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Selective brain damage modulates human spirituality

New research provides fascinating insight into brain changes that might underlie alterations in spiritual and religious attitudes. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 11 issue of the journal Neuron, explor ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 79 | with audio podcast

Students need to be 'switched on' to maths, say researchers

(Phys.org) -- The precarious decline in children's participation in mathematics can only be reversed by tackling a complex mix of factors, including positive and negative attitudes of a student's parents, peers and teachers, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

If you're happy and you know it: Researchers trail Twitter to track world's mood swings

Using Twitter to monitor the attitudes of 2.4 million people in 84 countries, Cornell University researchers found that people all over the world awaken in a good mood – but globally that cheer soon deteriorates ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are positive emotions good for your health in old age?

The notion that feeling good may be good for your health is not new, but is it really true? A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, review ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Young adults' sexual relationships increasingly favor men, research finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- While young women's educational and career opportunities have skyrocketed over the past two decades, their opportunities for stable, long-term relationships have declined, according to new research from sociologists ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

A marine Mr. Mom: Male pipefish gives birth, but some are deadbeat dads, study shows

Male pipefishes and their seahorse cousins are the only males that actually become pregnant and give birth, but pipefishes likely will never win any Father of The Year awards - their attitude towards their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A negative phys ed teacher can cause a lifetime of inactivity

Humiliation in physical education class as a child can turn people off fitness for good, according to a University of Alberta researcher.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Moral dilemma scenarios prone to biases

Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake. Psychologists and philosophers have been using moral ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Orgasms, sexual health and attitudes about female genitals

An Indiana University study published in the September issue of the International Journal of Sexual Health found that women who feel more positively about women's genitals find it easier to orgasm and are mo ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (13) | comments 6

Study shows how college major and religious faith affect each other

(PhysOrg.com) -- College students who major in the social sciences and humanities are likely to become less religious, while those majoring in education are likely to become more religious.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 13

Beating the bullies -- changing real-world behaviour through virtual experience (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Social problems like bullying and stereotyping involve thoughts, feelings and reactions that resist change. New research shows that when students play active roles in virtual dramas their attitudes and behaviour ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

From 'Alarmed' to 'Dismissive': The Six Ways Americans View Global Warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, "Global Warming’s Six Americas," by researchers at Yale ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (16) | comments 19

Is there a seat of wisdom in the brain?

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom - once the sole province of religion and philosophy. The study by Dilip V. Jeste, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Children who are dissatisfied with their appearance often have problems with their peer group

Being satisfied with one's appearance is one of the most important prerequisites for a positive self image. However, in today's appearance culture it is the rule rather than the exception that children and young people are ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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