News tagged with popular culture


Dopamine not about pleasure (anymore)

(Medical Xpress)—To John Salamone, professor of psychology and longtime researcher of the brain chemical dopamine, scientific research can be very slow-moving.

Neuroscience created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Born to lead? No sweat

(HealthDay)—It's good to be the boss. How good? New research suggests that leaders suffer from less stress than people in less powerful positions.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Love knows no gender difference

(HealthDay) -- Think married men and women show their love in vastly different ways? Not necessarily.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Experts weigh the heavy impact words have when creating policies for better health

Are words weighing down America's ability to improve its health? According to a group of weight and health experts assembled by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the answer is yes. There is a ...

Health created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Narcissism may benefit the young, researchers report; but older adults? Not so much

We all know one, or think we do: the person whose self-regard seems out of proportion to his or her actual merits. Popular culture labels these folks "narcissists," almost always a derogatory term. But a new ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Noted science historian Elof Carlson traces how the idea of mutation has changed in 6 generations

Today, most scientists use the term "mutation" to describe a change in an individual gene -- more precisely a minute alteration of its DNA. But the term has also achieved a powerful presence in popular culture, ...

Genetics created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0