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- Studies have shown that individuals with excessive smartphone use behaviors may exhibit reduced gray matter volume anterior cingulate cortex, altered functional connectivity and changes in activity in various parts of the cortex during processing of emotions. https://www.psypost.org/2022/12/brain-imaging-study-uncovers-distinct-neural-mechanisms-underlying-excessive-smartphone-use-64409 40 comments science
- Do you think the 2022 cars will have individuality (if that even matters to you!) https://www.fia.com/regulation/category/110 39 comments formula1
- Study finds money does influence happiness and, contrary to previous research on the subject suggesting that this plateaus above $75,000, there was no dollar value at which it stopped mattering to an individual’s well-being. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/money-matters-to-happiness-perhaps-more-than-previously-thought 6 comments science
- The gray matter volume of a brain region involved in fear and avoidance responses appears to predict treatment outcomes in patients with anxiety disorders. Individuals that responded best to psychosocial or SSRI treatment were those who had greater pre-treatment volume in the nucleus accumbens https://www.psypost.org/2020/03/scientists-find-a-potential-biomarker-that-predicts-reductions-in-anxiety-symptoms-following-treatment-56138 5 comments science
- It is morally bankrupt to allow links to RT stay up in this subreddit, no matter how good the individual article, you are giving credibility to the PR outlet of a murderous regime, that tortures critics to death. https://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/12/the-truth-about-russia-today-is-that-it-is-putins-mouthpiece/ 16 comments philosophy
- Examining brain scans of more than 800 incarcerated men, a study found that individuals who had committed or attempted homicide had reduced gray matter when compared to those involved in other offenses. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/scientists-studied-brains-more-800-prisoners-heres-what-they-found 12 comments science
- Libertarians: Abortion is a matter for individual conscience, not public decree https://www.lp.org/libertarians-abortion-is-a-matter-for-individual-conscience-not-public-decree/ 96 comments politics
- Charles Watts: "The Arsenal fan who ran onto the pitch and pushed Chris Smalling has been arrested. It's now a police matter, club will then take their own action on the individual following their zero tolerance guidelines." https://twitter.com/charles_watts/status/1104829586695704577 14 comments soccer
- Regardless of your subjective views on certain individuals or protocol changes, Nakamoto consensus & hash power matters. It is intrinsic of how Bitcoin operates and survives. If this was how Segwit was decided on BTC, it never would have happened. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/9wcbca/regardless_of_your_subjective_views_on_certain/ 4 comments btc
- Why the Individual Mandate Part of the New Obamacare Case Matters [Volokh Conspiracy] http://reason.com/volokh/2018/06/14/why-the-individual-mandate-part-of-the-n 4 comments law
- Emergent Gravity seeks to replace the need for dark matter. According to the theory, gravity is not a fundamental force that "just is," but rather a phenomenon that springs from the entanglement of quantum bodies, similar to the way temperature is derived from the motions of individual particles. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/05/the-case-against-dark-matter 558 comments space
- DG ISPR says religion is a private matter of an individual! https://scontent.fkhi10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22448462_1345857382193330_5403119061820942484_n.jpg?_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeGwVkp8YQxetGoXJ1KOakZY1gYMSe_G_ibr14Hawn0pX7p-xukADVOYCODnKrQKPD8DksGCNXRWMn7_B_nHGEk4F5SgCX6_iXEdyd3yXjYszw&oh=1f01635f373d10a376e28f4d3d5054ed&oe=5A6C24A4 66 comments pakistan
- So Randia, with all this talk about the pollution and the environment, what is it that we as individuals can do to make a difference? (no matter how small) https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/5ai7r2/so_randia_with_all_this_talk_about_the_pollution/ 16 comments india
- Study paves way for same sex, all couples to procreate babies from cells from each person no matter the parents individual sexes. Expected time line is two years. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cambridge-university-researchers-breakthrough/story-26065812-detail/story.html 282 comments science
- Philipp Lahm: "Whether we have the best individual players doesn't matter, you have to have the best team" https://twitter.com/bbcsport/status/488455012004429824 155 comments soccer
- San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and GM Trent Baalke are supremely competitive, confident individuals who often bypass pleasantries and sometimes disagree on important football matters. But a power struggle? Both deny it http://mmqb.si.com/2014/04/25/jim-harbaugh-trent-baalke-san-francisco-49ers-coach-general-manager-relationship/ 63 comments nfl
- The White House is nearing a decision on splitting up the eavesdropping National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, which conducts cyber warfare, a proposed reform prompted in part by revelations of NSA's widespread snooping, individuals briefed on the matter said on Wednesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/us-usa-security-nsa-idusbre9aq1bg20131127?feedtype=rss&feedname=politicsnews 3 comments politics
- The Right to Anonymity is a Matter of Privacy -- "Throughout history, there have been a number of reasons why individuals have taken to writing or producing art under a pseudonym." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/right-anonymity-matter-privacy 5 comments technology
- You have the opportunity to choose any individual (living or deceased) to teach one course in any subject matter during your first semester. http://loumintzer.com/blog/comments/steve_jobs_you_will_be_missed 5 comments reddit.com
- Westerners vs. the World - Western social science relies on behavioural studies using Western participants. But in matters such as fairness, individualism, conformism, Westerners are outliers by world standards http://www.nationalpost.com/westerners+world+weird+ones/3427126/story.html 281 comments worldnews
