Study: Higher opioid doses fail to lessen pain
Analysis based on more than 50,000 VA patientsCredit: Jeff Bowen Increasing chronic pain patients' opioid prescription doses does not seem ...
Tag: Social/Behavioral Science
Gluten- and casein-free diets found not to affect behavior of autistic children
Credit: University of Granada A study by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Granada (UGR) has ...
UMass Amherst awarded multiyear contract to continue gambling impact research in Massachusetts
State Gaming Commission funds unprecedented examination of new casinos' socioeconomic effectsCredit: Umass Amherst The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has awarded a ...
Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD
Credit: University of Rochester researchers Children diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)--caused by prenatal alcohol exposure--often face lifelong developmental, ...
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute announces three artists-in-residence
Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behaviorCredit: Anastasia Muna ...
Study paints picture of marijuana use in pregnant women
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane As the use of marijuana is legalized in an ...
Is human cooperativity an outcome of competition between cultural groups?
Credit: Carla Handley It may not always seem so, but scientists are convinced that humans are unusually cooperative. Unlike other ...
Research sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of coupling
Credit: German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research A UTSA researcher has discovered that, whether in a pair or in ...
UC study shows dramatic increase in naloxone dispensing in Ohio
Naloxone can now be dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription in some states. Researchers have found it's made a ...
Health and Technology District partners with Music Heals and SFU on mental health study
Mental health study combines music therapy and functional brain imagingCredit: SFU ImageTech Lab Surrey, B.C., Canada (January 31, 2020) The ...
Brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence to prepare teenagers for adult life
Credit: Frantisek Vasa New brain networks come 'online' during adolescence, allowing teenagers to develop more complex adult social skills, but ...
How to head off a Red Bull habit — study
Trial to discourage too much energy drink consumptionCredit: Flinders University Regular consumers of popular caffeinated energy drinks may need help ...
Critically injured soldiers have high rates of mental health disorders
New UMass Amherst study found military members with serious brain injuries are at greater riskCredit: UMass Amherst U.S. combat soldiers ...
Hey Google, are my housemates using my smart speaker?
UBC research shows more needs to be done to alleviate user concerns about privacy and securityCredit: University of British Columbia ...
Research leads to life changing improvement for some people living with depression
UCalgary deep brain stimulation study targets people with treatment-resistant depressionCredit: Photo by Kelly Johnston, Cumming School of Medicine. Beth MacKay ...
Effects of contact between minority and majority groups more complex than once believed
UMass Amherst, international team suggest new route to social change, intergroup harmonyCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - For more than ...
Interactive map of mass uprisings around the world shows nonviolence works
Harvard-developed tool for studying mass uprisings shows that nonviolent uprisings are more successful than violent onesMapping Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns ...
Research shows the sexes have equal spatial cognition skills
Men and women approach the task differently but get the same resultCredit: Diarmuid Greene, TrueMedia Men are not better than ...
UCI researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction
Credit: School of Biological Sciences / UCI Irvine, CA - January 24, 2020 - Individuals with a history of early ...
The ‘place’ of emotions
A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT ...