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'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 -
Controlling Contagion by Restricting Mobility: In the Face of an Epidemic, Even Moderate Travel Restrictions Would Slow Contagion
July 30, 2013 In an epidemic or a bioterrorist attack, the response of government officials could range from a drastic restriction of mobility -- imposed isolation or total lockdown of a city -- to moderate travel ... > full story -
Monogamy Evolved as a Mating Strategy: New Research Indicates That Social Monogamy Evolved as a Result of Competition
July 29, 2013 Social monogamy, where one breeding female and one breeding male are closely associated with each other over several breeding seasons, appears to have evolved as a mating strategy, new research ... > full story -
Empowering Your Customers? Think Twice About Social Media Campaigns
July 26, 2013 Companies that empower consumers by involving them in important processes such as product development shouldn't also try to influence them through social media, according to a new ... > full story -
Honey Bee Gene Targeting Offers System to Understand Food-Related Behavior
July 25, 2013 Researchers have developed a new technique that will help scientists better understand the genes that govern food-related behavior in honey ... > full story -
Over 90 Percent of Dementia Cases in China Are Undetected, Study Finds
July 25, 2013 An international team of researchers has found that over 90 percent of dementia cases in China go undetected, with a high level of undiagnosed dementia in rural ... > full story -
Quantifying Cities' Emotional Effects
July 24, 2013 A new Web tool could help measure subjective impressions of urban environments, which may have consequences for social ... > full story -
Brain Research Shows Psychopathic Criminals Do Not Lack Empathy, but Fail to Use It Automatically
July 24, 2013 A brain imaging study in the Netherlands shows individuals with psychopathy have reduced empathy while witnessing the pains of others. When asked to empathize, however, they can activate their ... > full story -
Facebook Infidelity Examined in New Research
July 24, 2013 Researchers looked at instances of infidelity occurring through Facebook interactions to develop a process model for the stages of coping with knowledge of the ... > full story -
Smoking Cessation Two by Two
July 24, 2013 To quit smoking is not easy. Support from one's partner can help -- but only if the smokers have developed skills of their own that help them to stop, according to a new ... > full story
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