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Dutch psychologist apologizes for research fraud (Update)
A Dutch social psychologist issued a public apology Wednesday after an inquiry found he faked or manipulated data in at least 55 publications.
Nov 28, 2012
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Health
Study: Relaxation good therapy for hot flushes
Women who have undergone group therapy and learned to relax have reduced their menopausal troubles by half, according to results of a study at Linköping University and Linköping University Hospital in Sweden.
Nov 23, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Homophobia in sport: Sporting identity, authoritarian aggression, and social dominance
Homophobia exists in many areas of life. It also seems to be particularly entrenched in sport, exercise and physical education (PE) settings of all kinds. But why is this the case?
Nov 20, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
School psychologists can play key role in reducing obesity, raising scores
(Medical Xpress)—How school psychologists can help students prevent obesity and, in turn, achieve academic success is the focus of a study conducted by Neag School of Education researchers and published in the National ...
Nov 8, 2012
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Pediatrics
Unexpected finding: Toddlers more responsive to accents of peers than parents
Infants are more likely to recognise words spoken in the dialect of their local communities than those used by their parents, psychologists have revealed.
Oct 25, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gaming the flu: How we decide to get vaccinated, or not
(Medical Xpress)—As the flu season approaches, public health officials will be campaigning to get people vaccinated, and each of us will have to decide whether to take their advice or not. How will we make those decisions?
Sep 12, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Does Facebook make you fat?
Time spent on social networking sites comes at the expense of other activities – including physical activity, new research by the University of Ulster has revealed.
Sep 11, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social psychologists espouse tolerance and diversity—do they walk the walk?
Every ten years or so, someone will make the observation that there is a lack of political diversity among psychological scientists and a discussion about what ought to be done ensues. The notion that the field discriminates ...
Sep 6, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parents get physical with unruly kids, study finds
Parents get physical with their misbehaving children in public much more than they show in laboratory experiments and acknowledge in surveys, according to one of the first real-world studies of caregiver discipline.
Aug 3, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study links social anxiety and dating aggression
(Medical Xpress) -- Study finds social anxiety a predictor of dating aggression in young men.
Jul 19, 2012
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