News tagged with social behavior
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Researchers investigate bird's 'carotenoid circle of life'
(PhysOrg.com) -- “What you see is what you get” often is the mantra in the highly competitive life of birds, as they use brilliant displays of color to woo females for mating. Now researchers are finding that ...
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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2 genes influence social behavior, visual-spatial performance in people with Williams syndrome
Unraveling the genetics of social behavior and cognitive abilities, researchers at the University of Utah and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have traced the role of two genes,GTF2I and GTF2IRD, in a rare genetic ...
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy
The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Decoding funny faces to detect disease
Like Russell Crowe's character in A Beautiful Mind, life is often difficult for the 2.4 million Americans with schizophrenia. A late or incorrect diagnosis and the lack of effective treatment options can ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2009 |
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It's the network: Researchers examine behavior influenced by network structure
A team of computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania investigating the political, social and economic struggle between individual self-interest and the need to build a consensus have learned that, depending only ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Brain mechanisms of social conformity
New research reveals the brain activity that underlies our tendency to "follow the crowd." The study, published by Cell Press in the January 15th issue of the journal Neuron, provides intriguing insight into how human behavi ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Majority of teens discuss risky behaviors on MySpace, studies conclude
In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents freque ...
Jan 06, 2009 |
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