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Tickling Laughter Produces Different Brain Response To Social Laughter When we hear someone laughing because they are being tickled, the connections in our brains respond differently to when we hear social laughter, such as that which expresses joy or accompanies mocking behavior...
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 4:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Problems Processing Everyday Events Linked To Older Adults' Memory Lapses Some memory problems common to older adults may stem from an inability to segment daily life into discrete experiences, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science...
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
The Ability To Beat Built-In Bias Reflected By Theta Brainwaves Vertebrates are predisposed to act to gain rewards, and to lay low to avoid punishment. Try to teach chickens to back away from food in order to obtain it, and you'll fail, as researchers did in 1986. But (some) humans are better thinkers than chickens...
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Psychological Factors That May Hinder Women's Earning Power And Career Progress Working on a team is always a challenge, but a new study highlights a particular challenge to women: how much they credit themselves in a joint success. Women will devalue their contributions when working with men but not with other women, according to th
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
School Mental Health Providers Play A Critical Role In Early Identification And Referral For Adolescents A study published in the May 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that mental health resources provided by schools are significantly associated with whether adolescents with mental disorders receive ne
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
'Nocebo Effect' - Expectation Of Negative Effects Can Increase Likelihood Of Experiencing Symptoms Media reports about substances that are supposedly hazardous to health may cause suggestible people to develop symptoms of a disease even though there is no objective reason for doing so. This is the conclusion of a study of the phenomenon known as electr
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Mothers Traumatized In Childhood Avoid Emotional Talk With Their Children Mothers who have experienced childhood abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences show an unwillingness to talk with their children about the child's emotional experiences, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows...
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Revealing The Cross-Cultural Implications Of Suicide Just over a month ago, a young high school student from Halifax committed suicide after photos of her being raped were posted on the Internet. Her story wasn't just about bullying. It was also about the complex feelings her friends and family faced with h
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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Born into captivity, 6-year-old can recover, experts say Of the four captives rescued in this weeks hostage drama in Cleveland, the 6-year-old daughter of Amanda Berry may raise the most perplexing questions of all.
MSNBC | May 8, 2013 8:53 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Programs Help Mentally Ill Teens And Adults Improve Significantly Community-based treatment programs help teens and young adults achieve positive outcomes in behavioral and emotional health, daily life skills, employment, and education, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administ
Medical News Today | May 8, 2013 5:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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