News articles tagged with 'punishment'
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens singled out for punishment
— 6 Dec 2010 18:00 | HealthLesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are about 40 percent more likely than other teens to be punished by school authorities, police and the courts, according to a study by Yale…
To punish or not to punish: Lessons from reef fish and saber-tooth blennies
— 5 Nov 2010 13:51 | BiologyResearchers have experimentally shown that some species of reef fish will enact punishment on the parasitic saber-tooth blennies that stealthily attack them from behind and take a bite,…
Paper wasps punish peers for misrepresenting their might
— 20 Aug 2010 11:24 | BiologyFalsely advertising one's fighting ability might seem like a good strategy for a wimp who wants to come off as a toughie, but in paper wasp societies, such deception is discouraged…
Study probes evolution of fairness and punishment
— 19 Mar 2010 12:35 | HealthResearchers have long been puzzled by large societies in which strangers routinely engage in voluntary acts of kindness, respect and mutual benefit even though there is often an individual…
Psychologists offer ways to improve prison environment, reduce violent crime
— 9 Aug 2009 19:30 | HealthU.S. prisons are too punitive and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behaviour, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression…
Determining responsibility and assigning punishment governed by different brain systems
— 11 Dec 2008 12:59 | HealthA new study reveals that humans use different neural mechanisms for determining criminal responsibility and assigning an appropriate punishment. The research, published by Cell Press…
How the brain thinks about crime and punishment
— 11 Dec 2008 11:08 | HealthIn a pioneering, interdisciplinary study combining law and neuroscience, researchers at Vanderbilt University peered inside people's minds to watch how the brain thinks about crime…
Winners do not punish
— 19 Mar 2008 18:00 | BiologyIndividuals who engage in costly punishment do not benefit from their behaviour, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature by researchers at Harvard University…
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