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New york, USA (Reuters): A low pressure system about midway between Cape Verde Island and the Lesser Antilles had less than a 20 percent chance of developing over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National ...

Psychopathology In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team has found that NMDA receptors are essential in modifying brain oscillations – electrical wave p...

It was a morning like any other. I sat in traffic, looking through my windshield at a highway dotted with cars that all looked more or less the same. Suddenly, a thought popped into my head. I tu...

What attracts a man? One recent study suggests the color a woman wears might help. Researchers found that the color red can unconsciously make a man feel more attracted toward a woman. The research provides research support for society’s enduring love affair with red. From the red ochre used in ancient rituals to today’s [...]

People's ability to recognise abducted children is impaired when they view a photo of a smiling, clean child, but come into contact with the same child whose appearance is very different because he or she is upset, crying, dishevelled or unkempt. This is the key finding of a study published today in Applied Cognitive Psychology.

A small, but influential, group of voters in the United States worries that if elected, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama would give blacks preferential treatment just when all of America...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 29, 2008) - Canadians seeking psychiatric treatment waited longer in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to research on health care waiting times published by in...

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- The sight of campus police rushing across a courtyard left jittery students wondering whether they should run for cover. While there was no cause for alarm Tuesday, the students' ...

One in 50 people in England were in contact with NHS specialist services for those with severe or enduring mental health problems in 2006-07, according to a new report by The NHS Information Centre. The number accessing specialist services, which cover care by specialist psychiatric teams in hospital or in the community, has risen over the four years covered by the report, reaching more than 1.1 million in 2006-07.

A groundbreaking study by two University of Rochester psychologists published online Oct. 28 by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology adds color - literally and figuratively - to the age-old question of what attracts men to women. Through five psychological experiments, Andrew Elliot, professor of psychology, and Daniela Niesta, post-doctoral researcher, demonstrate that the color red makes men feel more amorous toward women.