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- Feeling left out can lead to risky financial decisions
- Why shopaholics overspend? Poor credit management, buying to boost mood, study says
- Does your personality and how you look affect how you're treated at work?
- A week's worth of camping synchs internal clock to sunrise and sunset
- We each live in our own little world -- smellwise
- New analysis sheds light on the links between chemicals in our body and income
- Both parents experience highs and lows in sexuality after childbirth
- The rise of deadly insect sting allergies: Is there a cure?
- Lunch with company reduces cognitive control, may increase social harmony
- The importance of stuff and things
- Southerners are less trusting, but trust is a factor in environmental cooperation, U.S. study shows
- How do student characteristics predict university graduation odds?
- 'Love hormone' oxytocin: Difference in social perception between men and women
| Feeling left out can lead to risky financial decisions Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:03 PM PDT People who feel isolated are more inclined to make risker financial decisions for bigger payoffs, according to new research.  |
| Why shopaholics overspend? Poor credit management, buying to boost mood, study says Posted: 01 Aug 2013 11:24 AM PDT Why do shopping addicts keep spending even in the face of harmful financial, emotional and social consequences? A new study suggests poor credit management and a belief that new purchases will create a happier life fuel compulsive buying.  |
| Does your personality and how you look affect how you're treated at work? Posted: 01 Aug 2013 11:22 AM PDT Is it a coincidence that the least attractive people in your office are the butt of all the jokes? A new study would suggest that it's not.  |
| A week's worth of camping synchs internal clock to sunrise and sunset Posted: 01 Aug 2013 09:56 AM PDT Spending just one week exposed only to natural light while camping in the Rocky Mountains was enough to synch the circadian clocks of eight people participating in a University of Colorado Boulder study with the timing of sunrise and sunset.  |
| We each live in our own little world -- smellwise Posted: 01 Aug 2013 09:52 AM PDT There are some smells we all find revolting. But toward a handful of odors, different people display different sensitivities. A pair of studies identifies the genetic differences that underpin the differences in smell sensitivity. The researchers tested 200 people for their sensitivity to 10 different chemical compounds. They then searched through the subjects' genomes for areas of the DNA that differed between people who could smell a given compound and those who could not.  |
| New analysis sheds light on the links between chemicals in our body and income Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:59 AM PDT A new study has found that the build-up of harmful chemicals in the body is affecting people of all social standings -- not just those from economically deprived backgrounds as previously thought.  |
| Both parents experience highs and lows in sexuality after childbirth Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:52 AM PDT Partners of new mothers often experience shifts in sexuality, and these shifts are often unrelated to biological or medical factors pertaining to childbirth. The findings expand current understanding of postpartum sexuality, and may help health professionals as they counsel new parents.  |
| The rise of deadly insect sting allergies: Is there a cure? Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:46 AM PDT Insect sting allergy is increasing, affecting five percent of the population. But what much of the population may not understand is that there is something that can be done about it.  |
| Lunch with company reduces cognitive control, may increase social harmony Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:01 PM PDT Lunch at a restaurant with friends reduces cognitive control more than lunch eaten alone at a desk does, according to new research.  |
| The importance of stuff and things Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:00 PM PDT Our possessions have an extensive and surprising impact on our identities and lives, but they may become less important to us as more and more of our lives takes place online, a new article concludes.  |
| Southerners are less trusting, but trust is a factor in environmental cooperation, U.S. study shows Posted: 31 Jul 2013 06:37 AM PDT Southerners are generally not as trusting as people who live in other parts of the U.S., but trusting people are more likely to cooperate in recycling, buying green products and conserving water, a new study shows.  |
| How do student characteristics predict university graduation odds? Posted: 31 Jul 2013 06:37 AM PDT While policymakers often blame university systems for low graduation among college students, according to new research, characteristics known about a student before he or she even enters a college classroom can accurately predict graduation rates. This new study finds that characteristics such as full-time enrollment status, race, transfer credits, and expected family contribution predict successful graduation from college.  |
| 'Love hormone' oxytocin: Difference in social perception between men and women Posted: 31 Jul 2013 06:32 AM PDT The "love hormone" oxytocin improves men's ability to identify competitive relationships whereas in women it facilitates the ability to identify kinship, according to a recent study.  |
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