Brown team looks for new ways to examine scientific data
.... The researchers will use perceptual psychology to compare theeffectiveness of visualization tools in several environments, including virtual reality, desktopworkstations, paper and 3-D rapid-prototyping output. The tools will be developed and evaluated in clos...Study indicates certain rules underlie calling behavior of bullfrogs
...right-Horowitz, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Rhode Island. This rule-drive...co-author Andrea Simmons, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brown. The study suggests that males form stable territories, and ma...Suspect list shortens for maternal aggression's brain origins
...ggression." Gammie's postdoctoral mentor, Hopkins psychology and neuroscience professor Randy Nelson , was one of a group of several Hopkins scientists who discovered a link five years ago between the brain neurotransmitter nitric oxide and aggression in male mice. In an attempt to greatly reduce or eliminate...How much of the world do we really see?
...anger informs you that you've just taken part in a psychology experiment. "Did you notice anything change after the two men passed with the door?" he asks. "No," you reply uneasily. He then explains that the man who initially approached you walked off behind the door, leaving him in his place. The first man now...Female birds choose best singers to have smarter offspring
...e children," said Timothy J. DeVoogd, professor of psychology and of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell. "Of course these birds are not scholars of evolutionary theory. They don't think Darwin's principle of sexual selection when they make up their minds about which male sings best. Nevertheless, their choi...New $35.5 million center for mind, brain and learning created at UW
...earing sciences professor, and Andrew Meltzoff, UW psychology professor, have been named co-directors of the interdisciplinary center. Kuhl and Meltzoff are inter- nationally known for their research on child development and the brain mechanisms underlying learning. Talaris has committed the $35.5 million to ...Why some people just can't seem to pay attention
... dysfunctions," explained Kimmo Alho, professor of psychology at the University of Helsinki. "However, many att...on," said Jyrki Ahveninen, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Helsinki and lead author of the study. "This was indicated by increased reacti...Vanderbilt neuroscientists identify 'oops center' in the brain
...f-control, says Sohee Park, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt. It gets at really basic questions of psychology and philosophy like the origin of thought and free will. It also has important implications for the ...Dieting study finds Internet effective in producing initial weight loss
...edical School, and Richard A. Winett, professor of psychology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The study was supported by a grant from the Weight Risk Investigators Study Council, a research division of Knoll Pharmaceutical. The studys Web site was acc...Violence and aggression: University of New Orleans researchers offer provocative insights
...e notes. "It's different from traditional clinical psychology that views abnormal behavior in isolation to normal behavior, and without understanding normal developmental processes as well." What different results is he getting? He's identified a different developmental pathway, added a complex layer to the res...Social scientists and biologists collaborate to address human dimensions of biodiversity
... and how changes in biodiversity will impact human psychology and economies such as fisheries and agriculture. The panel on Human Dimensions of Biodiversity is dedicated to the International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY) 2001 - 2002, a year in which scientists are joining forces to increase communication...Do the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol differ by culture?
...odituwakku (Kodi), research assistant professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico and co-author of the study, "North American and European physicians were trained to diagnose it. Furthermore, many studies of prevalence, cognitive and behavioral characteristics, and biological mechanisms of this dis...Untangling the matrix of risk factors for alcoholism
...eculation," commented Robert O. Pihl, professor of psychology and psychiatry at McGill University. "Because serotonergic dysfunction seems related to an exceedingly wide range of behaviors, a likely explanation is that of a regulatory role for many biochemical systems in the brain. A speculative analogy has s...Wave of the future? Dams as river restoration
...Drawing upon the social sciences, including social psychology and communications, she will suggest methods to improve public understanding of dam removal. The potential roles for ecologists to affect social change around river restoration and dam removal will also be addressed. Margaret Bowman of American Rive...Age at first drink: What does it really mean?
...ained Matt McGue, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Minnesota, and lead author of both studies. "Our finding - that early use of alcohol is not specifically associated with increased rates of alcoholism, but is also predictive of increased rates of other drug abuse/dependence, me....... Schneider, professor of occupational therapy and psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lead author of the study. "Yet women who report drinking late in pregnancy have usually consumed alcohol throughout and so it is hard to disentangle early drinking from late drinking. In addition, while an...Whale of a Puget Sound problem lures UW researchers
...ith James Ha, a UW research associate professor of psychology who specializes in animal behavior, and David Bain...Hawks-Johnson and her assistants, UW undergraduate psychology and zoology students, will use a laptop to collect behavioral data on individual whales and a camcor...HFES honors 2001 awardees at 45th Annual Meeting
... in practice. Raja Parasuraman is a professor of psychology and director of the Cognitive Science Laboratory at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Anthony J. Masalonis is senior multidisciplinary systems development engineer for MITRE Corporation in McLean, Virginia. Peter A. Hancock is a pr......n for autism? Catherine Lord, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and director of the Autism and Communication Disorder Clinic, is best known for her work in longitudinal studies of children and adults with autism and the development of diagnostic measures used in both practice and res......, assistant project scientist in the department of psychology at the University of California, San Diego and lea...do," said Gregory T. Smith, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. "In many cases, that stronger response is unpleasant. They may expe...