You want a child who’s smart, calm and caring? Science Daily recommends doing it like the Neanderthals:
… Read the rest “Compassionate kids, caveman kids.”Three new studies led by Notre Dame Psychology Professor Darcia Narvaez show
Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University are using music (and audio engineering) to treat pain and depression – by mapping out emotional terrain in pop songs:
… Read the rest “Prescription pop.”Each volunteer
That’s the question posed by a fun linguistic think-piece in the New York Times. The article looks over the latest developments in linguistic determination – the idea that… Read the rest “What do you have to say?”
And, in fact, the whole discipline of psychology. National Post exposes the sad truth that industrialized, post-Enlightenment Westerners are weird:
… Read the rest “Look who’s running the asylum.”The article, titled “The
Science Daily explores an ugly side of human nature. Research shows that groups don’t like good guys among them:
… Read the rest “Unselfish? Don’t expect us to *like* it.”Four separate studies led by a Washington State University social
G’wan. Get out of here. No, you don’t need me to hold your hand. The Guardian says you should go outside and play!
… Read the rest “Take a hike, kid.”[A] growing body of evidence is starting to show that it’s
It’s not just about paralyzing your face to make you look younger. Not too long ago, Indiana University revealed that Botox really does make people happier:
… Read the rest “Look happy, feel happy.”Here’s David Havas,
New Scientist teaches you how to make yourself synaesthetic:
… Read the rest “Read in color!”Olympia Colizoli at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and colleagues… gave seven volunteers a novel
The same circuit that controls your jonesin’ for just one more is also, the American Physiological Society says, in charge of your heartbreak:
… Read the rest “Addicted to heartbreak”The pain and anguish of rejection by
Science Daily makes me eager to get out in the woods and get dirty. Mostly, just to dig around in the fallen leaves, but also because I might infect myself with bacteria that fights depression… Read the rest “Dirtier. Happier. Smarter.”
PhysOrg produces scientific proof that superstitions kinda do bring luck:
… Read the rest “Hang onto that four-leaf clover.”Damisch teamed with colleagues Barbara Stoberock and Thomas Mussweiler, also from the University of Cologne,
CNN throws some science at the ongoing ruckus over same-sex parenting:
… Read the rest “Kids of same-sex parents: eerily well-adjusted.”A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted
Nature says it’s true: Rhesus monkeys will trade items of value – in this case, juice – in return for sexy monkey booty shots:
… Read the rest “Monkeys pay for porn.”The researchers gave captive male rhesus
New Scientist uncorks a biological scandal involving research into the naughty things bats do after dark:
… Read the rest “Bat sex: Dirty enough to make trouble.”University College Cork in Ireland is coming under international pressure to
Yep. Science Daily says it’s a good idea to talk to children using grown-up language:
… Read the rest “Aw, the widdew scientist want to tawk aww gwown up!”Academic language is characterised by difficult, abstract words and complex sentence structures.
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