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NYU research: A window to prevent HIV/AIDS epidemic in Colombia In the early 1990s, drug production in Colombia diversified to include heroin as well as cocaine, and since then the country s role in the heroin trade has substantially increased. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Colombia produced approximately 70 to 100 metric tons of heroin between 1998 and 2004. Studies have found an increase in local heroin use since the mid-1990s. This is a strong cause for concern, given the potential for H ... EurekAlert - Fri. Feb 12
New Research From Psychological Science Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science The Evaluative Advantage of Novel Alternatives An Information-Sampling Account Ga l Le Mens, Yaakov Kareev, and Judith Avrahami People often rate new items more favorably than old items. Why might this be Theories explaining this phenomenon have suggested that new items may serve a purpose or solve a problem old items could not, or that through imitation of others use of new items, new items ... Psychological Science - Fri. Feb 12
Study Ties Parents' Criticism to Persistent ADHD in Kids Constant criticism from parents reduces the likelihood that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD will have fewer symptoms by the time they reach their teens, a new study suggests. In many cases, ADHD symptoms decrease as children get older. But this doesn t occur in all cases. And the new study findings suggest that parental criticism may be a factor. For the study, researchers followed 388 children with ADHD and their families for t ... Healthday - Fri. Feb 12
6 Ways to Stop Overthinking Everything Whether they re beating themselves up over a mistake they made yesterday, or they re fretting about how they re going to succeed tomorrow, over-thinkers are plagued by distressing thoughts. Their inability to get out of their own heads leaves them in a state of constant anguish. While everyone over-thinks things once in a while, some people just can t ever seem to quiet the constant barrage of thoughts. Their inner monologue includes two destructive though ... Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 12
Can Being a Couch Potato Shrink Your Brain? Do you need one more reason to sit less, exercise more, and get in shape If so, scientific evidence is mounting that aerobic activity and cardiovascular fitness can increase brain volume throughout your lifespan. On the flip side, a new study has found that a lack of physical activity and being out of shape in midlife may cause your brain to shrink as you age. Recently, researchers in Finland published a study confirming that sustained aerobic activity sti ... Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 12
The Myth of the Glowing New Mother This post was authored by Gabrielle Lewine, Ph.D. candidate at University of Southern California Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 12
Sneezing produces complex fluid cascade, not a simple spray Here s some incentive to cover your mouth the next time you sneeze New high-speed videos captured by MIT researchers show that as a person sneezes, they launch a sheet of fluid that balloons, then breaks apart in long filaments that destabilize, and finally disperses as a spray of droplets, similar to paint that is flung through the air. Using two high-speed cameras, the researchers recorded more than 100 sneezes from healthy human subjects and captured th ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11
Internet searches reflect vaping's surge The Oxford Dictionaries selected vape --as in, to smoke from an electronic cigarette--as word of the year in 2014. It turns out that Internet users search behavior tells a similar story. Between 2009 and 2015, the number of people in the United States seeking information online about vaping rose dramatically, according to a recent study co-led by San Diego State University Internet health expert John W. Ayers and University of North Carolina tobacco contro ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11
New report finds illness continues to be major effect linked to Gulf War milit... WASHINGTON - Although more than 500 million in federally funded research on Persian Gulf War veterans between 1994 and 2014 has produced many findings, there has been little substantial progress in the overall understanding of the health effects, particularly Gulf War illness, resulting from military service in the war, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine IOM of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Aligning with concl ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11
Penn researchers offer new approach to treating cocaine addiction In the ongoing fight against drug addiction, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania s School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine have discovered a unique application for an FDA-approved drug currently used for obese patients and type 2 diabetics treatment for cocaine dependence. The drug, trade name Byetta, derives from a naturally occurring hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, which regulates feeding behavior. Knowing what the ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11
How your brain might be secretly thwarting your New Year's resolutions The human brain is wired to pay attention to previously pleasing things -- a finding that could help explain why it s hard to break bad habits or stick to New Year s resolutions. In the new issue of Current Biology , Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists demonstrate for the first time that when people see something associated with a past reward, their brain flushes with dopamine -- even if they aren t expecting a reward and even if they don t realize th ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11
I want her to want me: Where men, sex and personality meet A man walks into a bar. He thinks the attractive woman smiling at him from across the room wants to have sex with him. True Or is it all in his head Research has shown that in general, men have a tendency to misjudge a woman s sexual intent, often based on individual or situational factors such as alcohol intoxication. But a new study goes further, suggesting that a man s attachment style - a personality trait reflecting his romantic relationship tendencie ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11

NYU research: A window to prevent HIV/AIDS epidemic in Colombia

In the early 1990s, drug production in Colombia diversified to include heroin as well as cocaine, and since then the country s role in the heroin trade has substantially increased. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Colombia produced approximately 70 to 100 metric tons of heroin between 1998 and 2004. Studies have found an increase in local heroin use since the mid-1990s. This is a strong cause for concern, given the potential for H ...

