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• Prejudice can cause depression at the societal, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels
• Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys
• Psychologists study the effects of diagram orientation on comprehension
• When TV and marriage meet: TV's negative impact on romantic relationships
• Late-night comedy television increases political discussion
• Women speak less when they're outnumbered
• How much product information do consumers want?
• Longer exercise provides added benefit to children's health
• Higher levels of BPA in children and teens significantly associated with obesity

Prejudice can cause depression at the societal, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:56 PM PDT Although depression and prejudice traditionally fall into different areas of study and treatment, a new article suggests that many cases of depression may be caused by prejudice from the self or from another person. In a new article, experts argue that prejudice and depression are fundamentally connected.

Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:41 PM PDT Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during infancy.

Psychologists study the effects of diagram orientation on comprehension Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT The orientation of a diagram on the page of a textbook may seem inconsequential, but it can have a significant impact on a reader's ability to comprehend the information as presented, according to a team of researchers.

When TV and marriage meet: TV's negative impact on romantic relationships Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:13 AM PDT The status of a romantic relationship could be in jeopardy if the couple or an individual in the relationship are frequent television watchers, according to a new study.

Late-night comedy television increases political discussion Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:13 AM PDT The jokes, critiques and issues raised by late-night comedy television hosts may have a significant impact on how much people talk about the upcoming political election, based on a new study.

Women speak less when they're outnumbered Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:12 AM PDT Scholars examined whether women speak less than men when a group collaborates to solve a problem. In most groups that they studied, the time that women spoke was significantly less than their proportional representation – amounting to less than 75 percent of the time that men spoke. The disparity vanished when groups followed a unanimous voting rule.

How much product information do consumers want? Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:34 AM PDT In a new study, psychologists at Brown University and the University of Colorado found that while some people require a detailed explanation of how a product works before they'll be willing to pay more, others became less willing to pay when confronted with that additional detail. A simple, standard test predicted the desire for detail — who wants more, who wants less.

Longer exercise provides added benefit to children's health Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT Twenty minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity over just three months can reduce a child's risk of diabetes as well as his total body fat -- including dangerous, deep abdominal fat -- but 40 minutes works even better, researchers report.

Higher levels of BPA in children and teens significantly associated with obesity Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:11 AM PDT Researchers have revealed a significant association between obesity and children and adolescents with higher concentrations of urinary bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic chemical recently banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from sippy cups and baby bottles. Still, the chemical continues to be used in aluminum cans, such as those containing soda.

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