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Released: 31-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Jumping Spiders Can Hear Sound Without Eardrums
Binghamton University, State University of New York

There really is a “spider sense.” With help from Binghamton University’s Ron Miles, researchers found that despite not having ears—or ear drums—jumping spiders can perceive airborne sound.

Released: 31-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
IU Study Finds Slight Shift in Attitudes Toward Bisexuals, From Negative to Neutral
Indiana University

While positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have increased over recent decades, a new study led by researchers at IU’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion shows attitudes toward bisexual men and women are relatively neutral, if not ambivalent.

Released: 31-Oct-2016 6:05 AM EDT
Few Children Born to Parents with Serious Mental Illness Live with Both Parents While Growing Up
Elsevier BV

Serious mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia has been shown to affect relationships and parenting capabilities. Children of parents with serious mental illness are vulnerable, and therefore comprehensive knowledge about their life circumstances is warranted for public health strategies to provide helpful supportive services. A study published in the November 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) found that the living arrangements of children whose parents have a serious mental illness differ from the general population.

Released: 28-Oct-2016 5:05 PM EDT
Bundy Acquittal, Trump Loss May Inspire Future Militia Action: Vanderbilt Expert
Vanderbilt University

American militia groups, emboldened by the recent acquittal of members of the Bundy group of charges related to their armed occupation of a wildlife preserve in Oregon and the angry rhetoric of Donald Trump, may stage similar standoffs in the future, says Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology. “It sets both a legal and psychological precedent for these kinds of demonstrations,” Cooter says.

Released: 28-Oct-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Wake Forest Baptist Research Team Receives $2 Million Award
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

A research team at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been awarded a three-year grant for $2 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy and yoga on anxiety in older adults.

Released: 28-Oct-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Halloween Activities Help Babies Develop Senses, Kids Develop Empathy
University of Alabama

Babies crunching leaves in their hands, children creating costumes with their parents, and families picking pumpkins at the local pumpkin patch -- it doesn't have to be cheap or include witches and werewolves for parents to spend time with their children and help aid in their psychological and social development

Released: 28-Oct-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Study: Pop-Culture News Helped Destigmatize Out-of-Wedlock Childbirth
University at Buffalo

Celebrity news reports over the past four decades appear to have contributed to the changing makeup of the traditional American family by helping to destigmatize out-of-wedlock childbirths in the United States, according to a study by a University at Buffalo sociologist.

Released: 27-Oct-2016 12:05 PM EDT
New Study: Children with Autism May Be Over-Diagnosed with ADHD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pediatric researchers report that children with ASD may mistakenly be diagnosed with ADHD because they have autism-related social impairments rather than problems with attention. This is important for understanding what are the right services and treatments for a child.

Released: 27-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
The Transition From Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time Leads to Depressions
Aarhus University

The number of people diagnosed with depression at psychiatric hospitals increases immediately after the transition from daylight saving time to standard time -- this is the conclusion of a recent register-based study from Denmark.

   
Released: 27-Oct-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Presidential Election Victories Paved by Non-Competitive, Rather Than Battleground, States, Game Theorists Conclude
New York University

The role of non-competitive states in presidential elections has been underestimated, an analysis by a pair of game theorists shows.

Released: 26-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
A Songbird’s Travelogue
University of Utah

Biologists at the University of Utah recently used light-weight geolocation technology to follow a species of songbird on its 10,000-kilometer migration from the Middle East to sub-Saharan Africa.

Released: 26-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing Receives Grant to Expand Behavioral Health Services in Maywood and Melrose Park
Loyola Medicine

Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing faculty Diana Hackbarth, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Fran Vlasses, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, have been awarded a $928,000 grant over two years from the Health Resources and Services Administration to integrate behavioral health providers into nurse-led primary care teams.

Released: 26-Oct-2016 10:00 AM EDT
For the First Time in Humans, Researchers Use Brain Surface Stimulation to Provide 'Touch' Feedback to Direct Movement
University of Washington

Grasping a cup or brushing hair or cooking a meal requires feedback that has been lost in amputees and individuals with paralysis -- a sense of touch. University of Washington researchers have have used direct stimulation of the human brain surface to provide this basic sensory feedback through artificial electrical signals, enabling a person to control movement while performing a simple task: opening and closing his hand.

Released: 26-Oct-2016 10:00 AM EDT
Common Sets of Genes Disrupted In Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Depression
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Studying brain tissue from deceased donors, Johns Hopkins scientists have found common groups of genes disrupted among people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. The commonly affected genes sets, identified with RNA sequencing methods, engage in making proteins, controlling brain cell communications and mounting an immune system response, the researchers say.

Released: 25-Oct-2016 6:05 PM EDT
University of Utah Researcher Receives Federal Grants to Fund Cutting-Edge Mindfulness Research Addressing Nation’s Opioid Epidemic
University of Utah

National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense grants will be used to investigate Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement treatment for chronic pain



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