Nature News is reporting some interesting results presented as a paper at a meeting of the International Society for the Psychology of Science & Technology last week: articles published in the journal Science with longer "Works Cited" sections are themselves more frequently cited [$$]. A plot of the number of references listed in each article against the number of citations it eventually received
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August 15, 2010
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June 26, 2010
September 26, 2009
A New Take On Why Social Cues Confuse Babies And Dogs In A Classic Hiding Game
A study by developmental scientists at the University of Iowa and Indiana University challenges the conclusions of two recent studies on how babies and dogs respond to certain social cues. The new findings, published in the journal Science, indicate that babies and dogs may not be as clever as the other studies suggest.
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September 5, 2009
For Building Human Cooperation, Carrots Are Better Than Sticks
Rewards go further than punishment in building human cooperation and benefiting the common good, according to research published this week in the journal Science by researchers at Harvard University and the Stockholm School of Economics. While previous studies have focused almost exclusively on punishment for promoting public cooperation, here rewards are shown to be much more successful.
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August 16, 2009
Scientists Find A Common Link Of Bird Flocks, Breast Milk And Trust
What do flocks of birds have in common with trust, monogamy, and even breast milk? According to a new report in the journal Science, they are regulated by virtually identical neurochemicals in the brain, known as oxytocin in mammals and mesotocin in birds.
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May 30, 2009
Drug-Free Flipping Of The Brain’s Addiction Switch
When someone becomes dependent on drugs or alcohol, the brain's pleasure center gets hijacked, disrupting the normal functioning of its reward circuitry. Researchers investigating this addiction "switch" have now implicated a naturally occurring protein, a dose of which allowed them to get rats hooked with no drugs at all. The research will be published Friday in the journal Science.
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