Other posts
- July 6, 2012
- 07:37 AM
- 444 views
Russia Fears “Spice” Epidemic
by United Academics in United Academics
The use of synthetic marijuana known as “Spice” seems to become a true epidemic in Russia, according to Russia's leading anti-drug crusader Evgeni Roizman.... Read more »
Lindigkeit, R; Boehme, A; Eiserloh, I; Luebbecke, M; Wiggermann, M; Ernst, L; Beuerle, T. (2009) Spice: A never-ending story?. Forensic Science International , 191(1). DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.06.008
- July 5, 2012
- 09:02 AM
- 357 views
Fewer Water Measuring Stations World Wide
by United Academics in United Academics
Add one more name to the list of institutions negatively impacted by the global financial crisis: water measurement. According to new research regarding the planet’s hydrological cycle, there are a significant amount of uncertainties regarding water estimates, and one of the main reasons is the large scale closing down of measurement stations around the world.... Read more »
Christof Lorenz, & Harald Kunstmann. (2012) The Hydrological Cycle in Three State-of-the-art Reanalyses: Intercomparison and Performance Analysis. Journal of Hydrometeorology. DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-088.1
- July 5, 2012
- 06:46 AM
- 311 views
Think Your Way into that Goal - Perception and Sports
by United Academics in United Academics
Research shows that if you perceive your goal/basket/hole as bigger than it actually is, scoring becomes a piece of cake.... Read more »
Jessica K Witt, Mila Sugovic. (2010) Performance and ease influence perceived speed. Perception. DOI: 10.1068/p6699
- July 5, 2012
- 06:40 AM
- 322 views
Are Grunters Cheaters?
by United Academics in United Academics
Does White Noise During a Tennis Shot Have a Negative Impact on Shot Perception?... Read more »
Scott Sinnett1, Alan Kingstone. (2010) Are grunters cheaters? The effects of grunting when judging the direction of a tennis shot. PloS one. info:/
- July 5, 2012
- 05:22 AM
- 320 views
Just Say No Limit: Trayvon, Dextromethorphan, Marijuana, and MAOA
by nooffensebut in The Unsilenced Science
Here is the case that Trayvon Martin’s drug use and genetics could have influenced him to attack George Zimmerman.... Read more »
Amaladoss A, & O'Brien S. (2011) Cough syrup psychosis. CJEM, 13(1), 53-6. PMID: 21324299
Ivan Berlin, & Robert Anthenelli. (2001) Monoamine oxidases and tobacco smoking. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 4(01), 33-42. DOI: 10.1017/S1461145701002188
Christopher Chabris, Benjamin Hebert, Daniel Benjamin, Jonathan Beauchamp, David Cesarini, Matthijs van der Loos, Magnus Johannesson, Patrik Magnusson, Paul Lichtenstein, Craig Atwood.... (2012) Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence are Probably False Positives. Psychological Science. info:/
Duncan LE, & Keller MC. (2011) A critical review of the first 10 years of candidate gene-by-environment interaction research in psychiatry. The American journal of psychiatry, 168(10), 1041-9. PMID: 21890791
Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ, Miller A, & Kennedy MA. (2012) Moderating role of the MAOA genotype in antisocial behaviour. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 200(2), 116-23. PMID: 22297589
Fisar Z. (2010) Inhibition of monoamine oxidase activity by cannabinoids. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 381(6), 563-72. PMID: 20401651
Fowler JS, Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Pappas N, Logan J, MacGregor R, Alexoff D, Shea C, Schlyer D, Wolf AP.... (1996) Inhibition of monoamine oxidase B in the brains of smokers. Nature, 379(6567), 733-6. PMID: 8602220
