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New mothers reduce their alcohol intake, but this change is short-lived: Research tracked the drinking habits of more than 4,000 people in their teens, twenties and thirties

March 1, 2019 Alcoholism, Behavior, Child Psychology, Children's Health, Menopause, Nutrition Research, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Teen Health

Most women dramatically reduce their alcohol intake on learning they are pregnant, but by the time their child is five

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Don’t panic: Lessons learned from Hawaii false alarm: ‘Ballistic missile threat inbound’ text message made people verify and check what others were doing

February 28, 2019 anxiety, Behavior, Disaster Plan, Encryption, Hacking, Information Technology, Popular Culture, psychology, Social Issues

When Hawaiian Island residents received a false alarm text message that said “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate

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In small groups, people follow high-performing leaders

February 22, 2019 Behavior, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Psychiatry, psychology, Racial Issues, Relationships, Social Psychology

While the “wisdom of the crowd” shapes the behavior of large groups of people, less is known about small-group dynamics

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Opioid injecting linked to substantial rise in bacterial heart infections

January 28, 2019 Addiction, Behavior, Diseases and Conditions, Ecstasy, Medical Topics, Opium, Pharmacology, Vioxx

A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection

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Steriods: Causes of cortisone-induced side effects

January 25, 2019 Behavior, Diabetes, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Gene Therapy, Illegal Drugs, Personalized Medicine, Steroids

Patients undergoing long-term treatment with steroids may suffer from metabolic side effects. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the

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Local focus could help tackle global problems

January 17, 2019 Behavior, Creativity, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Environmental Policy, Geography, Perception

People’s love for their local areas could be harnessed to tackle global environmental problems, researchers say. Parochialism (a focus on

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Better analysis of psychological flexibility: Psychological flexibility — the bedrock of a much-used psychological therapy

January 11, 2019 Behavior, Child Development, Child Psychology, Consumer Behavior, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Multiple Sclerosis, Psychiatry

According to figures from NHS England, some 1.4 million people were referred for NHS mental health therapy during 2017. This

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Navigating our thoughts: Fundamental principles of thinking

November 15, 2018 Behavior, Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Creativity, Dementia, Intelligence, Neuroscience, psychology

It is one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: How do humans think? Until recently, we seemed far from

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Don’t offer co-workers help unless asked: If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again

October 23, 2018 Behavior, Hearing Impairment, Multiple Sclerosis, Perception, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology, stress

If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again. New workplace research from

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Is big-city living eroding our desire to be nice?

October 23, 2018 Behavior, Consumer Behavior, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Psychiatry, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

A new study by University of Miami psychology researchers of anonymous interactions suggests that humans switch off their automatic inclination

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