Mental Health & Society

Are you your dog? Is your dog you? Or, elements of your personality traits anyway. Researchers set out to explore these and other queries. Can we extrapolate from this new science to apply these questions to your human children?

The Brookings Institute recently released a study on what it terms the Privacy Paradox, which argues that our concerns about

Self-righteousness, gratitude, sympathy, sincerity, and guilt – what if these social behaviours are biologically influenced, encoded within our genes and shaped by the forces of evolution to promote the survival of the human species?

Man's best friend — the dog — is a versatile creature. Dogs can work as herders, guards, guide dogs and even provide therapy for hospitalized patients.

Even with the hot-button topic of abortion, there is one thing that all people can agree upon: It is preferable to have as few abortions as possible. And recent data from the CDC indicates good news.

Teachers have a lot to put up with at the moment in terms of workload and stress. But what may come as a surprise to some is that, just like in the playground, bullying can be a big problem in the teaching world.

In the study of human behavior, it's basically accepted that when left to their own devices individuals gravitate towards things that are familiar to them.

The statement, "Statistics isn't science," is about as banal as, "The sky is blue," or, "Puppies are cute." Anyone remotely familiar with the scientific method understands that, just like a ruler or a telescope, statistics is a tool.

Nate Silver, statistician and election forecaster, said on ABC News that election

Ideology is a double-edged sword. Dedication to a set of beliefs can be admirable, but when it leads to inflexibility and obstinance in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, it is a dangerous thing.