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". . .Overall, prosocial motivation is linked to (a) Agreeableness as a dimension of personality, (b) proximal prosocial cognition and motives, and (c) helping behavior across a range of situations and victims. In persons low in prosocial motivation, when costs of helping are high, efforts to induce empathy situationally can undermine prosocial behavior. ....
Or, how do you pick customers unlikely to sue you? At least with doctors, there is now a paper: What patient attributes are associated with thoughts of suing a physician? Fishbain, et al., Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 May;88(5):589-96 (full abstract after the jump).
Screenshots of (top) on-line gaming, and (bottom) on-line stock trading J Gambl Stud. 2007 Mar 30; Dopamine Genes and Pathological Gambling in Discordant Sib-Pairs. Sabbatini da Silva Lobo D, Vallada HP, Knight J, Martins SS, Tavares H, Gentil V, Kennedy JL. Laboratory of Medical Investigation (LIM-23)—Psychopharmacology, Department and Institute of...
The Seven Deadly Sins-a-rama continues with sloth, but first, I'm going to sit on the couch and watch TV. The person of the other gender who lives in my household in Europe will do my housework and take care of my kids. That's because I have a short-form arginine vasopressin 1A receptor promoter, so...
Sardinia! Sardinia, Satellite Photo (Wikipedia, Sardinia entry) Sardinia, a beautiful gem of an island off the coast of Italy, known for gorgeous beaches, glamorous holidays, $2M birthday parties, and lately known for studying the genetics of its inhabitants. The population is considered an isolated one, like Icelandic populations, and therefore presumably more genetically homogeneous...
Updated 04.07.09: Click on Vintage Printables to go to my new site with public domain antique scientific and other illustration. In the mean time, here are the squirrels: Happy Autumnal Equinox In Advance! Squirrel prints, including lots of flying squirrels.
All of these traits deal with avoiding change or fear of the unknown. Or keeping things the way they are, and avoiding new things which could lead to conflict. Is all of this designed to avoid having to use the anterior cingulate -- the liberal, left-wing portion of the brain? Is that part underdeveloped...
Antiquarian Bat Prints! Happy Pre-Halloween! lots more after the jump, all public domain, downloadable and printable
How greedy the society you live in has to do with how many plant sterols people eat. Ok, you all can go home now. No, seriously folks. It's in the chemicals.
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