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• Eat dark chocolate to beat the midday slump?

  08-05-2015 20:03
  
  An EEG study shows chocolate can increase brain characteristics of attention and significantly affect blood pressure levels. Historically, chocolate has been recognized as a vasodilator, meaning that it widens blood vessels and lowers blood pressure in the long run, but chocolate also contains some powerful stimulants. Researchers wanted to investigate if people who consume chocolate would see an immediate stimulant effect.
  
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• More sex doesn't lead to increased happiness

  08-05-2015 16:58
  
  Countless research and self-help books claim that having more sex will lead to increased happiness, based on the common finding that those having more sex are also happier. Scientists now report that simply having more sex did not make couples happier, in part because the increased frequency led to a decline in wanting for and enjoyment of sex.
  
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• Character classes: can you teach a six-year-old how to be good?

  08-05-2015 16:00
  
  First the emphasis was on grades – now it’s all about character, with classes on empathy and respect. But can schools teach children how to be better people? Trouble comes to the educational psychologist in the shape of a lorry driven by a blue troll armed with a golden cutlass. The lorry’s owner is four-year-old Lucas. He’s made it out of oversized Lego bricks. It has wheels and is articulated. But it also has wings and a tailfin. Come to think of it, it might actually be some sort of p
  
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• How autism brain bank my help find a cure

  08-05-2015 15:59 via cbsnews.com
  
  Examining the brain tissue of individuals with autism spectrum disorder will allow researchers to study the disease in a way that is currently not possible.
  
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• How autism brain bank may help find a cure

  08-05-2015 15:59 via cbsnews.com
  
  Examining the brain tissue of individuals with autism spectrum disorder will allow researchers to study the disease in a way that is currently not possible.
  
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• More highly educated women are becoming moms

  08-05-2015 15:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Research shows that an increasing share of professional women are choosing to tackle the issue of balancing work and family.
  
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• It doesn't take a brain injury to have headache, dizziness and cognitive impairment

  08-05-2015 15:14
  Researchers have provided an explanation for why many people with even very trivial head injuries, or even injuries to other parts of their bodies, experience incapacitating post-concussion like syndromes.
  
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• University to implement gender-neutral facilities

  08-05-2015 15:13 via college.usatoday.com
  
  Gender-neutral housing and public unisex restrooms will be housing options at the University of Missouri.
  
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• Pausing puberty with hormone blockers may help transgender kids

  08-05-2015 15:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Doctors help transgender children cope with their perceived gender identity before they enter the "wrong" puberty, by postponing puberty's onset.
  
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• How to make good decisions under stress

  08-05-2015 15:12 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  Research shows any type of stress, big or small, affects your ability to make effective decisions.
  
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• ​Police get lesson in the art of deception and interrogation

  08-05-2015 11:00
  A University of Huddersfield criminologist is researching street-smart ways for police officers to identify offenders.
  
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• Film music captivates us

  08-05-2015 11:00
  Sound and music in films do more than merely enhance our experience of a film's narrative. They can also affect the ways in which we perceive ourselves and how we act.
  
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• UCSF team proposes new clinical model - Improving primary care by addressing trauma

  08-05-2015 09:00
  Recognizing that patients' experiences of childhood and adult trauma are common and have a direct impact on their health, UCSF clinical researchers and Positive Women's Network-USA have developed...
  
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• Thoughts drive dieting plans but feelings drive dieting behavior, study finds

  08-05-2015 09:00
  A majority of American adults say they've tried dieting to lose weight at some point in their lives, and at any given time, about one-third of the adult population say they're currently dieting.
  
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• Popular electric brain stimulation method detrimental to IQ scores

  08-05-2015 09:00
  In a double-blinded, randomized study, UNC researchers found that the IQ scores of people who underwent tDCS brain stimulation improved markedly less than did the IQ scores of people in the placebo...
  
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• Ontario adults who reported a TBI also reported more road rage than people who did not have a TBI

  08-05-2015 09:00
  Ontario adult drivers who say they have experienced at least one traumatic brain injury in their lifetime also report significantly higher incidents of serious road-related driving aggression, said a...
  
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• Online training can teach psychotherapists evidence-based treatments, study finds

  08-05-2015 09:00
  Approach could speed adoption of new treatmentsEmploying online training programs to teach psychotherapists how to use newer evidence-based treatments can be as successful as in-person...
  
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