Emotional memory study reveals evidence for a self-reinforcing loop
...higher brain activity. The pleasant images were of romantic scenes and sports; the unpleasant images involved injured people and violence, and the neutral pictures depicted buildings or other emotionally non-involving scenes. The subjects were asked to rate the emotional aspects of the images they saw. Then, ...Risk and intimate relationships: Can hope triumph over experience in an age of 'messy' lives?
... in western societies are also expected to involve romantic love- 'the triumph of hope over experience'. "Policymakers express anxiety about family breakdown, and often hanker after the old certainties, but to date we know relatively little about the effect of all this change on the nation's households. "For ...Researchers map the sexual network of an entire high school
... For the first time, sociologists have mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school ...d links to the rest of the community. Instead, the romantic and sexual network at the school created long chains of connections that spread out through the comm...How brain gives special resonance to emotional memories
...acts or injured people and such positive events as romantic scenes or sporting triumphs. Neutral pictures included such subjects as buildings or scenes of routine shopping. While viewing the emotional and neutral pictures, participants brains were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Such ima...Study reveals high suicide rates among young people in India
... domestic violence, academic failures, unfulfilled romantic ideals, and mental illness. Dr Bose comments: "We have identified rates of suicide that are several fold higher than those reported anywhere in the world, especially in young women. We suggest that the reported rates of suicide in other parts of Indi...UCL study establishes common biological ground for maternal and romantic love in humans
... at University College London (UCL) has shown that romantic and maternal love activate many of the same specif...rity and friendship (the brain regions involved in romantic love having been identified by the authors in an earlier study). The similarity of the activity rec...Dating, delinquent friends key reasons why early puberty linked to delinquency in girls
...ound that early-developing adolescents involved in romantic relationships had a 35 percent increase in the lea...-thirds of more-developed girls were involved in a romantic relationship, compared to 41 percent of less-developed girls. In addition, adolescents whose friends...Phone support group helps older people with HIV/AIDS develop coping skills, new study finds
...ple, discussed issues such as menopause, lack of a romantic partner and relationships with children with other women. In another support group, three participants who successfully underwent psychiatric treatment encouraged a fourth caller to seek professional counseling. And those who have lived with HIV/AIDS...Number of teens --primarily boys -- having sex declined in '90s
... presumed sexually active inside, but not outside, romantic relationships. Boys are therefore now much more likely to begin their sexual lives with a girlfriend." This contrasts with pre-sexual revolution times when boys had their initial sexual encounter with so-called "bad" girls or "sluts" who were outsid...UCLA study shows contracting HIV can serve as an opportunity for positive change and growth
...positive had a major negative impact on the womens romantic and sexual relationships, as well as on their thou...nt of the women reported that the impact of HIV on romantic relationships and health was primarily negative. Being HIV-positive placed yet another set of demand...Study shows synthetic pheromone in womens perfume increases intimate contact with men
...that this woman can reproduce and he responds with romantic behavior related to securing intimate relations wi... week. The woman also reported she slept next to a romantic partner and engaged in sexual intercourse four nights a week while wearing the pheromone compared to...Men and women agree: love, romance vital part of sexual person
...concerning their sexual and romantic history. These findings showed that men'ssexual ...sociated to their sexualand romantic relationships, both past and current, Andersensaid. For example, men who sco...