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Study Shows that Men and Women Have the Same Sexual Fantasies

A study conducted at the University of Granada have demonstrated that there are not significant differences between men’s and women’s sexual fantasies. The fact is that both sexes have intimate and romantic sexual fantaies involving their partner or loved one. In addition, men have more sexual fantasies (positive and negative) than women, which would confirm… Seguir Leyendo Study Shows that Men and Women Have the Same Sexual Fantasies

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Study Shows that Men and Women Have the Same Sexual Fantasies

A study conducted at the University of Granada have demonstrated that there are not significant differences between men’s and women’s sexual fantasies. The fact is that both sexes have intimate and romantic sexual fantaies involving their partner or loved one. In addition, men have more sexual fantasies (positive and negative) than women, which would confirm… Seguir Leyendo Study Shows that Men and Women Have the Same Sexual Fantasies

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SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WHY HEALERS SEE ‘AURA’ OF PEOPLE?

Researchers in Spain have found that many of the individuals claiming to see the aura of people –traditionally called «healers» or «quacks»– actually present the neuropsychological phenomenon known as «synesthesia» (specifically, «emotional synesthesia»). This might be a scientific explanation of their alleged «virtue». In synesthetes, the brain regions responsible for the processing of each type… Seguir Leyendo SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WHY HEALERS SEE ‘AURA’ OF PEOPLE?

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Early neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that neuropsychological rehabilitation helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioral after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury, generally due to traumatic brain injury and ictus. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the… Seguir Leyendo Early neuropsychological treatment reduces after-effects in patients with acquired brain injury

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Collectibles can trigger obsessive-compulsive disorder in vulnerable people

Although collecting articles with moderation has good psychological effects on collectors, this habit can become a psychological disorder. Porcelain dolls, precious stones, world thimbles, watches, fans, dinosaurs, language courses, and tanks and ships in parts are some of the collections that often crowd our stands The massive marketing campaigns launched by publishing houses at the… Seguir Leyendo Collectibles can trigger obsessive-compulsive disorder in vulnerable people

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Clinical waste management needs specialized regulation

A study carried out by the University of Granada (UGR) warns of the need to unify existing plans for clinical waste management in the different autonomous communities to improve recycling and waste disposal. There is currently no specific state-wide regulation, just a framework law that the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine… Seguir Leyendo Clinical waste management needs specialized regulation

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Subsidies have no effect on Spanish cinema productivity

Awards have an impact on Spanish movie productivity, since they increase internal and external distribution demand, but subsidies have no effect whatsoever on the productivity of the Spanish film industry. This is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Granada (UGR), who have studied the production of films in Spain. “Awards increase the amount… Seguir Leyendo Subsidies have no effect on Spanish cinema productivity

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Oldest fossils found in Cordillera Betica mountain range

Spanish researchers have found fossils of Ordovician conodonts dating to between 446 and 444 million years ago for the first time in the western Mediterranean. The discovery of these very primitive marine vertebrates has helped scientists to reconstruct the palaeogeography of the Cordillera Bética mountain range. Their study shows that the mountain system in the… Seguir Leyendo Oldest fossils found in Cordillera Betica mountain range

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News tips from a special issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences

The November/December issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences explores the current state of our knowledge of natural selection in plants. “Plants were crucially important to Darwin’s development of the theory of natural selection (six of his books were on plants),” writes Jeffrey Conner, a biologist at Michigan State University and guest editor of… Seguir Leyendo News tips from a special issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences

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New Therapy Found For Lung And Skin Cancer, Based On Suicide Gene E

Scientists at the University of Granada have developed a new therapy for the treatment of skin and lung cancer. This therapy involves the use of a suicide coliphage-gene (gene E) that can induce death to cells transfected with it.. Their studies have demostrated that this technique is not only effective in vitro (using tumour cell… Seguir Leyendo New Therapy Found For Lung And Skin Cancer, Based On Suicide Gene E