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Ovulating women better at spotting straight men: study
CTV Canada: Women can more accurately identify a man's sexual orientation the closer she is to ovulation, according to a study released this month. The study, a joint project by the University of Toronto and Tufts University in Boston, looked at the ability of 40 undergraduate women to judge whether a man is gay or straight based on viewing a photograph of his face. In the first of three experiments, the women looked at 80 images, half of which were gay men, and were told to determine each man's sexual orientation. Read more: CTV Canada
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How our brains make the most of recalling bad memories
Irish Times: CAN NEGATIVE emotions help memory? It seems they can, under certain circumstances, according to a new study published in Psychological Science. Researchers asked students to study lists of Swahili words and their translations into English, then the students were asked to recall the meanings. After each correct answer, the students were shown a negative image, a neutral picture or a blank screen. When that first test was over, they did a quick multiplication exercise, then the students were quizzed again on the Swahili- English items. Read more: Irish Times
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Women’s prejudice linked with menstrual cycle
Times of India: A study byMichigan State University psychologist researchers has indicated that women's bias against male strangers increases when women are fertile, suggesting prejudice may be partly fuelled by genetics. "Our findings suggest that women's prejudice, at least in part, may be a byproduct of their biology," said Melissa McDonald, a doctoral student and lead author on the paper. Read more: Times of India
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Why are passionate women always compared to cats? Meow!
The Globe and Mail: Earlier this month, someone who is not a cat meowed at Australian Minister of Finance Penny Wong. Wong had the floor during a heated debate among members of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee when a Tasmanian senator named David Bushby interrupted her with said animal sound. Wong, incredulous at what she’d heard, shot back: “The blokes are allowed to yell, but if a woman stands her ground, you want to make that kind of comment. It’s sort of schoolyard politics, mate. It’s just extraordinary.” Read more: The Globe and Mail
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Society for Research on Adolescence: 14th Biennial Meeting
The 14th SRA Biennial Meeting will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada on March 8-10, 2012. The Call for Submissions is available at: http://www.s-r-a.org/2012-biennial-meeting Submission deadline is August 19, 2011 Check out the line-up of exciting, diverse, and international invited programs: http://www.s-r-a.org/biennial-meeting Please visit the SRA website (www.s-r-a.org) for more information. Please do not hesitate to contact Thelma Tucker, SRA Program Operations Manager ([email protected]).
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Powerful, Intoxicated, Anonymous: The Paradox of the Disinhibited
A team of scientists proposes a model to explain how the diverse domains of power, alcohol intoxication and anonymity produce similarly paradoxical social behaviors.