News tagged with social ties


Do I know you? Memory patterns help us recall the social webs we weave, study finds

With a dizzying number of ties in our social networks – that your Aunt Alice is a neighbor of Muhammad who is married to Natasha who is your wife's boss – it's a wonder we remember any of it. How do we keep track of the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When the mind controls the machines

More than a hundred patients suffering from severe motor impairments have voluntarily participated in the development of non-invasive brain-machine interfaces. The main purpose of these machines is to allow ...

Neuroscience created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social ties have mixed impact on encouraging healthy behaviors in low-income areas

In low-income, minority communities, tight-knit social connections -- with family members, friends, and neighbors -- can lead people to eat healthy and be physically active, but in some cases it may actually be an obstacle ...

Health created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-quality personal relationships improve survival in women with breast cancer

The quality of a woman's social networks—the personal relationships that surround an individual—appears to be just as important as the size of her networks in predicting breast cancer survival, Kaiser Permanente scientists ...

Cancer created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0