Health
Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health getting wider
Health inequalities in young people have grown alongside socioeconomic disparities between the rich and poor.
Feb 3, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals how to be socially successful
Romantic, personal and professional relationships are fraught with danger, but a University of Queensland researcher has found the secret to interacting successfully with others in such settings.
Jul 25, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How we understand people and why it's important
Social cognition is our ability to understand other people, and it enables us to predict their behaviour and share experiences.
Jun 5, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Infants are well equipped to make highly demanding social judgements
(Medical Xpress)—We all have a set of special skills we use in social situations. One of these is the ability to predict the actions of others, based on what they have done in the past. This helps us make friends and deal ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
The genetics of aggression and self-control
Everyone knows someone with a quick temper – it might even be you. And while scientists have known for decades that aggression is hereditary, there is another biological layer to those angry flare-ups: self-control.
May 7, 2014
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Neuroscience
Brain imaging study reveals what makes some people more susceptible to peer influence
(Medical Xpress)—A brain area activated by group decisions can distinguish people more likely to conform to the will of a group, say researchers from UCL.
Apr 29, 2014
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Health
Skate parks get a good behaviour tick
If you think kids at skate parks are likely to be getting up to no good, think again.
Apr 14, 2014
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Health
Teen binge drinking influenced by adults
(Medical Xpress)—Teenage binge drinking is influenced heavily by the role of adults in endorsing and facilitating unsafe behaviours, according to a study by researchers at The University of Western Australia Business School.
Apr 10, 2014
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Neuroscience
Making your brain social: Failure to eliminate links between neurons produces autistic-like mice
In many people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, different parts of the brain don't talk to each other very well. Scientists have now identified, for the first time, a way in which this decreased functional ...
Feb 2, 2014
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Health
Changing social circumstances influence smoking
Reducing people's deprivation through wider social policy should help reduce smoking rates significantly according to new research from the University of Otago, Wellington.
Sep 12, 2013
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