Neuroscience
Now here's something unexpected...
- Using Psychology To Get People Eating More Fruit
Do you eat a piece of fruit on the way to work or school everyday without even thinking about it? Perhaps that is the full extent of your fruit eating? If so you're just the kind of person who won't be helped by public health information campaigns...
- The Special Issue Spotter
Attitudes towards immigrants and immigration (International Journal of Intercultural Relations). Understanding and challenging stigma (Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology). Menstruation (Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology). Developmental...
- When Women Prefer Taller Men
Women who are in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle, or who are looking for a short-term relationship, tend to prefer taller men. That’s according to Polish researchers Boguslaw Pawlowski and Grazyna Jasienska who asked 110 women to look at...
- Spindle Neurons In Humpback Whales
from Hof & Van Der Gucht (2006) Spindle Neurons: The Next New Thing? In July, The Neurocritic wrote about a special class of cells found in the anterior cingulate cortex and frontoinsular cortex of humans and great apes. These spindle neurons are...
- Spindle Neurons
From the CBC: Humpback whales share brain cells with humans Last Updated: Monday, November 27, 2006 | 1:12 PM ET CBC News Humpback whales have joined an exclusive evolutionary club alongside humans, gorillas and dolphins, thanks to the discovery of a...
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Now here's something unexpected...
Fruit bats discovered to have menstrual cycles
Scientists have discovered that a type of fruit bat menstruate in a similar way to women
They say their findings – published in this month's issue of key journal Biology of Reproduction - could lead to bats being studied by researchers trying to understand human menstrual problems and other reproductive disorders.
. . .Professor Racey, Regius Professor of Natural History, said: "Although it occurs in primates, menstruation is found in few of the world's 4,000 species of mammals which is why this discovery is so remarkable.
"The finding is significant because it extends our knowledge of the reproductive biology of what is a large group of mammals.
"It also raises the possibility that this type of fruit bat could be studied by those who are trying to increase our understanding of human menstrual dysfunction and other reproductive disorders."
Next up: Sarafem [which is nothing more than fluoxetine, or Prozac] for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.
- Using Psychology To Get People Eating More Fruit
Do you eat a piece of fruit on the way to work or school everyday without even thinking about it? Perhaps that is the full extent of your fruit eating? If so you're just the kind of person who won't be helped by public health information campaigns...
- The Special Issue Spotter
Attitudes towards immigrants and immigration (International Journal of Intercultural Relations). Understanding and challenging stigma (Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology). Menstruation (Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology). Developmental...
- When Women Prefer Taller Men
Women who are in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle, or who are looking for a short-term relationship, tend to prefer taller men. That’s according to Polish researchers Boguslaw Pawlowski and Grazyna Jasienska who asked 110 women to look at...
- Spindle Neurons In Humpback Whales
from Hof & Van Der Gucht (2006) Spindle Neurons: The Next New Thing? In July, The Neurocritic wrote about a special class of cells found in the anterior cingulate cortex and frontoinsular cortex of humans and great apes. These spindle neurons are...
- Spindle Neurons
From the CBC: Humpback whales share brain cells with humans Last Updated: Monday, November 27, 2006 | 1:12 PM ET CBC News Humpback whales have joined an exclusive evolutionary club alongside humans, gorillas and dolphins, thanks to the discovery of a...