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Study finds saliva testing predicts aggression in boys

(Medical Xpress)—A new study indicates that a simple saliva test could be an effective tool in predicting violent behavior.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High-testosterone competitors more likely to choose red

Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Significant relationship between mortality and telomere length discovered

A team of researchers at Kaiser Permanente and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has identified a significant relationship between mortality and the length of telomeres, the stretches of DNA that protect ...

Genetics created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Family's economic situation influences brain function in children

Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences in what they pay attention to, according to new research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anxiety about relationships may lower immunity, increase vulnerability to illness

Concerns and anxieties about one's close relationships appear to function as a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity, according to new research.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caffeine use may offer relief for millions of dry eye sufferers

Researchers at the University of Tokyo's School of Medicine have shown for the first time that caffeine intake can significantly increase the eye's ability to produce tears, a finding that could improve treatment of dry eye ...

Ophthalmology created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0