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• Employment may lead to improvement in autism symptoms
• Access to technology improves older adults' health
• Health and 'hookups' correlated in first-year college women
• Mindfulness helps undergraduates stay on track
• Fish derived serum omega-3 fatty acids help reduce risk of type 2 diabetes
• Social experience drives empathetic, pro-social behavior in rats
• Debunking the sixth sense
• NHS cancer risk threshold 'too high' for patients, research indicates
• Brief visit to neighborhood induces social attitudes of that neighborhood
• Younger people have 'high definition' memories
• Do cultural differences determine outcome of our activities?
• Food companies marketing to kids
• Children or no children: Similar life satisfaction for Americans

Employment may lead to improvement in autism symptoms Posted: 14 Jan 2014 10:06 AM PST More independent work environments may lead to reductions in autism symptoms and improve daily living in adults with the disorder, according to a new study.

Access to technology improves older adults' health Posted: 14 Jan 2014 10:06 AM PST A professor of psychology is exploring the potential benefits of computer access to senior citizens' health.

Health and 'hookups' correlated in first-year college women Posted: 14 Jan 2014 08:41 AM PST Sexual experimentation outside of committed romantic relationships, or "hooking up," is typically portrayed by the media as unhealthy, especially for young women. These portrayals, however, are largely conjecture. Research now demonstrates potential negative outcomes associated with hooking up in female college students.

Mindfulness helps undergraduates stay on track Posted: 14 Jan 2014 07:30 AM PST A form of mental training called mindfulness training, specifically designed for undergraduate students, shows promise as a tool to train attention and improve learning during the academic semester, according to a new study.

Fish derived serum omega-3 fatty acids help reduce risk of type 2 diabetes Posted: 14 Jan 2014 07:27 AM PST High concentrations of serum long-chain omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. The sources of these fatty acids are fish and fish oils.

Social experience drives empathetic, pro-social behavior in rats Posted: 14 Jan 2014 07:25 AM PST Empathy-driven behavior has been observed in rats who will free trapped companions from restrainers. This behavior also extends toward strangers, but requires prior, positive social interactions with the type (strain) of the unfamiliar individual, report scientists. The findings suggest that social experiences, not genetics or kin selection, determine whether an individual will help strangers out of empathy.

Debunking the sixth sense Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:21 AM PST New research has helped debunk the common belief that a sixth sense, also known as extrasensory perception, exists.

NHS cancer risk threshold 'too high' for patients, research indicates Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:21 AM PST Patients have expressed an appetite for potential cancer symptoms to be checked out much sooner than current NHS thresholds guidelines suggest, new research has revealed.

Brief visit to neighborhood induces social attitudes of that neighborhood Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:19 AM PST Spending as little as 45 minutes in a high-crime, deprived neighborhood can have measurable effects on people's trust in others and their feelings of paranoia. In a new study, students who visited high-crime neighborhoods quickly developed a level of trust and paranoia comparable to the residents of that neighborhood, and significantly different from that in more low-crime neighborhoods. As a result, urban planners should carefully consider the psychological effects of the environment.

Younger people have 'high definition' memories Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:18 AM PST It's not that younger people are able to remember more than older people. Their memories seem better because they are able to retrieve them in higher definition. So says a researcher, in a study that sheds light on how differences in the behavioral and neural activity of younger and older adults influence the different generations' ability to store and recall memories.

Do cultural differences determine outcome of our activities? Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:17 AM PST A generally held assumption in various academic disciplines is that the way people perform various everyday activities – walking, swimming, carrying loads, etc. – is culturally determined. But, the question remains: do these cultural characteristics, when they affect various motor skills, also determine the results of people's efforts?

Food companies marketing to kids Posted: 13 Jan 2014 01:36 PM PST Most students attend schools where they are exposed to fast food and beverages through meals, advertising and promotions, according to researchers.

Children or no children: Similar life satisfaction for Americans Posted: 13 Jan 2014 12:42 PM PST Americans aged 34 to 46 with children at home rate their life satisfaction at higher levels than those without children at home, according to a report. However, the researchers say that factors such as higher educational attainment, higher income, better health and religiosity all enhance life satisfaction and that, once these are taken into account, parents and nonparents have similar levels of life satisfaction.

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