Archives by: Mohini Banerjee
Genetic Relations Among Procrastination, Impulsivity, and Goal-Management Ability Implications for the Evolutionary Origin of Procrastination
By: Daniel E. Gustavson, Akira Miyake, John K. Hewitt, and Naomi P. Friedman
Psychological Science
April 4th, 2014
Abstract
Previous research has revealed a moderate and positive correlation ... Read more »
Stress alters children’s genomes
By: Jyoti Madhusoodanan
Nature News
April 7th, 2014
Growing up in a stressful social environment leaves lasting marks on young chromosomes, a study of African American boys ... Read more »
Public Understandings of Addiction: Where do Neurobiological Explanations Fit?
By: Carla Meurk, Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall, Jayne Lucke
Neuroethics
April 2014, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp 51-62
Abstract
Developments in the field of neuroscience, according to its ... Read more »
Traces of Trauma in Sperm RNA
By: Jeffrey M. Perkel
The Scientist
April 13, 2014
The offspring of mice that suffered early-life stress show signs of the disturbance their parent experienced, researchers ... Read more »
Getting Down to Business
By: Kerry Grens
The Scientist
April 1, 2014
Some people are born entrepreneurs with an intuitive savvy for business, but is there a genetic component?
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Social disadvantage, genetic sensitivity, and children’s telomere length
By: Colter Mitchell, John Hobcraft, Sara S. McLanahan, Susan Rutherford Siegel, Arthur Berg, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Irwin Garfinkel, and Daniel Nottermand
Proceedings of the National Academy ... Read more »
Trisomy 21 Effects Seen Genome-wide
By Rina Shaikh-Lesk
The Scientist
April 16, 2014
The extra chromosome behind Down’s syndrome can impact transcriptional regulation beyond chromosome 21, a study finds.
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“Obesity Is a Disease” Examining the Self-Regulatory Impact of This Public-Health Message
By: Crystal L. Hoyt, Jeni L. Burnette, Lisa Auster-Gussman
Psychological Science
04/09/2014
Abstract
In the current work, we examined the impact of the American Medical Association’s recent classification ... Read more »
Protective Gene Staves Off Dementia
By Esther Hsieh
Jun 12, 2014
Scientific American
Activating the gene with drugs such as lithium could prevent or slow cognitive decline.
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