Psychology & Psychiatry

Stereotypes skew our predictions of others' pains and pleasures

Every day, millions of people - including senators, doctors, and teachers—make consequential decisions that depend on predicting how other people will feel when they experience gains or setbacks. New research looking at ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Faces are more likely to seem alive when we want to feel connected

Feeling socially disconnected may lead us to lower our threshold for determining that another being is animate or alive, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Low back pain? Don't blame the weather

Australian researchers reveal that sudden, acute episodes of low back pain are not linked to weather conditions such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind direction and precipitation. Findings published in Arthritis ...

Genetics

Metabolic map of human body created

(Medical Xpress)—Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) scientists have drafted a metabolic map of the human body that shows how human metabolism works as a system, and how it can potentially be modified to treat ...

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