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  Longer Days Bring 'Winter Blues' -- For Rats, Not Humans

  April 25, 2013 — Biologists have found that rats experience more anxiety and depression when the days grow longer. More importantly, they discovered that the rat's brain cells adopt a new chemical code when subjected ... > full story
• Monkeys
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  Social Psychology
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  'When in Rome': Monkeys Found to Conform to Social Norms

  April 25, 2013 — The human tendency to adopt the behavior of others when on their home territory has been found in non-human primates. Researchers observed 'striking' fickleness in male monkeys, when it comes to ... > full story
• Fish
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  Why Do Guppies Jump?

  April 25, 2013 — Pet guppies often jump out of their tanks. One such accident inspired a new study which reveals how guppies are able to jump so far, and suggests why they do ... > full story
• Teen Health
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  Early Dialogue Between Parents, Children Stems Teen Smoking

  April 25, 2013 — Early, substantive dialogue between parents and their grade-school age children about the ills of tobacco and alcohol use can be more powerful in shaping teen behavior than advertising, marketing or ... > full story
• Sexual Health
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  Sexually Explicit Material Affects Behavior in Young People Less Than Thought

  April 25, 2013 — Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small ... > full story
• Educational Policy
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  Child Psychology
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  Link Between School Climate and Violence Confirmed

  April 25, 2013 — Schools may be a step closer towards the development of effective strategies to prevent violent behavior. New research shows that there is a direct link between school climate and school ... > full story
• Child Development
  Autism
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  Educational Psychology
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  New Hope for Autistic Children Who Never Learn to Speak

  April 24, 2013 — Scientists are showing that while not all of the current interventions used to improve language among Autistic children are effective, there is real hope for progress by using interventions based on ... > full story
• Mice
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  Transgenic Mice Ready to Fight Obesity, and More

  April 24, 2013 — Scientists have investigated mice with a very precisely modified genome. Because it is possible to turn off the Dicer gene in adult mice, they can be used to investigate the processes related to such ... > full story
• Smoking Addiction
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  Consumer Behavior
  Neuroscience
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  Psychology Research
   

  Anti-Smoking Ads With Strong Arguments, Not Flashy Editing, Trigger Part of Brain That Changes Behavior

  April 23, 2013 — Researchers have shown that an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments versus those with weaker ones, ... > full story
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Nutrition Research
  Eating Disorders
  Dieting and Weight Control
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  Binge Eating Curbed by Deep Brain Stimulation in Animal Model

  April 23, 2013 — Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a precise region of the brain appears to reduce caloric intake and prompt weight loss in obese animal models, according to a new ... > full story

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