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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Why humans are so sociable these days

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 05:52 PM PST

Humans have evolved to become the most flexible of the primates and being able to live in lots of different social settings sets us apart from non-human primates, suggests new research.

Starlings help to explain irrational preferences

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 05:31 PM PST

Research into decision-making by European starlings may help to explain why many animals, including humans, sometimes exhibit irrational preferences.

Being told painting is fake changes brain's response to art

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 05:26 PM PST

Being told that a work of art is authentic or fake alters the brain's response to the visual content of artwork, academics have found.

Mediterranean diet gives longer life, Swedish study suggests

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 12:41 PM PST

A Mediterranean diet with large amounts of vegetables and fish gives a longer life, according to Swedish research. A number of studies since the 1950s have shown that a Mediterranean diet, based on a high consumption of fish and vegetables and a low consumption of animal-based products such as meat and milk, leads to better health.

Breastfeeding promotes healthy growth

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 10:39 AM PST

Breastfed children follow a different growth pattern than non-breastfed children, new research shows. Breastfeeding lowers the levels of the growth hormones IGF-I and insulin in the blood, which means that growth is slightly slower. This is believed to reduce the risk of overweight and diabetes later in life.

Which wheats make the best whole-grain cookie doughs?

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 10:38 AM PST

Festive cookies, served at year-end holiday gatherings, may in the future be made with a larger proportion of whole-grain flour instead of familiar, highly refined white flour.

Are the anxious oblivious?

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 10:37 AM PST

Anxious study participants aren't as physiologically sensitive to subtle changes in their environment as less fearful individuals, new research shows. Researchers reason that anxious people could have a deficit in their threat evaluation capacities, which are necessary for effective decision-making and fear regulation.

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