News tagged with behavioral traits

Good night's sleep linked to happiness

(Medical Xpress)—Want a good night's sleep? Be positive – consistently. Although happiness is generally good for sleeping, when a person's happiness varies a lot in reaction to daily ups and downs, sleep suffers, reports ...

Health Apr 29, 2013 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Violent video games are a risk factor for criminal behavior and aggression, research reports

(Medical Xpress)—People are quick to point the finger or dismiss the effect of violent video games as a factor in criminal behavior. New evidence from Iowa State researchers demonstrates a link between ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 27, 2013 | 1 / 5 (3) | 0

Verbal aggression: You may have picked it up in the womb, says new study

(Medical Xpress)—Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jan 07, 2013 | 3.2 / 5 (9) | 2 |

Dopamine-receptor gene variant linked to human longevity

(Medical Xpress)—A variant of a gene associated with active personality traits in humans seems to also be involved with living a longer life, UC Irvine and other researchers have found.

Neuroscience Jan 03, 2013 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Study of link between night eating and the peculiar internal clock of fat cells

When researchers at the University of Pennsylvania messed with the internal clocks of mouse fat cells, a surprising thing happened. The mice got fat.

Medical research Dec 04, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Less wait for travel could reduce drinking and driving in people with 'urgency' personality trait

Saving bar patrons' time on their commute home could save lives. A pair of studies by University of Missouri psychologists found that people who reported drinking and driving also exhibited "urgency," or a lack of emotional ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 03, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Healthy neurotic? Being conscientious may help

(HealthDay)—Being both neurotic and conscientious may be good for your health.

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Being neurotic, and conscientious, a good combo for health

Under certain circumstances neuroticism can be good for your health, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study showing that some self-described neurotics also tended to have the lowest levels of Interleukin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 13, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Study suggests that a poor sense of smell may be a marker for psychopathic traits

People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the front part of the brain. These findings by Mehmet Mahmut and Richard Stevenson, from Macquarie University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Sep 20, 2012 | 5 / 5 (7) | 3

Study: Gene-gene interactions important to trait variance

(Medical Xpress)—Gaining more insight into predicting how genes affect physical or behavioral traits by charting the genotype-phenotype map holds promise to speed discoveries in personalized medicine. But ...

Genetics Sep 11, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Low-dose sedative alleviates autistic-like behavior in mice with Dravet syndrome mutation

A low dose of the sedative clonazepam alleviated autistic-like behavior in mice with a mutation that causes Dravet syndrome in humans, University of Washington researchers have shown.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Aug 22, 2012 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Evidence for 'food addiction' in humans

Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can ...

Addiction Jul 12, 2011 | not rated yet | 1

Insights into infidelity: Study examines influence of sexual personality characteristics

(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study, men and women were more likely to report infidelity, or cheating -- often a marriage or relationship deal-breaker -- when they also experienced an increased sensitivity ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jun 27, 2011 | not rated yet | 0 |