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• Artifacts shed light on social networks of the past
• Could that cold sore increase your risk of memory problems?
• Research provides clues to alcohol addiction vulnerability
• Parent-child violence leads to teen dating violence, study suggests
• Psychology study shows distance plays key role in gun control arguments
• Office workers carry biomarker of potentially harmful flame retardant, study finds
• Arguments in the home linked with babies' brain functioning
• Feeling sick makes us less social online, too
• Global companies beware: Rude customer treatment depends on culture
• Young children endorse fairness, but often don't practice what they preach
• How school report cards can backfire
• Too much choice leads to riskier decisions, new study finds

Artifacts shed light on social networks of the past Posted: 25 Mar 2013 03:40 PM PDT The advent of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have made us all more connected, but long-distance social networks existed long before the Internet. A new study led by an anthropologist provides new information on social networks in the pre-Hispanic Southwest in A.D. 1200-1450. Among the findings are that people were able to maintain surprisingly long distance relationships in a time when the only mode of transportation was walking.

Could that cold sore increase your risk of memory problems? Posted: 25 Mar 2013 03:38 PM PDT The virus that causes cold sores, along with other viral or bacterial infections, may be associated with cognitive problems, according to a new study.

Research provides clues to alcohol addiction vulnerability Posted: 25 Mar 2013 03:38 PM PDT A team studying alcohol addiction has new research that might shed light on why some drinkers are more susceptible to addiction than others.

Parent-child violence leads to teen dating violence, study suggests Posted: 25 Mar 2013 01:02 PM PDT Teen dating violence is all too common and according to researchers it is a reflection of the relationships teens have with their parents or their parent's partner.

Psychology study shows distance plays key role in gun control arguments Posted: 25 Mar 2013 11:17 AM PDT A new psychology study shows people are more supportive of gun control policy when elected officials base their arguments on broader statistics, rather than isolated incidents.

Office workers carry biomarker of potentially harmful flame retardant, study finds Posted: 25 Mar 2013 10:54 AM PDT A flame retardant removed from children's pajamas 30 years ago but now used in polyurethane foam is prevalent in office environments, especially in older buildings, where urine testing of workers turned up widespread evidence of its biomarker, a new study has found.

Arguments in the home linked with babies' brain functioning Posted: 25 Mar 2013 10:53 AM PDT Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies' brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study. Infants were found to respond to an angry tone of voice, even when they're asleep.

Feeling sick makes us less social online, too Posted: 25 Mar 2013 07:15 AM PDT When it comes to posting on social media, there are few areas of our lives that are off limits. We post about eating, working, playing, hunting, quilting – you name it. Just about everything is up for public consumption … except our health.

Global companies beware: Rude customer treatment depends on culture Posted: 25 Mar 2013 07:15 AM PDT A new study reveals that North American service workers are more likely to sabotage rude customers, while Chinese react by disengaging from customer service altogether.

Young children endorse fairness, but often don't practice what they preach Posted: 25 Mar 2013 07:14 AM PDT A new study finds that young children endorse fairness norms related to sharing, but often act in contradiction to those norms when given a chance to share.

How school report cards can backfire Posted: 25 Mar 2013 06:40 AM PDT In the wake of President Obama's "college scorecard," new research finds that government attempts to grade educational institutions can backfire when done for political or policy purposes.

Too much choice leads to riskier decisions, new study finds Posted: 25 Mar 2013 06:37 AM PDT The more choices people have, the riskier the decisions they make, according to a new study which sheds light on how we behave when faced with large amounts of information.

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