News tagged with extreme shyness

Researchers pioneer new treatment for social phobia and alcohol abuse

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, drinking is an essential part of a night out with friends. Alcohol is widely considered to be a social lubricant, so it's not surprising that social phobia, or extreme shyness, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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How plants sense touch, gravity and other physical forces

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the bottom of plants' ability to sense touch, gravity or a nearby trellis are mechanosensitive channels, pores through the cells' plasma membrane that are opened and closed by the deformation ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inherited brain activity predicts childhood risk for anxiety

A new study focused on anxiety and brain activity pinpoints the brain regions that are relevant to developing childhood anxiety. The findings, published in the Aug. 12 edition of the journal Nature, may lead to new strate ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop better treatment for social fears

While just about all of us would admit to being shy from time to time in social situations, about one in 20 Australians suffer from an extreme form of shyness known as social phobia.

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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