News tagged with emotional state
Emotions help animals to make choices
To understand how animals experience the world and how they should be treated, people need to better understand their emotional lives. A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Perception of emotion is culture-specific
Want to know how a Japanese person is feeling? Pay attention to the tone of his voice, not his face. That's what other Japanese people would do, anyway. A new study examines how Dutch and Japanese people assess others' emotions ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Dogs may be pessimistic too
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study has gained new insight into the minds of dogs, discovering that those that are anxious when left alone also tend to show 'pessimistic' like behaviour.
Oct 11, 2010 |
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MDMA: Empathogen or love potion?
15 December 2010, MDMA or 'ecstasy' increases feelings of empathy and social connection. These 'empathogenic' effects suggest that MDMA might be useful to enhance the psychotherapy of people who struggle to feel connected ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Vitamin C rapidly improves emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, researchers say
Treatment with vitamin C rapidly improves the emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, according to a study carried out by researchers at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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New study finds men and women may respond differently to danger
Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation have found that men and women respond differently to positive and negative stimuli, according to a study presented today at the annual ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 29, 2009 |
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Meditative breathing may help manage chronic pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the journal Pain offers support for the benefits of yoga-style breathing and meditation to help control chronic pain.
Apr 08, 2010 |
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International law permits abusive fathers custody of children
A new survey of court cases against battered women living abroad shows that when the women left their abusive partners and returned with their children to the United States, half of the time, U.S. courts sent the children ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Innovative research reawakens human memories through intelligent textiles
As part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, two teams of researchers led by Professor Barbara Layne of Concordia University, Montreal, and Professor Janis Jefferies at Goldsmiths, University of London, ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Researchers use human cues to improve computer user-friendliness (w/ Video)
Lijun Yin wants computers to understand inputs from humans that go beyond the traditional keyboard and mouse.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms
In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 09, 2009 |
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How are sadness and happiness like diseases? They're infectious, study finds
Is sadness a sickness? It appears to spread like one, a new study has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Face off: Misunderstood expressions facilitate adolescent aggression
Juvenile delinquency may be a result of misunderstood social cues. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health shows that male juvenile delinquents frequently misint ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Consumer anger pays off: Strategic displays may aid negotiations
The time-honored tradition of displaying emotions to try to get a better deal might actually work, but inflating emotions can backfire, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 12, 2009 |
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Rehabilitating cats one pat at a time
Traumatised cats are getting another shot at rehabilitation thanks to a novel research method being explored at The University of Queensland.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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