EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science

The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.http://www.eurekalert.org en-usCopyright 2013 by the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceFri, 28 Jun 2013 14:39:04 EDTEurekAlert!http://www.eurekalert.org/images/logo.gifhttp://www.eurekalert.org The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.60webmaster@eurekalert.org (EurekAlert!)(<i>Women's College Hospital</i>) Elderly cardiac patients prescribed heart medications for 60 days or more after leaving hospital have four times the odds of adhering to the drug regime than patients prescribed the same medications for 30 days, according to research conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Women's College Hospital.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/wch-cpg062813.php Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/wch-cpg062813.php(<i>Disney Research</i>) Investigators at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, have developed an automated technique for analyzing the patterns of play of field hockey teams, providing a new tool for coaches and commentators who must make sense of mountains of video and other game data.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/dr-dra062813.php Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/dr-dra062813.php(<i>Rice University</i>) Americans are more respectful now than ever before when it comes to the religious traditions of their peers, according to findings from the longitudinal Rice University Portraits of American Life Study. Other findings: Americans are more divided on the legal definition of marriage, favor restrictions on abortion, support pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and are less politically engaged (with the exception of African-Americans).http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ru-rur062813.php Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ru-rur062813.php(<i>Uppsala University</i>) A new study from researchers at Uppsala University and University of Havana uses mathematic modeling and experiments on ants to show that a group is capable of developing flexible resource management strategies and characteristic responses of its own. The results are now published in Physical Review Letters.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uu-cap062813.php Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uu-cap062813.php(<i>Ohio State University</i>) Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the blood may reduce the risk for hip fractures in postmenopausal women, recent research suggests.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/osu-cad062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/osu-cad062713.php(<i>The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine</i>) A single dose of a commonly prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug helps improve brain function in cocaine addiction.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/tmsh-rsp062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/tmsh-rsp062713.php(<i>Association for Psychological Science</i>) When faced with the choice of sacrificing time and energy for a loved one or taking the self-centered route, people's first impulse is to think of others, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/afps-lsp062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/afps-lsp062713.php(<i>University of Iowa</i>) Ever wondered what's going on inside young children's brains when they're looking at things? Researchers at the University of Iowa have used optical neuroimaging for the first time on 3-and 4-year-olds to determine which areas of the brain are activated in "visual working memory."http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoi-ali062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoi-ali062713.php(<i>Northwestern University</i>) The minds of murderers who kill impulsively, often out of rage, and those who carefully carry out premeditated crimes differ markedly both psychologically and intellectually, according to a new study by Northwestern Medicine? researcher Robert Hanlon.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/nu-itm062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/nu-itm062713.php(<i>Baylor University</i>) People punish generous group members by rejecting them socially -- even when the generosity benefits everyone -- because the "big givers" are nonconformists, according to a Baylor University study.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/bu-gg062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/bu-gg062713.php(<i>American College of Emergency Physicians</i>) Emergency patients over the age of 74 have significantly different and more complex health and social needs than their younger counterparts, even after controlling for illness severity, which has important implications about aging populations and emergency departments of the future. The results of the most extensive international study of the characteristics and outcomes of older emergency patients to be reported to date were published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/acoe-san062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/acoe-san062713.php(<i>Elhuyar Fundazioa</i>) The IXA Group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has just embarked on a new European project to take a qualitative leap forward in machine translation: QT Leap. The project aims to significantly improve the quality of today's results in machine translation, which are far from perfect. The project has a duration of three years.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ef-itq062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ef-itq062713.php(<i>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</i>) MIT neuroscientists have now shown that they can prevent habits from taking root.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/miot-bhb062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/miot-bhb062713.php(<i>The Optical Society</i>) Contact lenses correct eyesight but do nothing to improve blurry vision of those suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the western world. Now a team of researchers has created a slim, telescopic contact lens that can switch between normal and magnified vision. With refinements, the system could offer AMD patients a relatively unobtrusive way to enhance their vision. The work was published today in Optics Express.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/tos-atf062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/tos-atf062713.php(<i>Elsevier</i>) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of Health Care: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/e-eat062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/e-eat062713.php(<i>VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland</i>) The Internet has a major impact on the consumers' media habits. The market situation for magazines is changing in line with the continuing increase of online media content. Success will require a completely new business approach. A recent study conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland highlighted value and experientiality perceived by the consumer as the starting point and prerequisite for service development of future magazines.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/vtrc-fmf062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/vtrc-fmf062713.php(<i>VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland</i>) To enable genuine interaction between consumers and companies, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing tools and methods for web-based co-design for years. Owela (Open Web Lab), a platform for user-driven innovation, was developed as part of the doctoral dissertation work of VTT's Research Scientist Pirjo Friedrich. Through this platform companies can monitor the experiences of the users of their services in real time and use the information thus obtained in development of the services.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/vtrc-fop062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/vtrc-fop062713.php(<i>University of Strathclyde</i>) Standard domestic smoke detectors may not always wake children in the event of a fire, according to research at the University of Strathclyde's Centre for Forensic Science and Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uos-rrc062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uos-rrc062713.php(<i>North Carolina State University</i>) Research from North Carolina State University shows that software which tracks facial expressions can accurately assess the emotions of students engaged in interactive online learning and predict the effectiveness of online tutoring sessions.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ncsu-rtf062713.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ncsu-rtf062713.php(<i>University of California - San Francisco</i>) A team led by UC San Francisco researchers has discovered a sensory system in the foreleg of the fruit fly that tells male flies whether a potential mate is from a different species. The work addresses a central problem in evolution that is poorly understood: how animals of one species know not to mate with animals of other species.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoc--urd062613.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoc--urd062613.php(<i>Columbia University Medical Center</i>) A series of studies conducted by Randy Bruno, Ph.D., and Christine Constantinople, Ph.D., of Columbia University's Department of Neuroscience, topples convention by showing that sensory information travels to two places at once: Not only to the brain's mid-layer (where most axons lead), but also directly to its deeper layers. The study appears in the June 28, 2013, edition of the journal Science.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/cumc-sat062613.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/cumc-sat062613.php(<i>University of Exeter</i>) In his new book Photography and Exploration, James Ryan, Associate Professor of Historical and Cultural Geography at the University of Exeter, investigates the role of photography in scientific exploration.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoe-nbe062613.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoe-nbe062613.php(<i>Wellcome Trust</i>) Important new insights into how the brain compensates for temporary hearing loss during infancy, such as that commonly experienced by children with glue ear, are revealed in a research study in ferrets. The Wellcome Trust-funded study at the University of Oxford could point to new therapies for glue ear and has implications for the design of hearing aid devices.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/wt-iih062613.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/wt-iih062613.php(<i>Frontiers</i>) In this week's news briefs: The benefits of endophytic bacteria; clustering the lexicon in the brain; and how oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes can contribute to chromosomal instability.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/f-fnb062613.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/f-fnb062613.php(<i>Karolinska Institutet</i>) A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that our imagination may affect how we experience the world more than we perhaps think. What we imagine hearing or seeing "in our head" can change our actual perception. The study, which is published in the scientific journal Current Biology, sheds new light on a classic question in psychology and neuroscience -- about how our brains combine information from the different senses.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ki-icc062513.php Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ki-icc062513.php

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