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Swimming With Hormones: Researchers Unravel Ancient Urges That Drive the Social Decisions of Fish
October 9, 2012 — Researchers have discovered that a form of oxytocin—the hormone responsible for making humans fall in love—has a similar effect on fish, suggesting it is a key regulator of social ... > full story -
'Like This Page' to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections: Outreach Through Social Media Can Encourage Condom Use in Young Adults
October 9, 2012 — Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention messages delivered by Facebook can be effective in promoting condom use among young adults in the short term, a new study has found. Few students and ... > full story -
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New Field of Developmental Neuroscience Changes Our Understanding of Early Years of Human Life
October 8, 2012 — By the time our children reach kindergarten their learning and developmental patterns are already taking shape, as is a trajectory for their future health. Now, for the first time, scientists have ... > full story -
Unexamined Costs of Rape Revealed
October 8, 2012 — Evolutionary psychology researchers found significant negative consequences of rape and attempted sexual assault in 13 domains of psychological and social functioning, including self-esteem, social ... > full story -
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Negative Effects of Computerized Surveillance at Home: Cause of Annoyance, Concern, Anxiety, and Even Anger
October 8, 2012 — To understand the effects of continuous computerized surveillance on individuals, a Finnish research group instrumented ten Finnish households with video cameras, microphones, and logging software ... > full story -
Whether We Like Someone Affects How Our Brain Processes Movement
October 6, 2012 — Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their movement, according to new ... > full story -
Online Test Estimates 'Face-Name Memory IQ': Simple, 10-Minute Test Scores Ability to Remember Names, Faces
October 5, 2012 — Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are inviting the world to take part in an online experiment that will allow participants to see how their individual scores on a face-name memory ... > full story -
Facebook and Twitter Are Rewriting the World We’ve Always Lived in
October 5, 2012 — This week, the social media world reached two milestones: Facebook announced it reached 1 billion active users, and pop icon Lady Gaga became the first to amass 30 million followers on Twitter. A ... > full story -
Scale to Measure Parent-Teacher Communication at the K-12 Level
October 4, 2012 — The Parental Academic Support Scale was developed to assess the supportive interactions between parents and teachers, including the frequency of specific behaviors associated with parental academic ... > full story -
Economic Abuse Affects Maternal Mental Health, Parenting
October 3, 2012 — Mothers who experience economic and psychological abuse during the first year of a relationship with their child's father are more likely to become depressed and spank the child in year five, ... > full story
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