Friday, February 10, 2006

violent Oblivious Mice Take Bullying in Stride. The social avoidance that normally develops when a mouse repeatedly experiences defeat by a dominant animal disappears when it lacks a gene for a memory molecule in a brain circuit for social learning, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. Mice engineered to lack this memory molecule continued to welcome strangers in spite of repeated social defeat. Their unaltered peers subjected to the same hard knocks became confirmed loners — unless the researchers treated them with antidepressants. [Science Blog -] 12:16:28 PM    comment

content management system 100 of payola stations. ABC News: "Hundreds of radio stations are under investigation by the Federal Communications Commission in the payola scandal rocking the music industry." [Adam Curry's Weblog] 11:49:08 AM    comment

influence In-depth Interviews on Podcasting in Higher Education Marketing. Karine Joly at Collegewebeditor.com is posting full-length interviews she did in preparation for her recent University Business story on podcasting. So far, she has posted interviews with Mike Richwalsky and Dennis Miller, among others. Technorati tag: college admission [Syndication for Higher Ed] 11:36:06 AM    comment

privacy Limited Email Surveillance Approved. [Slashdot] 9:57:55 AM    comment

eContent Internet Radio Failing to Find Support?. [Slashdot] 9:19:36 AM    comment

influence Candy on the desk is candy in the mouth. When it comes to candy, it is out of sight, out of the mouth, a Cornell University researcher finds. The study finds that women eat more than twice as many Hershey Kisses when they are in clear containers on their desks than when they are in opaque containers on their desks -- but fewer when they are six feet away. [Science Blog -] 9:13:01 AM    comment