behavioral problems, including ADHD and aggression.
  
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• Nanorobotic agents open the blood-brain barrier, offering hope for new brain treatments

  25-03-2015 15:19
  Magnetic nanoparticles can open the blood-brain barrier and deliver molecules directly to the brain, say researchers. This barrier runs inside almost all vessels in the brain and protects it from elements circulating in the blood that may be toxic to the brain. The research is important as currently 98% of therapeutic molecules are also unable to cross the blood-brain barrier.
  
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• Dr Deborah Lancastle is elected Chair of the Division of Health Psychology Wales committee

  25-03-2015 13:59
  Dr Deborah Lancastle has been elected Chair of the BPS Division of Health Psychology Wales Committee.
  The committee is made up of health psychologists from across Wales, working in the NHS and in academia, and also includes postgraduate trainees.
  
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• Head injury patients show signs of faster aging in the brain

  25-03-2015 13:23
  
  People who have suffered serious head injuries show changes in brain structure resembling those seen in older people, according to a new study. The brain injury patients in this study were estimated to be around five years older on average than their real age.
  
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• Weight discrimination has major impact on quality of life

  25-03-2015 10:00
  Weight discrimination is linked to significantly lower quality of life, and accounts for approximately 40% of the negative psychological effects associated with obesity, finds new UCL research...
  
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• Apple of the mind's eye: how good is our memory of everyday visual stimuli?

  25-03-2015 10:00
  In our world of branding and repetitive advertising, it is feasible that we dutifully soak up visuals and messages and store them accurately in our mind's eye.
  
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• Years Later, Stress Training Pays Off for Cancer Patients, Say Reseachers

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthEleven years later, women who took a stress management course after being diagnosed with breast cancer were still reaping the benefits of the training. Depression is common during cancer treatment and afterward, said senior author Michael H. Antoni of the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida. Cognitive behavioral stress management techniques “such as progressive muscle relaxation and deep breathing...
  
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• Sweden Adds Gender-Neutral Pronoun to Dictionary

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: The GuardianThe official dictionary of the Swedish language will introduce a gender-neutral pronoun in April, editors at the Swedish Academy have announced. “Hen” will be added to “han” (he) and “hon” (she) as one of 13,000 new words in the latest edition of the Swedish Academy’s SAOL.
  
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• Suggestions for Nudging Children Toward Healthier Food Choices

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyStrategies aimed at reducing childhood obesity should acknowledge individuals’ rational taste preferences and apply insights from behavioral economics to design choice architecture that increases their likelihood of success, say two physician-scientists.
  
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• Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates Launch Anti-Tobacco Legal Fund

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Health and FitnessFormer New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates are launching a fund to help low- and middle-income countries fight often long and expensive legal battles with the tobacco industry.
  
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• Kids Confront Sexism As India Grapples with Abuse of Women

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthStanding before a classroom packed with teenagers, Yojana Salunke begins her weekly one-hour lesson on a subject which many experts say is crucial to helping India address one of its biggest challenges - gender inequality. As India grapples to stem rising violence against women, activists say classes like these - which confront traditional gender roles and challenge sexism amongst the youth – are key to changing attitudes and curbing...
  
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• Investigation Finds That Slavery Taints Global Supply of Seafood

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ABC News - World NewsAP investigation: Men forced to work as slaves to catch seafood for global supply.
  
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• Breastfeeding May Lead to Higher IQ, Future Earnings, Study Suggests

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthPeople breastfed as infants have higher intelligence scores in adulthood, and higher earnings, according to a study published Wednesday that tracked the development of 3,500 newborns over 30 years. "The effect of breastfeeding on brain development and child intelligence is well established," lead author Bernardo Lessa Horta of the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil said in a statement. What has been less clear, is whether the...
  
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• Antipsychotics Pose Lethal Risk for Dementia Patients

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe medications are widely used to treat the delusions, hallucinations, agitation and aggression that occur in many people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that antipsychotic drugs have a significant risk of side effects, the study authors pointed out.
  
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• Alaska State Lawmakers Seek Pet Protection in Domestic Violence Cases

  25-03-2015 09:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Reuters - US NewsThe well-being of pets would be considered in divorce, domestic violence and other types of cases under a bill introduced in the Alaska legislature, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
  
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• Genome-wide screen of learning in zebrafish identifies enzyme important in neural circuit

  25-03-2015 09:00
  Implications for understanding underlying molecular genetics of human neuropsychiatric disorders, according to Penn studyThis is a zebrafish hindbrain stained with an axonal marker in red and...
  
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• Studies link air pollution as risk factor for anxiety and trigger for stroke

  25-03-2015 08:00
  Two new studies published in The BMJ examine associations between fine particulate air pollution and levels of anxiety and incidence of stroke.
  
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• ¿Qué es la serotonina? ¿Cuál es su función?

  25-03-2015 08:00
  La serotonina es un neurotransmisor, también conocido como 5-hidroxitriptamina, el cual podemos encontrar en la glándula pineal, las plaquetas de la sangrey y el tracto digest.
  
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• Call for more research on brain damage in American football

  25-03-2015 02:00
  More research is needed to identify how athletes sustain brain injury from American football, and also to develop strategies to protect them, write experts. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome that can affect athletes. It is thought to result from concussion and brain injury following repeated blows to the head.
  
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• Smiling Scots, worried Welsh and lazy Londoners: survey maps regional personality types

  25-03-2015 01:01
  
  New research by Cambridge scientists analyses the way different personalities cluster across Great Britain The finding may be no surprise to those outside the M25, but Londoners rank among the least welcoming and most lazy people in the country, according to a survey of personalities in Great Britain.Though more curious and sociable than most, people living in the capital came across as uncooperative, quarrelsome and irritable compared to the rest of Britain, and scored particularly badly on con
  
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• Mapping the Great British personality

  25-03-2015 01:01
  
  A new survey has provided a snapshot of the country’s psychological landscape Continue reading...
  
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