News tagged with maternal affection

Plentiful maternal affection in early infancy boosts adult coping skills

Mums who shower their infants with affection equip them to cope well with life stressors as adults, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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A post-coital switch: Mapping the changing behaviors in the female fruit fly's mind

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn't be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal Current Biology, researchers have used dramatic change ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anthropologists find American heads are getting larger

White Americans' heads are getting bigger. That's according to research by forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 17

Study reveals dynamic changes in gene regulation in human stem cells

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California (UC) San Diego has discovered a new type of dynamic change in human stem cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Maternal gene causes more piglets to be born

A sow gives birth to more piglets if the DIO3 gene from its mother is expressed instead of the same gene inherited from its father. This is shown during research conducted by the Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre in Wageningen ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Energy requirements make Antarctic fur seal pups vulnerable to climate change

A new study suggests that climate change could pose a risk for Antarctic fur seals in their first few months of life.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 21

Climate change study warns against one-off experiments

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change research conducted by the University of Aberdeen and Marine Scotland Science highlights the risks of conducting an experiment only once.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

How the European conquest affected Native Americans

Researchers from Germany and the United States suggest that the European conquest triggered the loss of more than half the Native American population. The results of their study provide new insight into the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research raises new questions about animal empathy

The emotions of rats and mice and the mental infrastructure behind them promise to illuminate the nature of human emotions, including empathy and nurturance, a Washington State University neuroscientist writes in this Friday's ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seals show different levels of parenting skills

(PhysOrg.com) -- Grey seals have different types of personality that affect the extent to which they guard and care for their young, according to new research.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hidden hunger from wildlife loss

How do you balance the need for biodiversity conservation and human health? For Christopher Golden, '05, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Harvard University Center for the Environment, that question is at the core ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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