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Southerners Are Less Trusting, but Trust Is a Factor in Environmental Cooperation, U.S. Study Shows
July 31, 2013 Southerners are generally not as trusting as people who live in other parts of the U.S., but trusting people are more likely to cooperate in recycling, buying green products and conserving water, a ... > full story -
Autism Symptoms Not Explained by Impaired Attention
July 31, 2013 Two aspects of attention -- reorienting focus and attending to social information -- do not seem to account for the diversity symptoms seen in autistic children, according to new ... > full story -
How Do Student Characteristics Predict University Graduation Odds?
July 31, 2013 While policymakers often blame university systems for low graduation among college students, according to new research, characteristics known about a student before he or she even enters a college ... > full story -
Words and Actions: What Is the Connection Between Linguistic and Motor Functions?
July 31, 2013 According to some neuroscientists the linguistic and the motor systems are strictly “tied up”. That is to say, for instance, that to understand the word “drinking” our brain ... > full story -
'Love Hormone' Oxytocin: Difference in Social Perception Between Men and Women
July 31, 2013 The "love hormone" oxytocin improves men's ability to identify competitive relationships whereas in women it facilitates the ability to identify kinship, according to a recent ... > full story -
Against All Odds: Male Holocaust Survivors Have a Longer Life-Expectancy
July 31, 2013 According to a recent study that examined over 55-thousand Polish Jews who immigrated to Israel before and after World War II. "These results give us hope and teach us of the strength and resilience ... > full story -
Fresh Fuel Reignites Asperger's Debate
July 30, 2013 Children with Asperger’s Syndrome have different electroencephalography (EEG) patterns to children with autism, reveals a new study. With distinct neurophysiology, the study pours fresh fuel on ... > full story -
Increased Fluctuation in Blood Pressure Linked to Impaired Cognitive Function in Older People
July 30, 2013 Higher variability in visit-to-visit blood pressure readings, independent of average blood pressure, could be related to impaired cognitive function in old age in those already at high risk of ... > full story -
Evidence of Nerve Damage in About Half of Fibromyalgia Patients
July 30, 2013 About half of a small group of patients with fibromyalgia -- a common syndrome that causes chronic pain and other symptoms -- was found to have damage to nerve fibers in their skin and other evidence ... > full story -
Combination Stroke Therapy Safe and Effective, Study Suggests
July 30, 2013 The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA alone, a new study suggests, based on ... > full story
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