Blocking thoughts of cigarettes helps reduce smokers' intake at first, but means they smoke more than usual when they stop suppressing, according to new research. The study was carried out by researchers at St George's, University of London and the University of Hertfordshire...
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February 25, 2010
Top Psychologists Hold Lecture In Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland branch of The British Psychological Society and Queen's University of Belfast are delighted to announce six eminent psychologists, from across Ireland and the UK, will be discussing their ground breaking work in the Whitla Hall on Wednesday 3 March...
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February 21, 2010
University Of Queensland Research Uncovers How Antidepressants Actually Work
Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered how antidepressants stimulate the brain to improve a person's mood. They have discovered the class of drugs that increase levels of a neurotransmitter known as 'norepinephrine' triggers neurogenesis - the growth of new neurons - in a brain region called the hippocampus...
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February 20, 2010
University Students Normally Unscathed By Parental Divorce
A new study of university students has found that they normally emerge unaffected from the recent divorce of their parents, University of Warwick researchers have reported. The researchers, economists at the University of Warwick, designed an experiment in which both the productivity and happiness levels of 270 students were measured under controlled conditions...
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February 3, 2010
Bound to happen (especially if you’re an Asian Christian)
Christians tend to be more fatalistic than the non-religious, which is not altogether surprising. In a post earlier this month I reviewed a study showing one of the consequences of that fatalism.This post is about an altogether weirder aspect of fatalism!It comes from a study by Ara Norenzayan (University of British Columbia) and Albert Lee (Queen's University, Ontario). They looked at religious
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December 8, 2009
Does squinting really improve vision?
Science radio show Quirks and Quarks had a fascinating segment on its most recent programme asking whether squinting really does help you see more clearly. It turns out, it does.The programme talks to ophthalmologist Stephanie Baxter from Queen's University in Kingston who notes that squinting focuses the incoming light onto the fovea - a central point on the retina responsible for sharp central
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August 27, 2009
University Of Queensland Researcher Discovers How The Mum-bub Bond May Cross Generations
We all know that parents tend to treat their children the way their parents treated them, but why? UQ PhD candidate and developmental paediatrician Dr Lane Strathearn may have found the answer in mothers' brains. Published online in
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August 23, 2009
University Of Queensland Study Finds New Treatment For Communication Disorders
UQ researchers have found certain drugs can change how the brain processes language in a finding that has implications for new treatments of communication disorders.
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July 1, 2009
University of the Rockies Press Announces New Book (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
West' Engages Prominent Scholars and Rising Stars from United States and China
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