Regina Groshong, Ross Baldessarini, Ann Gibson, Joseph Lipinski, Doris Axelrod, & Alfred Pope. (1978) Activities of Types A and B MAO and Catechol-O-methyltransferase in Blood Cells and Skin Fibroblasts of Normal and Chronic Schizophrenic Subjects. Archives of General Psychiatry, 35(10), 1198-1205. DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1978.01770340048004
Huestis MA, Henningfield JE, & Cone EJ. (1992) Blood cannabinoids. I. Absorption of THC and formation of 11-OH-THC and THCCOOH during and after smoking marijuana. Journal of analytical toxicology, 16(5), 276-82. PMID: 1338215
Logan BK, Yeakel JK, Goldfogel G, Frost MP, Sandstrom G, & Wickham DJ. (2012) Dextromethorphan Abuse Leading to Assault, Suicide, or Homicide. Journal of forensic sciences. PMID: 22537430
Perbal L. (2012) THE 'WARRIOR GENE' AND THE MÃORI PEOPLE: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GENETICISTS. Bioethics. PMID: 22494506
Sistonen J, Sajantila A, Lao O, Corander J, Barbujani G, & Fuselli S. (2007) CYP2D6 worldwide genetic variation shows high frequency of altered activity variants and no continental structure. Pharmacogenetics and genomics, 17(2), 93-101. PMID: 17301689
Satoshi Yamaori, Yasuka Okamoto, Ikuo Yamamoto, & Kazuhito Watanabe. (2011) Cannabidiol, a Major Phytocannabinoid, As a Potent Atypical Inhibitor for CYP2D6. Drug Metabolism , 39(11), 2049-2056. DOI: 10.1124/dmd.111.041384
Zawertailo LA, Kaplan HL, Busto UE, Tyndale RF, & Sellers EM. (1998) Psychotropic effects of dextromethorphan are altered by the CYP2D6 polymorphism: a pilot study. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 18(4), 332-7. PMID: 9690700
- July 4, 2012
- 06:34 PM
- 133 views
Is blogging not completely outdated?
by Henkjan Honing in Music Matters
Today (4th of July) I'm celebrating precisely six years of blogging on music cognition. While I was doubting whether this was a sensible idea at all in July 2006, and even more so last year, I'm currently really enjoying writing little snippits about research papers that I come across, forcing me to read these papers slightly better than I would do otherwise :-)Thanks to all readers for their reactions and criticisms (today exactly 150!), and Psychology Today for supporting the publication of a selection of these blog entries for a more general audience.I guess I should just keep going...My home office :-)Batts, Shelley A., Anthis, Nicholas J., & Smith, Tara C. (2008). Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy. PLoS Biology, 6 (9), 240-245 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240... Read more »
Batts, Shelley A., Anthis, Nicholas J., & Smith, Tara C. (2008) Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy. . PLoS Biology, 6(9), 240-245. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240
- July 4, 2012
- 06:31 PM
- 385 views
Is blogging not completely outdated?
by Henkjan Honing in Music Matters
Well, what do you think?... Read more »
Batts, Shelley A., Anthis, Nicholas J., & Smith, Tara C. (2008) Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy. . PLoS Biology, 6(9), 240-245. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240
- July 3, 2012
- 06:50 PM
- 200 views
Stop hiding!
by eHarmony Labs in eHarmony Labs Blog
Are you hiding something negative about yourself from your partner? If so, it may be ruining your relationship. ... Read more »
Uysal A, Lin HL, Knee CR, & Bush AL. (2012) The association between self-concealment from one's partner and relationship well-being. Personality , 38(1), 39-51. PMID: 22109250
- July 3, 2012
- 09:25 AM
- 391 views
Embarrassing Conditions: Waking up with an Italian Accent
by United Academics in United Academics
The world is full of of embarrassing conditions you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. Every week, Carian discusses one. This week: Foreign Accent Syndrome.
