Teenage boys who get into trouble with the law may have difficulty interpreting social cues in others, say researchers.
A Japanese study of young offenders found they more frequently mistook facial expressions of disgust as anger than their peers.
The researchers said the misinterpretation may lead them to see a situation as more hostile than it is.
One [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
Blog:Delinquents ‘misinterpret anger’
Blog:No remorse
None of the executed men had ever expressed remorse for the attacks, only saying they regretted that Muslims had been killed
A last-minute appeal by relatives of the bombers was rejected by a Supreme Court judge earlier this week.
Some of the victims’ families, however, had said they opposed the execution.
Susannah Miller, whose brother was killed, said [...]
Blog:E.coli girl, 3, out of hospital
three-year-old girl who spent two weeks in hospital after an E.coli outbreak is now recovering at home.
Abigail Hennessey, from Llay, Wrexham, underwent treatment at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, and had dialysis for five days, but is now “doing well”.
Another victim, Karen Morrisroe-Clutton, 32, remains in intensive care but is out of a medically-induced coma.
The Llay [...]
Blog:Leader of China boots,XueChi
UGG Ultra Tall Sheepskin Bootsi ,the biggest and the most popular boot band.According to a suvey from China Consumer Association in 2008,XueChi went top of the suvey by 60 billion sales and 2 billion sales income.XueChi locates in JiangSu Province ,the east of China.There are 20,000 staffs in the company.And it has a strong reaserch [...]
Blog: Famouse UGG Ultra Short
You may be wondering why UGG Ultra Short Boots are so popular among surfers, when the boots themselves appear to be something you would see used in the snow. The secret is its sheepskin lining that keeps your feet at the perfect temperature all the time. UGG Ultra Short is one of the original traditional [...]
Blog:In quotes: Lockerbie letters reaction
The question remains cock-up or conspiracy? This was either a cock-up where, on an issue of major foreign policy implications, the London and Edinburgh governments were not speaking to each another. Or – more sinister still – someone in the British government gave a nod and a wink to the Libyan authorities to create the [...]
Blog: Feeling OK? Have a ‘pint’
The old advertising slogan “Guinness is good for you”, is being taken quite literally in Belfast.
A health group in Short Strand has come up with a tempting new way to talk to men about their health – over a pint of the black stuff.
The scheme is being run by the East Belfast Community Health Information [...]
Blog:Iraq shoe thrower ‘was tortured’
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials while in jail.
Shortly after his release from nine months in a Baghdad prison, Muntadar al-Zaidi demanded an apology – and said he would name the officials later.
Iraqi officials told the BBC his claims [...]
Blog:Hotel arrest
Mr Mousa and nine other civilians were arrested at a Basra Hotel on 14 September 2003 by soldiers from the former Queen’s Lancashire Regiment who found weapons on the premises.
Staff insisted the weapons were kept for security, but they were taken to a detention centre at the Battle Group Main camp, under suspicion of being [...]
Blog: Ugg Amelie Suede
UGGS on Sale has become a brand associated with mainly high quality, highly fashionable footwear. Believe it or not, they first got their start in the United States on the west coast where there is little need for winter boots. That is due in part to the fact that UGG Classic Cardy is not just [...]