EurekAlert - Fri. Feb 12

New Research From Psychological Science

Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science The Evaluative Advantage of Novel Alternatives An Information-Sampling Account Ga l Le Mens, Yaakov Kareev, and Judith Avrahami People often rate new items more favorably than old items. Why might this be Theories explaining this phenomenon have suggested that new items may serve a purpose or solve a problem old items could not, or that through imitation of others use of new items, new items ...

Psychological Science - Fri. Feb 12

Study Ties Parents' Criticism to Persistent ADHD in Kids

Constant criticism from parents reduces the likelihood that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD will have fewer symptoms by the time they reach their teens, a new study suggests. In many cases, ADHD symptoms decrease as children get older. But this doesn t occur in all cases. And the new study findings suggest that parental criticism may be a factor. For the study, researchers followed 388 children with ADHD and their families for t ...

Healthday - Fri. Feb 12

6 Ways to Stop Overthinking Everything

Whether they re beating themselves up over a mistake they made yesterday, or they re fretting about how they re going to succeed tomorrow, over-thinkers are plagued by distressing thoughts. Their inability to get out of their own heads leaves them in a state of constant anguish. While everyone over-thinks things once in a while, some people just can t ever seem to quiet the constant barrage of thoughts. Their inner monologue includes two destructive though ...

Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 12

Can Being a Couch Potato Shrink Your Brain?

Do you need one more reason to sit less, exercise more, and get in shape If so, scientific evidence is mounting that aerobic activity and cardiovascular fitness can increase brain volume throughout your lifespan. On the flip side, a new study has found that a lack of physical activity and being out of shape in midlife may cause your brain to shrink as you age. Recently, researchers in Finland published a study confirming that sustained aerobic activity sti ...

Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 12

The Myth of the Glowing New Mother

This post was authored by Gabrielle Lewine, Ph.D. candidate at University of Southern California

Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 12

Sneezing produces complex fluid cascade, not a simple spray

Here s some incentive to cover your mouth the next time you sneeze New high-speed videos captured by MIT researchers show that as a person sneezes, they launch a sheet of fluid that balloons, then breaks apart in long filaments that destabilize, and finally disperses as a spray of droplets, similar to paint that is flung through the air. Using two high-speed cameras, the researchers recorded more than 100 sneezes from healthy human subjects and captured th ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11

Internet searches reflect vaping's surge

The Oxford Dictionaries selected vape --as in, to smoke from an electronic cigarette--as word of the year in 2014. It turns out that Internet users search behavior tells a similar story. Between 2009 and 2015, the number of people in the United States seeking information online about vaping rose dramatically, according to a recent study co-led by San Diego State University Internet health expert John W. Ayers and University of North Carolina tobacco contro ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11

New report finds illness continues to be major effect linked to Gulf War milit...

WASHINGTON - Although more than 500 million in federally funded research on Persian Gulf War veterans between 1994 and 2014 has produced many findings, there has been little substantial progress in the overall understanding of the health effects, particularly Gulf War illness, resulting from military service in the war, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine IOM of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Aligning with concl ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11

Penn researchers offer new approach to treating cocaine addiction

In the ongoing fight against drug addiction, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania s School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine have discovered a unique application for an FDA-approved drug currently used for obese patients and type 2 diabetics treatment for cocaine dependence. The drug, trade name Byetta, derives from a naturally occurring hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, which regulates feeding behavior. Knowing what the ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11

How your brain might be secretly thwarting your New Year's resolutions

The human brain is wired to pay attention to previously pleasing things -- a finding that could help explain why it s hard to break bad habits or stick to New Year s resolutions. In the new issue of Current Biology , Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists demonstrate for the first time that when people see something associated with a past reward, their brain flushes with dopamine -- even if they aren t expecting a reward and even if they don t realize th ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11

I want her to want me: Where men, sex and personality meet

A man walks into a bar. He thinks the attractive woman smiling at him from across the room wants to have sex with him. True Or is it all in his head Research has shown that in general, men have a tendency to misjudge a woman s sexual intent, often based on individual or situational factors such as alcohol intoxication. But a new study goes further, suggesting that a man s attachment style - a personality trait reflecting his romantic relationship tendencie ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 11