- Global warming and the free rider problem: does individual conservation matter? http://trueslant.com/paultullis/2009/06/30/global-warming-and-the-free-rider-problem-does-individual-conservation-matter/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Sleep apnea linked to brain changes: Individuals with breathing issues during sleep may have an enlarged hippocampus, responsible for memory and thinking, and alterations in the brain's white matter, a common sign of reduced brain health associated with aging https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5219 84 comments science
- [Bild] Neuer: "We have confidence back again. No matter which team we're playing against, We don’t let them breathe, That's something different than before. The sense of certainty that Kompany gives each individual player is noticeable on the pitch, the connection we have. We're playing as a team" https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fc-bayern-mia-san-mia-zurueck-die-liga-hat-wieder-angst-vor-dem-rekordmeister-66f92189e15ac00f29428281 103 comments soccer
- World’s only quantum-gas microscope imaging strontium’s individual atoms | Researchers confirmed that strontium gas is a superfluid, lacking viscosity—a key quantum phase of matter. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/analog-quantum-processor-strontium-atoms 9 comments technology
- People with a self-defeating humor style demonstrate increased gray matter volume in the left orbital frontal cortex — a brain region involved in emotion perception. This effect was strongest among individuals high in divergent thinking, suggesting a moderating role of creativity. https://www.psypost.org/2021/12/neuroimaging-study-reveals-link-between-self-defeating-humor-creativity-and-gray-matter-in-the-frontal-cortex-62195 36 comments science
- A new study, one of the first to provide empirical evidence and insight into public opinion about Black Lives Matter, found that those most opposed to the movement were men, conservative or Republican individuals, and supporters of the death penalty (n = 2,114). https://www.utdallas.edu/news/research/researchers-explore-lines-of-divide-in-black-lives-matter-opinions/ 6 comments science
- Study identifies factors that predict opposition to the Black Lives Matter Movement. The study looked at a nationally representative sample of Americans to identify factors related to individuals (e.g., political affiliation, gender) and states (e.g., voting patterns) that predict opposition to BLM. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/cajr-sif101818.php 24 comments science
- Pres. Hassan Rouhani: “Many religious issues are merely matters of individual faith” http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/may/27/iran-hijab-rouhani-versus-senior-clergy-enforcement 3 comments worldnews
- The Top Five Career Regrets: Disappointment doesn't discriminate; no matter what industry the individual operated in, what role they had been given, or whether they were soaring successes or mired in failure, five dominant themes shone through. (fixed link) http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/12/the_top_five_career_regrets.html 26 comments business
- Ron Paul: Hate crime laws not only violate the First Amendment, they also violate the Tenth Amendment. Under the United States Constitution, there are only three federal crimes: piracy, treason, and counterfeiting. All other criminal matters are left to the individual states. http://smscampaignforliberty.com/375/ron-paul-on-hate-crime-legislation/ 17 comments reddit.com
- Kompany about the match against Brazil: " If it becomes a match of individual performances we've got no chance. If we play as a team, if we fight for each other, we can do it and that's what matters to me." http://www.skysports.com/football/news/29908/11426381/belgiums-vincent-kompany-not-losing-sleep-over-brazil 398 comments soccer
- maaku7 3 days ago: "Thankfully we at Blockstream are given the freedom to speak and act as individuals on this matter. Even Adam is attending as an individual, his signature not carrying the weight of representing Blockstream in this instance." https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/46po4l/we_have_consensus_in_april_we_get_sw_3_months/d07gqic 51 comments btc
- Running just 5 minutes a day could add years to your life. Researchers examined records of 55,137 healthy individuals and found that, as a group, runners gained about 3 extra years of life compared with those adults who never ran. These benefits were the same no matter how much or little they ran. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/running-just-5-minutes-a-day-has-long-lasting-benefits/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1& 4 comments science
- For Kierkegaard, faith is less a matter of living as if destined for a better world, and more a matter of hanging on to this one, daring to admit what sort of individual we are still to become. https://iai.tv/articles/kierkegaard-against-the-herd-auid-1826&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 51 comments philosophy
- Shashi Tharoor wasn't detained for possession of pistol at Jaipur airport. He was waiting for his sister. Someone asked him what he was waiting for,he said"my sister",misheard as"Pistol",individual informed security, which sought clarification, matter later closed: CISF sources https://twitter.com/ani/status/956536995676790784 59 comments india
- You probably all know this but, as a matter of interest, IPv6 could provide 2^52 individual addresses to each star in the observable universe. http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/whatis/ipv6-addresses-how-many-is-that-in-numbers/ 19 comments technology
- "The Indus Valley Civilization ... would not have been possible if it was plagued by marauders and fanatics who opposed diversity. Let religion be a personal matter between an individual and whatever deity he or she believes in." A message from Pakistani Atheists http://www.e-paa.org/node/3 11 comments pakistan
- "Recognition of an individual right to keep and bear arms," says a brief in the Heller case, "is literally a matter of life or death" for gay Americans. http://nationaljournal.com/rauch.htm? 4 comments politics
- Mike Dudas: "Individuals in bitcoin & crypto using DMCA takedown laws and organized mass reporting to deplatform others, no matter how detestable some of their speech is... well, that’s really something. Some people truly live their beliefs and principles; others just say them out loud." https://twitter.com/mdudas/status/1212062750790356993 8 comments btc
