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Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world.
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MAY 22, 2015Plants & Animals
It's amazing to think that the bulk of the world's food supply comes down to around seven species of insect: honeybees f ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Cancer
When people reach late middle age, about a quarter of their skin cells carry cancer-driving mutations caused by exposure ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 20, 2015Neuroscience
What really makes a good leader? There are probably as many lists of the traits that make up good leaders as there are l ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
How well can robots mimic humans to help the latter complete their everyday tasks in an unobtrusive way? What is the ide ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Health & Medicine
What human trait is less understood than lonely perfectionism? It's unattainable, of course, for we are all human. It's ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 11, 2015Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
A new study has unveiled an interesting paradox in our late-night snacking habits. It turns out the nachos with beer or ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 04, 2015Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2015Neuroscience
If you've ever tried introducing a novel thought or behavior into any type of human system--be it an academic institutio ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Health & Medicine
Hamilton College Professor of Economics Steve Wu and 2012 grad Kendall Weir analyzed five years of NFL draft data and di ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
The female baboon, much like a Kardashian, has always been known for having a very prominent bottom. Scientists have ten ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2015Plants & Animals
It's amazing to think that the bulk of the world's food supply comes down to around seven species of insect: honeybees f ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Cancer
When people reach late middle age, about a quarter of their skin cells carry cancer-driving mutations caused by exposure ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 20, 2015Neuroscience
What really makes a good leader? There are probably as many lists of the traits that make up good leaders as there are l ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
How well can robots mimic humans to help the latter complete their everyday tasks in an unobtrusive way? What is the ide ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Health & Medicine
What human trait is less understood than lonely perfectionism? It's unattainable, of course, for we are all human. It's ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 11, 2015Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
A new study has unveiled an interesting paradox in our late-night snacking habits. It turns out the nachos with beer or ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 04, 2015Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2015Neuroscience
If you've ever tried introducing a novel thought or behavior into any type of human system--be it an academic institutio ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
The culmination of a nine-year study by biologists finds that an animal of one species often battles with one from anoth ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Health & Medicine
Hamilton College Professor of Economics Steve Wu and 2012 grad Kendall Weir analyzed five years of NFL draft data and di ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
The female baboon, much like a Kardashian, has always been known for having a very prominent bottom. Scientists have ten ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
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