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Researchers devise a way to manipulate a rat's dreams

(Medical Xpress)—Cognitive scientists working at MIT have devised a means for not only altering the dreams of rats, but of demonstrating a way of testing what they've achieved, offering evidence tha...

SHSU professor investigates trends for elderly and crime

(Sam Houston State University) While the elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population, too little is known about the nature and scope of crime impacting this generation. Victoria Ti...

Vegetation In Urban Areas Acts As Crime Deterrent

Contrary to convention, vegetation, when well-maintained, can lower the rates of certain types of crime, such as aggravated assault, robbery and burglary, in cities, according to a Temple University s...

Are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Related To Crime?

Despite some concerns to the contrary, neighborhoods with medical marijuana dispensaries may not have higher crime rates than other neighborhoods - at least in one California city. That's the conclusi...

What Do Dreams Mean? Find Out in John Beebe's Live Online Session

Discover the meaning of dreams as John Beebe, Jungian Analyst, explains how to engage the dream in a two hour webinar hosted by Type Resources on October 29, 2012. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) September 29,...

Urban vegetation deters crime in Philadelphia

(Temple University) A new study of Philadelphia found that abundant vegetation, when well-maintained, can deter certain types of crime---particularly assault and robbery. The study is the first to loo...

Investigating Trends In Crime Against The Elderly

While the elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population, too little is known about the nature and scope of crime impacting this generation. Victoria Titterington of Sam Houston State...

Broken-window policing not cause of crime drop in 1990s NYC

New York City experienced a historic decline in crime rates during the 1990s, but it was not due to the [...]

Neuropsychology of dreams.

INTRODUCTION. Dreams are a universal human experience and studying them from the point of view of neuroscience, consciousness, emotions and cognition is quite a challenge for researchers. Thus, dreams...

The Conjoined Effect of Naturalistic Perceived Available Support and Enacted Support on Cardiovascular Reactivity During a Laboratory Stressor.

BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that enacted social support has salutogenetic effects on cardiovascular activation during stress. PURPOSE: This study aims to examine the conjoined effect of natural...

Generic and crime type specific correlates of youth crime: a Finnish population-based study.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the psychosocial correlates of various crime types among adolescent males born in Finland in 1981. METHODS: Data on crime registered in the Finnish Nati...

Behavioural case linkage with solved and unsolved crimes.

Offender behaviour is used to distinguish between crimes committed by the same person (linked crimes) and crimes committed by different people (unlinked crimes) through behavioural case linkage. There...

HIV/AIDS stigma: Measurement and relationships to psycho-behavioral factors in Latino gay/bisexual men and transgender women.

Abstract Despite the increased interest in HIV/AIDS stigma and its negative effects on the health and social support of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), little attention has been given to its asse...