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Live and Learn: Most GenXers Continue Their Education
May 7, 2013 More than one in every 10 members of Generation X are enrolled in classes to continue their formal educations, according to a new study. In addition, 48 percent of GenXers take continuing education ... > full story -
Tone-Deaf Female Cowbirds Change Flock Behavior, Disrupt Social Networks
May 1, 2013 Female cowbirds incapable of recognizing high-quality male songs can alter the behavior of flock-mates of either sex and disrupt overall social structure, according to new ... > full story -
Social Isolation of Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Examined
May 1, 2013 Young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to be socially isolated. That’s the finding of new research that studies the social outcomes of young adults with an ... > full story -
Global Networks Must Be Redesigned, Experts Urge
May 1, 2013 The increasing interdependencies between the world's technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems have the potential to create global catastrophic risks. We may have to redesign global ... > full story -
Growing Gap Between Teens' Materialism and Willingness to Work Hard
May 1, 2013 New research shows a growing gap between materialism and the desire to work hard in young people today. Researchers studied results of surveys of 355,000 US high school seniors from 1976 to 2007, ... > full story -
Wide-Eyed Fear Expressions May Help Us -- And Others -- To Locate Threats
May 1, 2013 Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear seem to enlarge our visual field making it easier to spot threats at the same time they enhance the ability of others to locate the source of danger, ... > full story -
Early Intervention Found Cost Effective Through School Years
May 1, 2013 The Early Start Denver Model, a comprehensive behavioral early intervention program that is appropriate for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as young as 12 months, has been found to ... > full story -
Talking Tissue Boxes and Other Smart Objects May Be Welcomed by Most People
May 1, 2013 Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to ... > full story -
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Humor Styles and Bullying in Schools: Not a Laughing Matter
May 1, 2013 There is a clear link between children’s use of humor and their susceptibility to being bullied by their peers, according to a major new ... > full story -
Cheating Favors Extinction, Yeast Study Finds: Feedback Between Population and Evolutionary Dynamics
April 30, 2013 Cooperative behavior is widely observed in nature, but there remains the possibility that 'cheaters' can exploit the system, with uncertain consequences for the social unit as a whole. A new study ... > full story
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