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- Making fruit easier to eat increases sales and consumption in school cafeterias
- People present themselves in ways that counteract prejudices toward their group
- Harms of harsh discipline are softened by a loving mother
- Europe-wide pollen count map created
- Security holes in smartphone apps
- People who have never lost a loved one perceive bereavement as far more devastating than someone who has suffered a previous loss
| Making fruit easier to eat increases sales and consumption in school cafeterias Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT People believe that children avoid fruit because of the taste and allure of alternative packaged snacks. Researchers have concluded that the size of the snack counts the most. Apple sales in schools with fruit slicers increased by 71 percent and the percentage of students who ate more than half of their apple increased by 73 percent, an effect that lasted long after the study was over.  |
| People present themselves in ways that counteract prejudices toward their group Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:40 AM PDT Individuals from stigmatized groups choose to present themselves in ways that counteract the specific stereotypes and prejudices associated with their group, according to a new study.  |
| Harms of harsh discipline are softened by a loving mother Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:40 AM PDT The use of harsh discipline of unwanted behavior in children has long been controversial. Whether verbal (insults, disparaging remarks, threats) or physical (slapping/spanking), harsh discipline at all stages of childhood carries a large risk of manifesting antisocial 'externalizing behaviors' in the child, including aggression, delinquency or hyperactivity.  |
| Europe-wide pollen count map created Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:19 AM PDT In future there could be precise, personal travel warnings for hay fever sufferers covering the whole of Europe.  |
| Security holes in smartphone apps Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:19 AM PDT Popular texting, messaging and microblog apps developed for the Android smartphone have security flaws that could expose private information or allow forged fraudulent messages to be posted, according to researchers.  |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:17 AM PDT People who have never suffered the loss of a loved one tend to believe that the bereavement process has a far more destructive and devastating effect on a person compared to those who have actually suffered such a loss in the past.  |
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