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City Birds Adapt to Their New Predators
November 7, 2012 — Urban growth alters the behavior of birds. Faced with the same threat, city and country birds do not react in the same way despite being from the same species. According to a new study, urban birds ... > full story -
Early Treatment Sparks Striking Brain Changes in Autism
November 6, 2012 — When given early treatment, children with autism spectrum disorders made significant improvements in behavior, communication, and most strikingly, brain function, researchers ... > full story -
Higher Anxiety Associated With Poorer Functioning in Children With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
November 5, 2012 — Researchers have found that for children with the genetic disorder known as chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome anxiety -- but not intelligence -- is linked to poorer adaptive behaviors, such as ... > full story -
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Computers 'Taught' to ID Regulating Gene Sequences
November 5, 2012 — Researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use those commonalities to predict other regulatory ... > full story -
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Prenatal Testosterone Levels Influence Later Response to Reward
November 5, 2012 — Testosterone levels early in fetal development influence later sensitivity of brain regions related to reward processing and affect an individual's susceptibility to engage in behavior, that in ... > full story -
Cyberbullying in the Workplace 'Worse Than Conventional Bullying'
November 2, 2012 — Cyberbullying -- using modern communications technology such as e-mails, texts or web-postings to abuse people -- is as common in the workplace as 'conventional' bullying. Yet, the way cyberbullying ... > full story -
Trickle-Down Anxiety: Study Examines Parental Behaviors That Create Anxious Children
November 1, 2012 — Parents with social anxiety disorder are more likely than parents with other forms of anxiety to engage in behaviors that put their children at high risk for developing angst of their own, according ... > full story -
The Ins and Outs of in-Groups and out-Groups
November 1, 2012 — We humans organize ourselves in myriad kinds of social groups, from scout troops and sports teams to networks of colleagues and classmates. But how do these social groups work? How do we decide whom ... > full story -
Rethinking Reading Instruction
November 1, 2012 — Many educators have long believed that when words differ on only one sound, early readers can learn the rules of phonics by focusing on what is different between the words. Scientists are turning ... > full story -
Brain May 'See' More Than the Eyes, Fruit Fly Study Indicates
November 1, 2012 — Vision may be less important to "seeing" than is the brain's ability to process points of light into complex images, according to a new study of the fruit fly visual system. Researchers have found ... > full story
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