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NEWS 2007STUDENT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION SCORES HIGHEST DURING FOOTBALL GAMESDr. Kim Fromme's study of student alcohol consumption over two football seasons has shed light on the behavior and drinking patterns of male and female students. The study found that University of Texas students drank larger amounts of alcohol on football game days than on other popular drinking days. Results of the study are featured in the November 23rd issue of the Houston Chronicle. Read more... MICHAEL DOMJAN'S RESEARCH FEATURED IN ONLINE EDITION OF "SCIENCE" MAGAZINEProfessor Domjan's research on sexual conditioning and sperm competition is featured in the "Today's Headlines" section of the Science magazine web page at http://www.sciencemag.org/. "We tend to think of sexual behavior as instinct-driven," Domjan says, "yet our results show that learning plays as big a role in reproduction." SAMUEL GOSLING ON WORKSPACE DECOR IN THE NEW YORK TIMESExtroverts will often have a well-lit office with a comfortable chair and some candies for the taking while introverts might have a darker office, fewer, less comfortable chairs and no snacks, said Sam Gosling, associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas and author of the forthcoming book Snoop: The Secret Language of Stuff. Read more... The New York Times, Walking the Tightrope of Workspace Decor, (Sept.16, 2007) BOOKS BY DAVID BUSS PUBLISHED IN FOREIGN EDITIONSThree books by Professor David Buss have been published in foreign editions. They are: PROFESSORS BUSS AND MESTON'S RESEARCH ON SEXUAL MOTIVATION FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMESNew research by Drs. David Buss and Cindy Meston reveals that people have sex for many reasons, identifying four major factors: 1) physical, goal-based, emotional, and insecurity-based. Their findings have been published in the August issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior. “Although I knew that having sex has consequences for reputation, it surprised me that people, notably men, would be motivated to have sex solely for social status and reputation enhancement.” Read more in "The Whys of Mating: 237 Reasons and Counting" and Why Do People Have Sex? JUST LIKE HUMANS: ANIMAL PERSONALITY IS NOW TAKEN SERIOUSLY"...evidence has begun to show that animals have personalities after all. Chimps, for example, can be conscientious: they think before they act, they plan and they control their impulses, says Samuel Gosling, a Texas-based psychologist. Research has identified similar personality traits in many other species." ...from Newsweek International (June 18 issue) Read more.... PROFESSOR DEVENDRA SINGH'S RESEARCH COVERED IN "PEOPLE" MAGAZINEDr. Singh's research has been included in the May 7, 2007 issue of People magazine, in a feature titled "An Ode to Five Voluptuous Stars Who Are Pure Poetry in Motion." People's annual "World's Most Beautiful People" issue is one of their top-selling issues each year. The magazine has a circulation of 3.75 million, with readership in the 12 million range. "What we consider attractive has remained constant it's an hourglass figure, a woman with a low waist-to-hip ratio,...A woman could be walking away from you, where you can't see her face or breasts, but you can still see her shapeliness and say, 'What a sensual, beautiful woman.'"...Devendra Singh RESEARCHERS EXAMINE THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONPsychologists, neuroscientists and economists will come together to examine the science of social interactions, from fears about race to emotion-based decision-making, at The University of Texas at Austin's "Neural Systems of Social Behavior" conference at the Hilton Hotel, May 11-13. Conference attendance is open to the public but registration is required and space is very limited. Media are invited to cover the presentations, which will by visual elements such as brain scans. Read more... JACQUI WOOLLEY TO BE ON ABC's "20/20"The ABC 20/20 program "Seeing and Believing: The Power of Faith," which will include a short segment with Jacqueline Woolley, is scheduled to air at 8:00pm (9 p.m. EST), Friday, May 11. Dr. Woolley's segment will be placed toward the end of the 2-hour program. DEVENDRA SINGH'S RESEARCH FEATURED ON BBC NEWS"Dr Devendra Singh scoured references to fictional beauties from modern times back to early Indian literature. He found that slimness was the most common term of praise from an author. The study, published in a Royal Society journal, adds to evidence highlighting the role of the ratio between waist and hips in attracting a mate" ...Slim Waist Holds Sway in History", BBC News, 01/10/07 |
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