How strange would it be when from one day to another you would speak your native language with an Italian accent, even though you've never set foot in the country. It can happen.... Read more »
Mariën, P, Verhoeven, J, Wackenier, P, Engelborghs, S, & De Deyn, P. (2009) Foreign accent syndrome as a developmental motor speech disorder. Cortex, 45(9), 870-878. DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.10.010
- July 3, 2012
- 09:13 AM
- 334 views
Team Talk Improves Sports Performance
by United Academics in United Academics
And remember… There is no “I” in team.” It’s a somewhat soppy sports cliché that little league coaches are supposed to tell their players. Still, a little collective pep talk can be the difference between winning and losing.... Read more »
Son V, Jackson B, Grove JR, & Feltz DL. (2011) "I am" versus "we are": effects of distinctive variants of self-talk on efficacy beliefs and motor performance. Journal of sports sciences, 29(13), 1417-24. PMID: 21831003
- June 29, 2012
- 05:01 AM
- 311 views
How to End England's Shootout Nightmare
by United Academics in United Academics
A penalty shootout is for most soccer fans - and soccer players - the most nerve-racking part of a football game. After a 120 minute draw, five players of each team get the chance to turn the game into victory.Whichever team scores more goals wins. Some say it's a matter of chance who wins, and that penalty kicks cannot be practiced. This assumption was confirmed by the coach of the British team Roy Hodgson who said - after losing the shootout - that “it was Italy that took the chance” and that penalties cannot be practiced, because there's no way to simulate the tiredness, the pressure and the tension of an important match during training. But according to research, there are certainly ways in which players can prepare themselves. How? Three studies have an answer. ... Read more »
Jordeta, G., Hartmana, E., Visschera, C., & Lemminka, K. (2007) Kicks from the penalty mark in soccer: The roles of stress,skill, and fatigue for kick outcomes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 25(2). DOI: 10.1080/02640410600624020
Wilson MR, Wood G, & Vine SJ. (2009) Anxiety, attentional control, and performance impairment in penalty kicks. Journal of sport , 31(6), 761-75. PMID: 20384011
Bar‐Eli M, & Azarb OH. (2009) Penalty kicks in soccer: an empirical analysis of shooting strategies and goalkeepers’ preferences. Soccer . DOI: 10.1080/14660970802601654
Moll, T, Jordet, G, & Pepping, G. (2010) Emotional contagion in soccer penalty shootouts: Celebration of individual success is associated with ultimate team success. Journal of Sports Sciences. DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.484068
- June 29, 2012
- 04:44 AM
- 368 views
Interview Alex Stone: "Magic Is Like Cutting-Edge Science"
by United Academics in United Academics
For the first time, writer and magician Alex Stone has combined his scientific savvy with his love for magic in a book: “Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Power of the Mind.” Using all kinds of research disciplines - psychology, neuroscience, physics, history and even criminology - Stone explores the linkages between science and trickery. An analysis that is guided by lively descriptions of his own efforts to become a master magician and his experiences in the colorful subculture of magic.... Read more »
Johansson, P., Hall, L., & Sikström, S. (2008) From Change Blindness to Choice Blindness. Psychologia . DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2008.142
- June 26, 2012
- 08:51 AM
- 414 views
Drawing Activates Visual Cortex in Congenitally Blind Individual
by United Academics in United Academics
During the last century scientists have investigated more and more the idea of visual memory. They explored the existence of a “visuo-spatial sketchpad” in the brain. This is a buffer, keeping ready representations of perceived objects in the brain for a possible goal directed action – like drawing. They also found the location of the sketchpad: the primary visual cortex (V1), being the “largest topographic map” in the brain.... Read more »
Likova, L. (2012) Drawing enhances cross-modal memory plasticity in the human brain: a case study in a totally blind adult. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00044
- June 22, 2012
- 04:46 AM
- 485 views
Interview Neuroscientist Tali Sharot: Why We’re Wired to Look on the Bright Side
by United Academics in United Academics
