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Feeling Left out Can Lead to Risky Financial Decisions
August 1, 2013 People who feel isolated are more inclined to make risker financial decisions for bigger payoffs, according to new ... > full story -
Re-Learning How to See: Researchers Find Crucial on-Off Switch in Visual Development
August 1, 2013 A new discovery offers hope for treating "lazy eye" and other serious visual problems that are usually permanent unless they are corrected in early ... > full story -
Why Shopaholics Overspend? Poor Credit Management, Buying to Boost Mood, Study Says
August 1, 2013 Why do shopping addicts keep spending even in the face of harmful financial, emotional and social consequences? A new study suggests poor credit management and a belief that new purchases will create ... > full story -
Cool Heads Likely Won't Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
August 1, 2013 Researchers report that even slight spikes in temperature and precipitation greatly increase the risk of personal and civil violence, and suggest that more human conflict is a likely outcome of ... > full story -
Two Dimensions of Value: Dopamine Neurons Represent Reward but Not Aversiveness
August 1, 2013 The experiments reported here show that dopamine neurons are sensitive to the value of reward but not punishment (like the aversiveness of a bitter taste). This demonstrates that reward and ... > full story -
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Does Your Personality and How You Look Affect How You're Treated at Work?
August 1, 2013 Is it a coincidence that the least attractive people in your office are the butt of all the jokes? A new study would suggest that it’s ... > full story -
Being Bullied Throughout Childhood and Teens May Lead to More Arrests, Convictions, Prison Time
August 1, 2013 People who were repeatedly bullied throughout childhood and adolescence were significantly more likely to go to prison than individuals who did not suffer repeated bullying, according to a new ... > full story -
Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia
August 1, 2013 Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain. Some ... > full story -
A Week's Worth of Camping Synchs Internal Clock to Sunrise and Sunset
August 1, 2013 Spending just one week exposed only to natural light while camping in the Rocky Mountains was enough to synch the circadian clocks of eight people participating in a University of Colorado Boulder ... > full story -
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Bacteria Hold the Clues to Trade-Offs in Financial Investments and Evolution
August 1, 2013 Scientists have found that bacteria have the potential to teach valuable investment lessons. The research takes advantage of the fact that bacteria, like humans, have limited resources and are ... > full story
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