News tagged with social functioning
Social status promotes faster wound healing in wild baboons
Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.
May 21, 2012 |
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Like humans, chimps are born with immature forebrains
In both chimpanzees and humans, portions of the brain that are critical for complex cognitive functions, including decision-making, self-awareness and creativity, are immature at birth. But there are important differences, ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Searching the brain for social networks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people tend to make inappropriate comments in social situations? Why do some people misread cues about how others feel about them?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Brain is not fully mature until 30s and 40s
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the UK shows the brain continues to develop after childhood and puberty, and is not fully developed until people are well into their 30s and 40s. The findings contradict ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Children who don't like fruit and vegetables are 13 times more likely to be constipated
Primary school children who don't like eating fruit and vegetables are 13 times more likely to develop functional constipation than children who do, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Nu ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Study shows volunteering benefits those with functional limitations
Volunteering is known to provide health benefits to the person doing the volunteering. Now, a new study finds that older adults with functional limitations (trouble conducting daily tasks like cooking meals) in particular ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Friends with cognitive benefits: Mental function improves after certain kinds of socializing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Talking with other people in a friendly way can make it easier to solve common problems, a new University of Michigan study shows. But conversations that are competitive in tone, rather than cooperative, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger
We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Scientists learn how brains process images of faces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stare at a stranger's face for too long, and two things will likely happen: You'll feel uncomfortable, and you'll get the sense that the stranger doesn't like it.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2010 |
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New treatment for social problems in autism? Oxytocin improves emotion recognition
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are developmental disorders usually diagnosed in childhood. Children with ASDs have impairments in social interactions and communication, and a tendency towards repetitive behaviors. A hallmark ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 08, 2010 |
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fMRIs reveal brain's handling of low-priority ideas
When we put an idea on the back burner, it goes into a processing area of the brain called the default-mode network. This network enables us to hold the low-priority idea in abeyance until a time when we aren't ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Volunteering may prevent the elderly from becoming frail
Frailty is a geriatric condition marked by weight loss, low energy and strength, and low physical activity. UCLA researchers followed 1,072 healthy adults aged 70 to 79 between 1988 and 1991 to determine if productive activities ...
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior
The hormones, called androgens, are important in the development of masculine characteristics such as aggression and strength. It is also thought that prenatal androgens affect finger length during development in the womb. ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Monkeys' grooming habits provide clues to how we socialise
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of female monkeys' grooming habits provides new clues about the way humans socialise. New research reveals a link between the size of the neocortex in the brain, responsible for higher-level ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go ga-ga over pretty women. They simply lose their minds (while women keep theirs).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2009 |
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