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Double-Standard for Male v. Female Leadership?

May 26th, 2012
Double-Standard for Male v. Female Leadership?In today’s competitive marketplace it seems that not a week goes by without a high-ranking, well-respected leader admitting a serious mistake. A provocative new study ...

Genetic Tendency to Obesity Not the Last Word

May 25th, 2012
Genetic Tendency to Obesity Not the Last WordClassic weight control doctrine follows the logic that if you consume more calories per day than what your body ...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids Heal

May 25th, 2012
 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids HealA new study had found a widely used psychological intervention dramatically reduces psychological distress experienced by child victims of war and sexual ...

Moral Compass Shifts As Roles Change

May 24th, 2012
Moral Compass Shifts As Roles ChangeA person's sense of right or wrong may change depending on what role they are playing at the time, according to a new study that ...

Life Satisfaction Linked to Resiliency

May 24th, 2012
Life Satisfaction Linked to ResiliencyFor all except the very fortunate few, life is full of ups and downs. In a new study, Spanish researchers found that learning to cope with ...

Harnessing Unconscious Visual Preferences to Consumer Choices

May 24th, 2012
Harnessing Unconscious Visual Preferences to Consumer ChoicesWhen you pick up a pen out of a messy drawer or grab a coffee cup in the morning, you don't really ...

War Atrocities May Be Fueled by Racism

May 23rd, 2012
War Atrocities Fueled by Racial PrejudiceNew research suggests war stress may not be the reason soldiers mutilate enemy corpses or take body parts as trophies. Investigators from the Economic and ...

Temporal Context Impacts Discrimination

May 22nd, 2012
Temporal Context Influences DiscriminationA new study suggests timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination – at least in the case of higher education. The finding comes from an experiment in which ...

Theory Challenges ‘Fight or Flight’ Response to Stress

May 22nd, 2012
New Theory Challenges 'Fight or Flight' Response to StressA new study from the University of Freiburg, Germany suggests that stress does not always cause aggressive behavior in ...

Angry Partner May Also Be Sad

May 22nd, 2012
An Angry Partner May Also be Sad Married couples usually are pretty good at recognizing each other’s emotional state during conflicts. However, researchers have found that one significant ...
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