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• Researchers use sensory integration model to understand unconscious priming
• Moms favor daughters in dairy study
• Better eating habits, not bad economy, stabilized obesity rates
• Brain uses serotonin to perpetuate chronic pain signals in local nerves
• Practice makes perfect if you have a partner's touch

Researchers use sensory integration model to understand unconscious priming Posted: 24 Jan 2014 01:12 PM PST Priming, an unconscious phenomenon that causes the context of information to change the way we think or behave, has frustrated scientists as they have unsuccessfully attempted to understand how it works. But, recent failures to replicate demonstrations of unconscious priming have resulted in a heated debate within the field of psychology. In a breakthrough paper, Carnegie Mellon University researchers use a well-established human perception theory to illustrate the mechanisms underlying priming and explain how its effects do not always act as predicted.

Moms favor daughters in dairy study Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:19 PM PST Sorry, boys. In the end, mothers favor daughters –- at least when it comes to Holstein dairy cows and how much milk they produce for their offspring, according to a new study. The research may have implications for humans.

Better eating habits, not bad economy, stabilized obesity rates Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:59 AM PST A study says that it wasn't the economic downturn that created a leveling of U.S. obesity rates. Rather, it is likely a result of more information and efforts aimed at producing healthier food choices and eating habits.

Brain uses serotonin to perpetuate chronic pain signals in local nerves Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:46 AM PST Setting the stage for possible advances in pain treatment, researchers have pinpointed two molecules involved in perpetuating chronic pain in mice. The molecules, they say, also appear to have a role in the phenomenon that causes uninjured areas of the body to be more sensitive to pain when an area nearby has been hurt.

Practice makes perfect if you have a partner's touch Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:24 AM PST People improve their performance more when they practice with a partner rather than on their own, according to a new study. The research could ultimately help people rehabilitating from a stroke.

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