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- Social exclusion on the playground: Study looks at why kids say 'you can’t play!'
- Exceptional upward mobility in the US is a myth, international studies show
- How a high-fat diet and estrogen loss leads women to store more abdominal fat than men
- Teens tell different tales about themselves depending on gender
- Gender equality influences how people choose their partners
- When do we lie? When we're short on time and long on reasons
- Kinsey Reporter: Free app allows public to anonymously report, share information on sexual behavior
- Brainy beverage: Study reveals how green tea boosts brain cell production to aid memory
- When psychology trumps anti-obesity drugs
- Smokers who value the future are more likely to quit
| Social exclusion on the playground: Study looks at why kids say 'you can’t play!' Posted: 05 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT Being the last one picked for the team, getting left out of the clique of cool girls, having no one to sit with at lunch. For children, social exclusion can impact everything from emotional well being to academic achievements.  |
| Exceptional upward mobility in the US is a myth, international studies show Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT The rhetoric is relentless: America is a place of unparalleled opportunity, where hard work and determination can propel a child out of humble beginnings into the White House, or at least a mansion on a hill. But the reality is very different, according to a researcher who is studying inequality across generations around the world.  |
| How a high-fat diet and estrogen loss leads women to store more abdominal fat than men Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT A high-fat diet triggers chemical reactions in female mice that could explain why women are more likely than men to gain fat in the abdomen after eating excess saturated fat, new research suggests. The study also sheds light on why women gain fat following menopause.  |
| Teens tell different tales about themselves depending on gender Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:53 AM PDT During adolescence, the stories young people tell about themselves reflects their development of a personal identity and sense of self, and those autobiographical narratives vary depending on the teens' gender, according to psychologists.  |
| Gender equality influences how people choose their partners Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:53 AM PDT Men and women clearly have different strategies for picking sexual partners, but the reason why differences exist is less clear. The classic explanation for these differences has been that men's and women's brains have evolved to make certain choices, but a new study suggests that evolution is only part of the answer.  |
| When do we lie? When we're short on time and long on reasons Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:30 AM PDT Almost all of us have been tempted to lie at some point, whether about our GPA, our annual income, or our age. But what makes us actually do it? In a new study, psychological scientists discover that time pressure and available justifications both influence dishonest behavior.  |
| Kinsey Reporter: Free app allows public to anonymously report, share information on sexual behavior Posted: 05 Sep 2012 08:08 AM PDT Indiana University has released Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors. The pilot project allows citizen observers around the world to use free applications now available for Apple and Android mobile platforms to not only report on sexual behavior and experiences, but also to share, explore and visualize the accumulated data.  |
| Brainy beverage: Study reveals how green tea boosts brain cell production to aid memory Posted: 05 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT It has long been believed that drinking green tea is good for the memory. Now researchers have discovered how the chemical properties of China's favorite drink affect the generation of brain cells, providing benefits for memory and spatial learning.  |
| When psychology trumps anti-obesity drugs Posted: 04 Sep 2012 05:24 PM PDT Patients who fail to lose weight while taking anti-obesity drugs do so because of their beliefs about themselves and about the difficulty of losing weight.  |
| Smokers who value the future are more likely to quit Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:37 PM PDT Addiction researchers have known for many years that smokers are less likely than non-smokers to look to the future in planning their lives. New research has now shown that among smokers, those who have more of a future orientation are more likely to stop smoking.  |
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