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  Does Marital Breakdown Have an Effect on Male Offending?

  July 8, 2013 — Criminologists have long known that men tend to offend less after they marry. But with almost half of all marriages now ending in divorce, what effect does separation ... > full story
• Brain Tumor
  Intelligence
  Brain Injury
  Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Psychology Research
   
  

  How the Brain Creates the 'Buzz' That Helps Ideas Spread

  July 5, 2013 — How do ideas spread? What messages will go viral on social media, and can that be predicted? Psychologists report for the first time which brain regions are associated with the successful spread of ... > full story
• Social Psychology
  Psychology
  Consumer Behavior
  Relationships
  Behavior
  Industrial Relations
   

  Knowing the End Goal Increases Productivity

  July 3, 2013 — A new study provides insights about how science can help us to become more cooperative and productive -- in private life, administration, business and industrial production. The key is to set clear ... > full story
• Health Policy
  Teen Health
  Workplace Health
  Social Psychology
  Staying Healthy
  Mental Health
   
  

  Happily Married Means a Healthier Ever After

  July 3, 2013 — New research finds that people in happy marriages live less "in sickness" but enjoy more of life "in health." In a 20-year longitudinal study tracking health and marriage quality, a family life ... > full story
• Language Acquisition
  Fish
  Evolutionary Biology
  Perception
  Relationships
  Social Psychology
   

  Why Do We Gesticulate?

  July 2, 2013 — If you rely on hand gestures to get your point across, you can thank fish for that! Scientists have found that the evolution of the control of speech and hand movements can be traced back to the same ... > full story
• Erectile Dysfunction
  Fertility
  Children's Health
  Bioethics
  Sexual Health
  Infant's Health
   

  Ethicists Find UK Ban on Embryo Sex Selection 'Unjustifiable'

  July 2, 2013 — As Europe’s leading fertility specialists gather at a conference in London this weekend, a major new publication from leading medical ethicists finds no justification to support the UK’s ... > full story
• Diabetes
  Workplace Health
  Crohn's Disease
  Chronic Illness
  Personalized Medicine
  Public Health
   

  Inflammation Links Social Adversity and Diabetes

  July 2, 2013 — Diabetes is strongly associated with socioeconomic status: Low income, low education, and low occupational status are all linked to a higher risk for diabetes. Trying to understand the mechanisms ... > full story
• Psychology
  Child Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Relationships
  Neuroscience
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Teens' Self-Consciousness Linked With Specific Brain, Physiological Responses

  July 2, 2013 — Teenagers are famously self-conscious, acutely aware and concerned about what their peers think of them. A new study reveals that this self-consciousness is linked with specific physiological and ... > full story
• Political Science
  Scientific Conduct
  Media and Entertainment
  Popular Culture
  Industrial Relations
  Religion
   

  Companies Look at Wrong Things When Using Facebook for Hiring, Study Shows

  July 2, 2013 — Employers are using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study shows that those companies may have a fundamental misunderstanding of ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Teen Health
  Child Psychology
  Child Development
  Mental Health Research
  Menopause
   

  Inner-City Women's Health Issues to Childhood Traumas

  July 1, 2013 — Researchers have traced chronic health problems of adult inner-city women to traumas from childhood abuse and ... > full story

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