States with permissive gun laws have higher mass shooting rates
Average rates 11 percent higher and growing in permissive states, shrinking in restrictive states States with more permissive gun laws ...
Tag: Behavior
A television in the bedroom?
Too much time in front of the bedroom TV deprives the child of more enriching developmental activities and may explain, ...
In fiction young people choose traditional love and gender stereotypes
o reveals a study to identify real gender and love stereotypes compared to their favourite ones in TV series, conducted ...
More than just memories: a new role for the hippocampus during learning
ASU and Stanford study shows how the hippocampus provides information to other brain areas during learningCredit: Graphic: Ian C. Ballard. ...
1 in 3 students with ADHD receive no school interventions, study finds
Largest national study of youth with ADHD reveals gaps between student needs and school services, particularly in secondary school and ...
Distracted drivers 29 times more likely to wreck in a highway work zone
Highway work zone crashes happen every 5.4 minutes. Now, an MU study says an inattentive driver is 29 times more ...
Giving a voice to society’s maintainers
Alfred Sloan Foundation grant to address the chronic neglect of maintenanceCredit: Virginia Tech Mechanics, landscapers, computer technicians, electricians, engineers, and ...
Menstrual cycle phase influences cocaine craving
Addicted female rats have stronger craving for cocaine during estrus than non-estrus, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, ...
Attitudes about health affect how older adults engage with negative health news
To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health. ...
New study highlights the influence social media has on children’s food intake
New University of Liverpool research, published in Pediatrics, highlights the negative influence that social media has on children's food intake. ...
Save the date: major child development conference in Baltimore: March 21-23, 2019
WHAT: The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) will hold its Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, March 21-March 23, ...
Study examines how sensitivity to emotions changes across the lifespan
Researchers gain a deeper understanding into differences in emotion processingCredit: McLean Hospital Why do we become more positive as we ...
Researchers discover clues to brain differences between males and females
New study by Dr. Margaret McCarthy's Lab shows how male sex steroids play a key role in understanding behavioral development ...
Major genetic study confirms that many genes contribute to risk for Tourette’s syndrome
Collaborative investigation reveals genetic spectrum of tic disorders, with more risk variants leading to more severe symptoms A meta-analysis of ...