Perhaps you think that what you’ve experienced in the past – the positive and the negative – is intensively shaping your expectations of what will happen to you tomorrow, next week or 10 years from now. But actually, although life experiences can teach us all kinds of things, we don’t get that much better in predicting what the future will bring. Why? Because our brains are biased towards optimism.... Read more »
Sharot, T. (2011) The Optimism Bias. Current Biology, 21(23), 941-945. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.030
- June 21, 2012
- 05:09 AM
- 261 views
Embarrassing Conditions: Orgasmic Headaches
by United Academics in United Academics
An orgasm, the ultimate pleasure? For those suffering coital cephalalgia, or “sexual headaches”, it’s quite the opposite. This rare type of headache occurs in about 1% of men and is characterized by a sudden, severe “explosive” pain at the base of the skull that builds just before or during orgasm. Afterward the intense pain may last for several hours or even a few days.... Read more »
Anand KS, & Dhikav V. (2009) Primary headache associated with sexual activity. Singapore medical journal, 50(5). PMID: 19495503
- June 19, 2012
- 09:05 PM
- 299 views
Men are more attracted to their female friends
by eHarmony Labs in eHarmony Labs Blog
Have you ever been attracted to a friend? If so, you are not alone. According to a recent study on cross-sex friendships, attraction to a friend is quite common especially for men more than women. Read on.... Read more »
Bleske-Rechek, A., Somers, E., Micke, C., Erickson, L., Matteson, L., Stocco, C., Schumacher, B., & Ritchie, L. (2012) Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1-28. DOI: 10.1177/0265407512443611
- June 18, 2012
- 09:18 AM
- 440 views
Children Should Regain the Right to Roam
by United Academics in United Academics
While the adult world is increasing, it seems that the world of children is only growing smaller – a development that was tellingly illustrated by the British newspaper Daily Mail in 2007: “When George Thomas was eight he walked everywhere. It was 1926 and his parents were unable to afford the fare for a tram, let alone the cost of a bike and he regularly walked six miles to his favorite fishing haunt without adult supervision. Fast forward to 2007 and Mr Thomas’s eight-year-old great-grandson Edward enjoys none of that freedom. He is driven the few minutes to school, is taken by car to a safe place to ride his bike and can roam no more than 300 yards from home.”... Read more »
Maas, J., Verheij, R.A., de Vries, S., Spreeuwenberg, P., Schellevis, F.G., & Groenewegen, P.P. (2009) Morbidity is related to a green living environment. J Epidemiol Community Health. DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.079038
- June 13, 2012
- 01:00 PM
- 322 views
Are estimates of bioenergy emissions broken?
by Paul in Energy and the Future
Tim Searchinger has a history of questioning assumptions and justifications put forward by proponents of biofuels. His points are usually valid, or at least adds to the conversation. In his latest article with Keith Smith in Global Change Biology, he … Continue reading →... Read more »
Smith, K., & Searchinger, T. (2012) Crop-based biofuels and associated environmental concerns. GCB Bioenergy. DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01182.x
- June 13, 2012
- 07:11 AM
- 393 views
Tobacco, Drug and Alcohol Use Does Not Harm Male Fertility
by United Academics in United Academics
Ladies, there’s no need to ask your men to become monks when you want to become pregnant. Smoking, drinking alcohol or using drugs might not be that good for your health, but it when it comes to semen quality, these lifestyle choices seem to have little influence. ... Read more »
Povey, A.C., Clyma, J.A., McNamee, R., Moore, H.D., Baillie, H., Pacey, A.A., & Cherry, N.M. (2012) Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for poor semen quality: a case-referent study. Human Reproduction. info:/doi:10.1093/humrep/des183
- June 8, 2012
- 07:16 AM
- 426 views
Eating Fruit and Vegetables Helps Smokers Quit
by United Academics in United Academics
Eating fruit and vegetables may help to smoke less cigarettes a day and to get rid of a nicotine addiction, according to new research of the University of Buffalo.... Read more »
Haibach, J., Homish, G., & Giovino, G. (2012) A Longitudinal Evaluation of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cigarette Smoking. Nicotine . DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts130
topics
join us!
Do you write about peer-reviewed research in your blog? Use ResearchBlogging.org to make it easy for your readers — and others from around the world — to find your serious posts about academic research.
If you don't have a blog, you can still use our site to learn about fascinating developments in cutting-edge research from around the world.
