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Researcher helps give children with autism the chance to communicate

Research by Victoria University PhD education graduand Larah van der Meer highlights the importance of understanding the communication preferences of children with developmental disabilities such as autism.

Autism spectrum disorders created May 14, 2013 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Memory, the adolescent brain and lying: The limits of neuroscientific evidence in the law

Brain scans are increasingly able to reveal whether or not you believe you remember some person or event in your life. In a new study presented at a cognitive neuroscience meeting today, researchers used fMRI brain scans ...

Neuroscience created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In rich and poor nations, giving makes people feel better than getting, research finds

Feeling good about spending money on someone else rather than for personal benefit may be a universal response among people in both impoverished countries and rich nations, according to new research published by the American ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trustworthy mating advice deepens bond between straight women and gay men

Why do straight women and gay men form close relationships with one another? A new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests the glue that cements these unique relationships is honest, unbiased relationship ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survey finds folk remedies often offered during breastfeeding

(Medical Xpress)—Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass ...

Health created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breastfeeding tips women share intrigue doctors

Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass ...

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Handling of confounding in diet and asthma, allergy studies poor

(HealthDay) -- Studies investigating the effect of diet on the development of childhood asthma and allergies generally have substantial shortcomings with regard to how they handle confounding and effect modification, ...

Immunology created Jul 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Belief in god cuts two ways, study finds

Being reminded of the concept of God can decrease people's motivation to pursue personal goals but can help them resist temptation, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Diversion of ambulances associated with increased risk of death for heart-attack patients

Among Medicare patients with heart attack in 4 California counties, diversion of ambulance traffic by the nearest emergency department for 12 hours or more was associated with an increased risk of death for up to one year, ...

Health created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0