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• Our culture of grieving is changing: a manly pat on the back will no longer do | Michael Bywater

  31-07-2015 20:53
  
  Robert Peston found his male friends insensitive after his wife’s death – but the problem is not menWe must all grieve, sooner or later. Even divinity doesn’t exempt you. “Jesus wept” is famously the shortest verse in the Bible, and he wept because his friend Lazarus was dead. Not just emotion, but a matter of doing the right thing. “Then said the Jews,” it goes on, “Behold how he loved him!”What man, after all, would not weep if his friend died? Or the friend of a friend, or a
  
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• Young adults with autism show improved social function following UCLA skills program

  31-07-2015 17:00
  
  Gains from 'PEERS' training persist 16 weeks laterResearchers at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA have found that a social skills program for high-functioning young...
  
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• Discovery about brain protein causes rethink on development of Alzheimer's disease

  31-07-2015 16:37
  A protein involved in the progression of Alzheimer's disease also has properties that could be helpful for human health, a research study has found. The discovery helps researchers better understand the complicated brain chemistry behind the development of Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Parents inclined to misjudge child happiness based on personal feelings

  31-07-2015 16:37
  Parents' estimations of their children's happiness differ significantly from the child's own assessment of their feelings, according to a new study. Research showed parents of 10 and 11-year-olds consistently overestimated their child's happiness, while those with 15 and 16-year-olds were inclined to underestimate.
  
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• The body and the brain: The impact of mental and physical exertion on fatigue development

  31-07-2015 16:00
  
  Do you ever notice how stress and mental frustration can affect your physical abilities? When you are worried about something at work, do you find yourself more exhausted at the end of the day?
  
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• Positive reinforcement plays key role in cognitive task performance in ADHD kids

  31-07-2015 13:00
  
  A little recognition for a job well done means a lot to children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - more so than it would for typically developing kids.
  
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• Group calls for more transparency of experiments on primates

  31-07-2015 13:00
  
  Thirty years after the US Congress enacted laws to promote the psychological well-being of primates in laboratories, the problem may be getting worseThousands of nonhuman primates continue to be...
  
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• Electric fields signal 'no flies zone'

  31-07-2015 12:00
  
  Electric fields affect wing movement, leading to agitation and changes in brain chemistryA new piece of research led by the University of Southampton has found that the behaviour of fruit flies...
  
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• Mindfulness meditation may help smokers quit - even those with no willpower

  31-07-2015 10:00
  
  An intention to quit smoking may be less important than targeting self-control mechanisms, according to experts who have reviewed the evidence.
  
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• Depressive ruminations and the idling brain

  31-07-2015 10:00
  
  New analysis in Biological Psychiatry on the neural processes behind depressive ruminationDepressed people often find themselves preoccupied with guilty, shameful, or self-defeating thoughts for...
  
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• The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life – review

  31-07-2015 07:30
  
  This readable study by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski attempts to measure the influence of mortal terror on human affairsErnest Becker’s The Denial of Death (1973) made the striking claim that human activity is driven largely by unconscious efforts to deny and transcend mortality. “We build character and culture in order to shield ourselves from the devastating awareness of underlying helplessness and terror of our inevitable death,” observed Becker. The authors of The
  
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• Feeling stressed? Try an aquarium.

  31-07-2015 05:15
  
  Scientists at the National Marine Aquarium recently had the chance to study how one of its larger exhibits was affecting people while it was being slowly restocked with new fish.
  
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• Autism costs could skyrocket, experts warn

  31-07-2015 05:15
  
  For the first time, health economists have projected the current and future costs of caring for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States.
  
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