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Posted October 19, 2010:

• People Are Better at Strategic Reasoning Than Was Thought, Research Shows
• Video Games Can Be Highly Effective Training Tools, Study Shows: Employees Learn More, Forget Less, Master More Skills

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Benign Envy Sells iPhones, but Malicious Envy Drives Consumers to BlackBerries
• Would You Sleep on a Chunk of Ice? Building Your 'Experience Resume'
• Celebrity Journalism May Contribute Positively to Consumer Health Behaviors

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Belief in Rumors About Proposed NYC Mosque Linked to Opposition to All Mosques, Study Finds

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Nurses Critical in Assuring Health Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersexed, and Queer Youth
• Fertility Concerns of Cancer Survivors Inadequately Addressed, Study Finds

Posted October 10, 2010:

• Online Games as Social Meeting Places

Posted September 28, 2010:

• The Price of Popularity: Drug and Alcohol Consumption

Posted September 27, 2010:

• Television Drove Viewers to the Web to Explore Obama-Muslim Rumors, Study Finds
• Sugary Sports Drinks Mistakenly Associated With Being Healthy, Say Researchers
• Homeless Youths Most Often Victims of Crime

Posted September 25, 2010:

• Nearly One in Three Adolescents Participated in a Violent Behavior Over Past Year, U.S. Study Finds

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Money, Drugs and Chicken Feet? What Consumers Will Do for Social Acceptance
• Violent Video Games Increase Aggression Long After the Game Is Turned Off, Study Finds

Posted September 17, 2010:

• Emotional Robot Pets

Posted September 16, 2010:

• How Palestinian and Israeli Children Are Psychologically Scarred by Exposure to War
• Strictly High Heels: Researchers Look at Impact of High-Heeled Latin Dancing

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Research on Team Loyalty Yields New Insight Into 'Die-Hard' Fandom

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Fungal Threat to Archived Film
• Sexual Health: Computer-Based Approaches Increase Knowledge, Study Finds
• Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk of Violent Crime, Swedish Study Suggests

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Fashion Student Designs Edible Clothes

Posted September 1, 2010:

• Violence in Inner City Neighborhoods Contributes to Trouble With Asthma, Study Finds

Posted August 30, 2010:

• Asking About Pregnancy Coercion and Intimate-Partner Violence Can Reduce Their Incidence, Study Finds

Posted August 24, 2010:

• Secrets of Scents: Designing the Smells That Sell Household Products

Posted August 23, 2010:

• 'Media Detective' Tool Empowers Children to Skirt Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing Messages

Posted August 18, 2010:

• For Teens, Early Sex and Media Exposure Not Linked, Analysis Finds

Posted August 16, 2010:

• Adding to the Strain for Indian Women: Abuse by in-Laws During Pregnancy
• Rhetoric, Framing Efforts Have Little Influence in Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Expert Says

Posted August 15, 2010:

• Today's Superheroes Send Wrong Image to Boys, Say Researchers

Posted August 11, 2010:

• Behaviors and Attitudes Towards Oral Sex Are Changing, Study Shows

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Study Finds Similar Personality Types in Male and Female Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Winning Record, Team Longevity, Prime-Time Games Influence NFL TV Ratings

Posted August 3, 2010:

• Pep Talk to Teens in the ER Helped Reduce Violence, Alcohol Misuse, Study Finds

Posted August 2, 2010:

• People Reject Popular Opinions If They Already Hold Opposing Views, Study Finds
• Women Attracted to Men in Red, Research Shows

Posted July 29, 2010:

• Male Modesty Not Appreciated by Female or Male Interviewers, Study Suggests

Posted July 27, 2010:

• Use of Decision-Aid Program Increases Safety for Women Experiencing Abuse, Researchers Find
• Abusive Mothers Improve Parenting After in-Home Training, Emotional Support of Therapists

Posted July 26, 2010:

• Even in Good Communities, Roaming Teens a Recipe for Violence

Posted July 21, 2010:

• Childhood Sexual Abuse and Social Shaming Linked to Health Issues Later

Posted July 19, 2010:

• New Study Challenges Stereotypes of Adolescent Sex Offenders

Posted July 14, 2010:

• Fast Food Chains Have Significantly Decreased Trans Fats in Cooking Oils, Study Finds

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Better-Looking Politicians Get More Media Coverage

Posted July 7, 2010:

• Rituals That Target Customers Not Always Good for Business
• Racism Shapes African-American Women's Views on Depression Care

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