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'Tis better to give than to receive?

Providing support to a loved one offers benefits to the giver, not just the recipient, a new brain-imaging study by UCLA life scientists reveals.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

India's vast Ganges gathering 'good for health', study says

India's Kumbh Mela, the world's biggest religious festival which sees up to 100 million people flock to take a bath in the river Ganges, is good for pilgrims' health, according to a new study.

Health created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fat-stigma study: Mass media messages appear to trump opinions of family, close friends

Women harbor a fat-stigma even though their family and closest friends may not judge them as "fat," according to findings by Arizona State University social scientists. Those research results, published Aug. 17 in the journal ...

Health created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Recognizing a cyberbully

Something is happening on playgrounds, in classrooms, in homes and in every walk of life across America. In fact, it's happening internationally.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social networks influence flu shot decision among college students

College students' social networks influence their beliefs regarding the safety of influenza vaccines and decisions about vaccination, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Health created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How humans predict other's decisions

Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) in Japan have uncovered two brain signals in the human prefrontal cortex involved in how humans predict the decisions of other people. Their results suggest ...

Neuroscience created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Copying is social phenomenon, not just learning, say scientists

Mimicking the behaviour of mum and dad has long been considered a vital way in which children learn about the world around them. Now psychologists at The University of Nottingham have shown that copying unnecessary ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Peering into our blind spots: New book details decades of groundbreaking work on bias

Mahzarin Banaji shouldn't have been biased against women. A leading social psychologist—who rose from unlikely circumstances in her native India, where she once dreamed of becoming a secretary—she knew ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4


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