The hormone cortisol linked to increased aggression in 10-year-old boys https://t.co/H40M6CX09X pic.twitter.com/DKapFBPFPb — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) March 17, 2016 The authors, among them Eider Pascual-Sagastizabal, a researcher at The University of the Basque Country, measured the levels of three steroid hormones: testosterone, estradiol and cortisol. The results demonstrated that there wasContinue Reading
How To Tell If You're Meant To Stay Single: https://t.co/In9fraJOj7 pic.twitter.com/BbnvIqy7eY — Bustle (@bustle) March 16, 2016 “If you enjoy living alone and spending time by yourself, you would prefer not to have to negotiate for what you want with a partner, or your real love is your career, thenContinue Reading
Here at Lifewise, we often hear rough sleepers telling us they feel invisible or are made to feel less than… https://t.co/oPHWKTe1IS — Lifewise (@LifewiseNZ) March 16, 2016 “This man who I probably would of [sic] avoided eye contact with if he asked for spare change, completely changed such a negativeContinue Reading
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/nutrition-mental-health/2016/02/stop-the-multitasking-and-just-eat/ It’s a bad habit that many people have: Doing something else while they are eating. For many, it’s watching a television show. For others, it’s reading a book. Still others catch up on Facebook or email while mindlessly eating their lunch or dinner. And while these people may congratulateContinue Reading
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2016/02/sugar-vs-fat-which-is-worse-for-weight-gain/?utm_campaign=cc+tweets&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=3012016&dynid=twitter-_-cc+tweets-_-social-_-social-_-3012016 Can’t shake your fear of eating fat? It’s true that fat has more calories per gram than either carbs or protein. So why doesn’t eating less fat — and therefore fewer calories — help you lose weight? It may be because we often replace the missing fat in ourContinue Reading
Law Commission recommends making non-fatal strangulation a specific crime https://t.co/XkZ7fEDfUV — NZ F V Clearinghouse (@NZFVC) March 11, 2016 The Law Commission has released its report looking at how best to respond to non-fatal strangulation. The report recommends introducing a new crime of strangulation into the Crimes Act 1961, withContinue Reading
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bites/298919/violence-reports-for-judges-could-roll-out A piloted programme giving judges more information about a defendant’s history of family violence at bail hearings is set to be extended. The programme has been tested in Porirua and Christchurch since last September. Though that test had not yet been fully evaluated, the judiciary, Ministry of Justice andContinue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11605546&ref=NZH_Tw Uttley was a central figure in the law change that allowed injury replacements. Playing a brutal encounter for New Zealand Universities against South Africa in 1965, Uttley, Williment and a young halfback named Chris Laidlaw were all forced from the field in the first half, Uttley with concussion, leavingContinue Reading
The new study shows that people diagnosed with anxiety are less able to distinguish between a neutral, “safe” stimulus (in this case, the sound of a tone) and one that was earlier associated with the threat of money loss or gain. Investigators explain that when anxious people are confronted withContinue Reading
