Psychology & Psychiatry
Women don't fancy easy-to-seduce men
How men play the mating game is fairly well understood. But the psychological tricks and ploys women might use to attract or deceive men are less clear.
Feb 14, 2020
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News tagged with evolutionary advantage
Oncology & Cancer
TrackSig: Unlocking the history of cancer through tumor evolution
A tumor is often made up of different cells, some of which have changed—or evolved—over time and gained the ability to grow faster, survive longer and potentially avoid treatment. These cells, which have an "evolutionary ...
Feb 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The politics of fear: How it manipulates us to tribalism
The cruel murder of 50 people in New Zealand was another tragic reminder of how humans are capable of heartlessly killing their own kind just based on what they believe, how they worship, and what race or nationality they ...
Mar 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exercise can fast-track your workplace well-being – here's how
Exercise has been found to reduce stress, increase positive mood, decrease anxiety and alleviate depression. But you may not know that the emotional well-being associated with exercise is also linked to key attributes that ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Neuroscience
The politics of fear: How fear goes tribal, allowing us to be manipulated
Fear is arguably as old as life. It is deeply ingrained in the living organisms that have survived extinction through billions of years of evolution. Its roots are deep in our core psychological and biological being, and ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Neuroscience
Sound changes the way rodents sense touch
The brain assigns sensory information from the eyes, ears and skin to different regions: the visual cortex, auditory cortex and somatosensory cortex. However, it is clear that there are anatomical connections between these ...
Jan 2, 2019
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Health
Always have room for dessert? Here's why
You're stuffed with cheese and olives, crackers and dips. Glazed ham, roast turkey, barbecued prawns. A million salads, roast veggies and your aunt's famous beans. So why is there always room for dessert?
Dec 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe
You don't focus as well as you think you do. That's the fundamental finding of a team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Berkeley who studied monkeys and humans and discovered that attention ...
Aug 22, 2018
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Neuroscience
Optimized perception in the twilight zone
In the pre-industrial age, twilight was a dangerous time for humans due to higher risk of encountering nocturnal predators. The ability to see in weak light conditions was therefore at a clear evolutionary advantage. Neuroscientists ...
Apr 11, 2018
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Genetics
Gene that once aided survival in the Arctic found to have negative impact on health today
In individuals living in the Arctic, researchers have discovered a genetic variant that arose thousands of years ago and most likely provided an evolutionary advantage for processing high-fat diets or for surviving in a cold ...
Oct 23, 2014
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