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• Women's brains appear more vulnerable to Alzheimer's than men's

  21-07-2015 22:09
  
  Women with mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's, tend to decline faster than men.
  
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• Firstborn children have 'infinitesimally small' IQ lead over siblings

  21-07-2015 16:00
  
  The age-old debate of whether birth order makes a difference to personality or IQ is addressed in the largest study ever to investigate the issue.
  
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• Slowness as organization principle in the brain

  21-07-2015 14:16
  The brain is so complex that its structure cannot be completely determined by genetics. Neuroscientists attempt to figure out which mechanisms nerve cells use to organize themselves. They have suggested that slowness may be the decisive factor.
  
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• Poorer children develop 'smaller brains'

  21-07-2015 10:00
  
  MRI brain scans and mental tests of children living below the poverty line show that key parts of their brains are smaller in volume and test scores are lower.
  
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• How neurons remember

  21-07-2015 09:00
  
  A Calcium-dependent mechanism of neuronal information storageResearch findings obtained over the past decades increasingly indicate that stored memories are coded as permanent changes of neuronal...
  
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• Poverty may hinder kids' brain development

  21-07-2015 06:57
  Poor children tend to have as much as 10 percent less gray matter in several areas of the brain associated with academic skills.
  
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• UAE, Concerned About Militant Islam, Bans Racial and Religious Hate

  21-07-2015 05:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Reuters - World NewsThe United Arab Emirates has outlawed religious or racial discrimination, the state news agency WAM said on Monday, citing a royal decree by President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
  
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• Stanford Prison Experiment Film Carried Risk of Going Too Far

  21-07-2015 05:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianThe actor spoke about the grueling experience of making the first film about the infamous 1971 psychological study: ‘I think there were some background checks’ The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the summer’s more grim offerings, but that didn’t stop audiences in New York and Los Angeles from flocking to it this past weekend. Its select opening performed “better than expected”, according to Thompson on Hollywood , proving that...
  
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• Health-Care Providers Hold Biases Based on Sexual Orientation

  21-07-2015 05:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyIn the first study that looks at a variety of health-care providers and their implicit attitudes towards lesbian women and gay men, researchers found there is widespread implicit bias toward lesbian women and gay men. The study finds that moderate to strong implicit preferences for straight people over lesbian and gay people are widespread among heterosexual providers.
  
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• Emma Thompson: Sexism in Acting Industry Is Worse Than Ever

  21-07-2015 05:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianOscar-winning actor says sexism and ‘forms of unpleasantness to women have become more entrenched and more prevalent’ The Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson has spoken out about ageism and the lack of opportunities for women in the acting industry, saying “sexism and unpleasantness” was worse than ever. The Sense and Sensibility and Nanny McPhee star said the world was in a “worse state than I have known it, particularly for women”....
  
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