Science News of the Year: 1998
Back to Science News of 1998
Behavior
- Immigrants and their children tend to become more susceptible to
mental and physical ailments with greater exposure to U.S. culture (Sept. 19, vol. 154: p. 180*).
- Rhesus monkeys showed they can order numbers from one to nine (Nov.
7, vol. 154: p. 296). In related work, 3-month-old babies learned and remembered the order
of up to five items (July 25, vol. 154: p. 53). Researchers identified a brain area active
in making number comparisons in children as young as 5 years old (July 11, vol. 154: p.
27).
- Computerized comparisons revealed that a slightly feminine-shaped
face renders men more attractive (Aug. 29, vol. 154: p. 132).
- Daily exposure to bright lights for a few weeks showed renewed
promise as a treatment for winter depression (Oct. 24, vol.
154: p. 260*).
- People with unconventional traits or sexual preferences reported
marked social benefits from Internet newsgroup participation (Oct. 17, vol. 154: p. 245*).
- Scientists reported that a specific gene exerts a small but
noticeable effect on childhood IQ (May 9, vol. 153: p. 292).
- Religious faith attracted attention as an aid in treating mild to
moderate depression (April 18, vol. 153: p. 247). Other data suggested that the official
diagnostic criteria for major depression are often misleading (Feb. 14, vol. 153: p. 100*).
- People who begin to drink alcohol regularly before age 15 have
strikingly high rates of alcohol problems as adults (Jan.
24, vol. 153: p. 52*).
- The malfunctioning of a widespread network of brain regions was
implicated in the reading difficulties that characterize dyslexia (March 7, vol. 153: p.
150).
- Researchers began to unravel how people gain expertise at real-life
tasks, from fire fighting to weather forecasting (July 18, vol. 154: p. 44).
- Evidence that visual perception and consciousness depend on the
synchronized firing of far-flung brain cells sparked debate (Feb. 21, vol. 153: p. 120).
- Experiments suggested that economic decisions may often reflect a
type of cooperation rather than sheer selfishness (March 28, vol. 153: p. 205).
- An antidepressant drug helps cigarette smokers with no history of
depression to kick their habit for at least a year (Aug. 15, vol. 154: p. 102).
¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨
¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨
Click on the subject
headings below for Science News of
1998 in. . .
Anthropology &
Archaeology | Astronomy | Behavior | Biology | Biomedicine
Botany & Zoology | Chemistry | Earth Science | Environment & Ecology
Food Science | Mathematics & Computers
| Paleobiology
Physics | Technology | Science News of 1998
¨ ¨ ¨
