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Competition
Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival.
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Feb. 13, 2025 Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers have now discovered that what we call the 'dessert stomach' is rooted in the brain. The same nerve cells that make us feel full after a meal ...
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Jan. 16, 2025 A new study found that younger siblings generally receive more favorable treatment from parents. Meanwhile, older siblings are often granted more autonomy, and parents are less controlling towards them as they grow ...
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Feb. 12, 2025 Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and ...
Feb. 12, 2025 Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...
Feb. 10, 2025 Psychologists warn that AI's perceived lack of human experience and genuine understanding may limit its acceptance to make higher-stakes moral ...
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Jan. 28, 2025 Empathy responses to others in pain peak in young adulthood according to a new study. Psychologists have discovered that young adults are especially sensitive to social pain, such as situations of ...
Feb. 11, 2025 Having a job -- whether it's working for someone else or being their own boss -- gives older Americans more than just a way to earn money or get ...
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Feb. 11, 2025 A complementary drug to combat Alzheimer's disease could target a specific part of the nerve cell protein tau. This is the finding of new research which also offers a better way to measure the effect ...
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