Health
Study finds quitting smoking enhances personality change
University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that shows those who quit smoking show improvements in their overall personality.
Sep 12, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Art is in the eye of the beholder
A researcher from James Cook University in Australia has found that a person's mental state affects how they look at art.
Apr 13, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study shows female mammalian phenotype results from repression of male-linked genes by methylation
(MedicalXpress)—A team of researchers with the University of Maryland and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine has found that brain regions in female rodents associated with sexual behavior are feminized by repression of male-linked ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Violent video games are a risk factor for criminal behavior and aggression, research reports
(Medical Xpress)—People are quick to point the finger or dismiss the effect of violent video games as a factor in criminal behavior. New evidence from Iowa State researchers demonstrates a link between video games and youth ...
Mar 27, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Universal' personality traits don't necessarily apply to isolated indigenous people
Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society.
Jan 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease, which is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders, affects approximately 100,000 people in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sep 10, 2021
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Health
Study shows calories drive earlier puberty
(Medical Xpress) -- Environmental pollutants, eating habits, lack of exercise and genetic traits have all been raised as possible causes of earlier puberty onset in girls in recent years.
Feb 9, 2012
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Neuroscience
Dopamine-receptor gene variant linked to human longevity
(Medical Xpress)—A variant of a gene associated with active personality traits in humans seems to also be involved with living a longer life, UC Irvine and other researchers have found.
Jan 3, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Personality traits 'contagious' among children
When preschoolers spend time around one another, they tend to take on each others' personalities, indicates a new study by Michigan State University psychology researchers.
Feb 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with low risk for cocaine dependence have differently shaped brain to those with addiction
People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have discovered. New research ...
Jan 17, 2013
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