Anxiety and uncertainty can cause us to become more idealistic and more radical in our religious beliefs, according to new findings by York University researchers, published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
In a series of studies, more than 600 participants were placed in anxiety-provoking or neutral situations and then [...]
Filed under: Mind, Mood, News on July 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
Exercise May Be an Effective and Nonpharmacologic Treatment Option for Alcohol Dependence
Alcohol abuse is highly disruptive of circadian rhythms, and circadian disruptions can also lead to alcohol abuse as well as relapse in abstinent alcoholics. Circadian timing in mammals is regulated by light as well as other influences such as food, social interactions, and exercise. [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, Mind, News on June 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
LONG-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study.
The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours.
The survey of 12,800 people in 13 countries has been overseen by the World Health Organisation.
Preliminary results [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, Mind on October 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s the last set at Wimbledon and Serena Williams needs a little magic to take the match. Her opponent makes an amazing shot, but Williams somehow knows where the ball is going, and she’s there. How could she have read her opponent’s mind?
She didn’t. But she may have been helped by a kind of human [...]
Filed under: Mind on March 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
The medicine has been designed originally to help treat Alzheimer’s disease, but could be adapted and licensed for sale in a weaker form within the next few years.
One brand of memory-enhancing pill is being developed by the multinational company AstraZeneca in collaboration with Targacept, an American company, while Epix Pharmaceuticals, also from the US, is [...]
Filed under: Mind on January 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
