Click to access HENPOWERfinalreport.pdf Human – animal interaction can be observed in many situations, from the human being an interested observer of animals in their native habitat to pets co-habiting the same residence of their owner. When the interaction has specific goals and function it can be defined as AAT,Continue Reading

http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/07/25/attention-control-video-game-reduces-veterans-ptsd-symptoms/87296.html New research has found a computerized attention-control training program significantly reduced combat veterans’ preoccupation with — or avoidance of — threat and attendant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. By contrast, another type of computerized training, called attention bias modification, which has proven helpful in treating anxiety disorders, did notContinue Reading

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/279693/changes-for-social-housing,-sole-parents “Often we are having people that are declining houses without good and sufficient reason, and if that is the case then I don’t think they should stay ahead of others on the list. And we should, there should actually be some repercussions for that.” She said if the waitingContinue Reading

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11763743/Struggling-to-remember-something-Have-a-good-sleep-as-researchers-find-it-boosts-memory.html If you are trying to remember something vital you have forgotten, get a good night’s sleep. It is well known that sleep boosts memory, but scientists have shown for the first time it also makes it easier to retrieve nuggets of information that may have got lost in aContinue Reading

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503378&objectid=11487673 So-called Hindu ‘witch doctors’ have some in the Auckland Indian community living in fear of black magic curses, with claims the issue is wide-spread and has been going on for decades. Complaints have been rolling into NZME today after claims ‘healers’ in South Auckland have charged thousands of dollarsContinue Reading