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  Breakthrough Study Reveals Biological Basis for Sensory Processing Disorders in Kids

  July 9, 2013 — In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have found that children affected with sensory processing disorders have quantifiable differences in brain structure, showing a biological basis for the ... > full story
• Teen Health
  Educational Policy
  Mental Health Research
  Educational Psychology
  Behavior
  Children's Health
   

  Note to Teens: Just Breathe

  July 9, 2013 — Researchers have found that a workshop for adolescents that teaches skills to keep impulsive acts under control, is effective. Such impulsive behavior often leads to negative acts including substance ... > full story
• Industrial Relations
  Borderline Personality Disorder
  Stress
  Behavior
  Disaster Plan
  Social Psychology
   

  Putting the Right Worker in the Right Job

  July 9, 2013 — A new study suggests that if an employee’s personality doesn’t fit the job requirements, he or she will not be motivated by external ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Brain Tumor
  Educational Psychology
  Brain Injury
  Neuroscience
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  The Study of Resting Brain Connections Predicts Learning Ability

  July 9, 2013 — An innovative neurocognitive study shows that the individual variability that exists in brain connections affects people’s learning ability and, in turn, the learning process produces a change ... > full story
• Autism
  Child Development
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Birth Defects
  Psychology
  Child Psychology
   
  

  Exposure to Maternal Antibodies Affects Behavior, Researchers Find

  July 9, 2013 — Researchers have found that prenatal exposure to specific combinations of antibodies found only in mothers of children with autism leads to changes in the brain that adversely affect behavior and ... > full story
• Immune System
  Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Lymphoma
  Colon Cancer
  Breast Cancer
   

  Inhibiting Macrophage MerTK Signaling Creates an Innate Immune Response Against Cancer

  July 8, 2013 — New evidence shows that MerTK macrophage action in the microenvironment that surrounds cancer cells blunts the immune response, allowing the tumor cell to grow and ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Memory
  Chronic Illness
  Dementia
  Women's Health
  Educational Psychology
   

  Researchers Identify 'Switch' for Long-Term Memory

  July 8, 2013 — Neurobiologists have identified calcium in the cell nucleus to be a cellular "switch" responsible for the formation of long-term memory. Using the fruit fly as a model, scientists investigate how the ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Zoology
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
  Wild Animals
  Animals
   
  

  Moths Talk About Sex in Many Ways

  July 8, 2013 — Originally moths developed ears so that they could hear their worst enemy, the bat, but now moths also use their ears to communicate about sex in a great number of different ... > full story
• Stress
  Mental Health Research
  PTSD
  Mental Health
  Depression
  Workplace Health
   

  Exposure to Stress Even Before Conception Causes Genetic Changes to Offspring

  July 8, 2013 — A female’s exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body — in the ovum and later in the brains of ... > full story
• Funding Policy
  Economics
  Bioethics
  Fertility
  Scientific Conduct
  Psychology
   

  Egg Donation in European Clinics: Why Do Women Do It?

  July 8, 2013 — Egg donation is now one of the major reasons why couples travel abroad for fertility treatment. Because this growing trend may circumvent regulations at home or raise concerns about financial ... > full story

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