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• Yellow gets greener in summer

  24-08-2015 22:30
  Remember winter, when everything was cold and grey? Right now, when all around is lush and green, the contrast couldn’t be greater. But is everything really as it seems? New research shows that we see things differently in winter compared with summer.Our eyes perceive four pure, unmixed colours – blue, green, red and yellow. People often find it hard to agree exactly what shade pure blue, green and red are, but curiously we tend to see pure yellow the same way, despite having differe
  
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• Antidepressants fine-tune brain reward pathway to lessen neuropathic pain

  24-08-2015 21:25
  Commonly used antidepressant drugs change levels of a key signaling protein in the brain region that processes both pain and mood, according to a new study.
  
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• Do Netflix, Spotify and Facebook know me as well as they think?

  24-08-2015 19:32
  Websites try to suggest everything from your next best friend to your next best shirt. But are these recommendations a help or a hindrance? Four writers look at how algorithms shape their online livesAlexis PetridisRelated: The Spotify privacy backlash: what is my personal data really worth? | Paul MasonRelated: Telepathy technology is coming – are you scared? | Rhodri MarsdenContinue reading...
  
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• Back to school: What kids are most anxious about

  24-08-2015 18:59
  
  A recent study found the primary cause of children's stress, according to parents, was related to homework and schoolwork.
  
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• How exposure to brief trauma and sudden sounds form lasting memories

  24-08-2015 17:45
  Researchers have found how even brief exposure to sudden sounds or mild trauma can form permanent, long-term brain connections, or memories, in a specific region of the brain.
  
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• Look into my eyes: can 10 minutes of staring make you hallucinate?

  24-08-2015 17:39
  Gaze adoringly at your loved one, and they will soon look deformed, monstrous or like your mother, according to a study. One writer puts it to the testThe first two minutes are the trickiest. My partner, C, and I are seated opposite one another in our bedroom, staring into each other’s eyes. As she does every single morning after finishing her breakfast, our dog saunters in and burps resonantly, as close to our faces as she can aim. We burst into laughter but do not break eye contact. Only
  
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• Want to read this article later? Maybe you should just print it out | Oliver Burkeman

  24-08-2015 17:17
  It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of online reading material. That’s why physical print-outs sometimes trump a digital copies
  I’ve spent many, many hours – I’m sure most people would say too many hours – devising geeky personal systems for managing information in the digital era. For example, I’ve reached certain conclusions about how to deal with email overload; how to manage your to-do list; or how to resist the distractions of social
  
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• People with autistic traits may be more creative, study suggests

  24-08-2015 17:00
  
  In creativity tests, researchers found individuals with high autistic traits were more likely to come up with original and unusual ideas than those without such traits.
  
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• Ashley Madison hack: do victims deserve to be punished? | Girl on the Net

  24-08-2015 13:15
  A recent article stated that (male) victims of the Ashley Madison hack deserve their fate. Real life, however, is far from being so clear cut.I’ve heard a lot of gloating in the light of the Ashley Madison hack - most of it along the lines that the cheaters on the site deserved to be outed because cheating on your partner is an awful thing to do. It was only today that I saw the first solid ground laid for the “well they shouldn’t have been so stupid” argument. Yesterday,
  
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• Activated neurons produce protective protein against neurodegenerative conditions

  24-08-2015 12:50
  Activated neurons produce a protein that protects against nerve cell death. Researchers have found out how this effect comes about and defined a crucial player.
  
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• 'What day is it today?' Study explains why it can be hard to keep track

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  Researchers suggest that midweek days are frequently confused because the mental associations that people have with them are sparse and similar.
  
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• US has 5 percent of world's population, but had 31 percent of its public mass shooters from 1966-2012

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  Despite having only about 5 percent of the world's population, the United States was the attack site for a disproportionate 31 percent of public mass shooters globally from 1966-2012, according to...
  
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• Study suggests same-sex couples face more obstacles to infertility treatment

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  Same-sex couples encounter more obstacles to treatment for infertility than opposite-sex couples, suggests a new study that was presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological...
  
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• Study shows TV's subliminal influence on women's perception of pregnancy and birth

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  In an era where popular culture is increasingly recognized for its impact on lay understanding of health and medicine, few scholars have looked at television's powerful role in the creation of...
  
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• Polygamy and alcohol linked to physical abuse in African marriages

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  African women in polygamous marriages or with alcoholic husbands have a significantly higher risk of being physically abused by their husbands than women in monogamous marriages or women whose...
  
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• GVSU professor finds social surveys no longer accurately measure sex and gender in US

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  New research released by professors from Grand Valley State University and Stanford University reveals most social surveys in the U.S.
  
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• American women use book club memberships in dating field

  24-08-2015 10:00
  
  Study finds Irish women don't use reading as status in dating searchesFor American women, a book club membership means more than having status as a reader, as it might pay dividends to them in...
  
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• Value decisions rely on communication between two brain regions, study shows

  24-08-2015 09:00
  
  Unable to decide between rice and noodles? The coupling between the two brain regions involved in making value choices is not working so well today, neuroeconomists might say.
  
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• High sugar consumption among children relates to poor family functioning, study finds

  24-08-2015 09:00
  
  The quality of general family functioning is a major determinant of healthy dietary habits - according to new research published in the Journal of Caries Research and led by Queen Mary University of...
  
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• Magnetic stimulation effective in reducing bed-wetting

  24-08-2015 03:53
  Bedwetting, or nocturnal enuresis, causes distress in children and young adults, as well as for their parents or caregivers. The causes are not fully understood and there may be both physiological and psychological components to the condition. Researchers now report that repetitive sacral root magnetic stimulation can reduce the frequency of nighttime bed-wetting and improve quality-of-life for sufferers.
  
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