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 Men's and women's reaction to sexual images in photos versus film
Royal Society Open Science
Embargoed until June 13, 2018 19:01 EDT
Researchers examined how static visual images, dynamic audiovisual films and features such as gender, sexual activity and nonsexual contextual cues influence processing of sexual stimuli in men and women. Men’s initial and controlled attention was consistently gender specific, regardless of media or the presence of sexual activity cues. In contrast, the gender specificity of women’s attention patterns differed as a function of attention, media-type and features.
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Lead author: Samantha Dawson, Queen’s University - 11sd49@queensu.ca
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Children recognize emotions from tone of voice, not language
Scientific Reports
Embargoed until June 14, 2018
09:00 EDT (News release from Nature Research Press)
Children recognize emotion from the sound of people’s voices both in their native language and in foreign languages, although recognition is more accurate in the native language. Researchers asked children and young adults with no foreign-language skills to identify vocal emotions of actors speaking pseudo-sentences in the subjects’ native language and three other languages in voices that expressed anger, happiness, sadness, fear and neutrality. Children also more accurately recognized angry and sad voices.
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Canadian co-author: Marc Pell, McGill University - marc.pell@mcgill.ca
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In Case You Missed It
The economics of fishing the high seas
Science Advances
Published June 06, 2018
Up to 54 percent of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable without large government subsidies. Researchers found the industry’s global cost in 2014 ranged from $6.2 billion to $8 billion, with profits ranging from –$364 million to +$1.4 billion. Read more>
Canadian co-authors: Maria Palomares, University of British Columbia - m.palomares@fisheries.ubc.ca; Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia - d.pauly@oceans.ubc.ca; Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia - r.sumaila@oceans.ubc.ca
Financial costs of conducting science in the Arctic
Arctic Science
Published May 2018
Conducting research in the Arctic is typically eight times more expensive than pursuing similar studies at a southern location. The cost differences are due to higher costs of travel, shipping, and community engagement. Read more>
Corresponding author: Mark Mallory, Acadia University - mark.mallory@acadiau.ca
First Nations status and type 2 diabetes exposure before birth increase risk of type 2 diabetes
JAMA Pediatrics
Published June 11, 2018 11:00 EDT
Exposure in utero to gestational diabetes or type 2 diabetes confers significantly different risk for children and young adults developing type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, in 467,850 offspring, First Nations status and in utero type 2 diabetes exposure conferred the highest rates of type 2 diabetes developing later.
Lead author: Brandy Wicklow, University of Manitoba - bwicklow@hsc .mb.ca
Listening, then learning: In-brain predictors of learning revealed
PNAS
Published June 11, 2018 15:00 EDT
The brains of participants with no prior music training quickly recruited the dorsal auditory-to-motor cortical pathway when participants played or passively listened to learned melodies on the cello. Neural connections between motor and auditory areas during passive listening before cello training predicted training success. Read more>
Lead author: Indiana Wollman, McGill University - indiana.wollman@mail.mcgill.ca
Psychedelic drug use associated with reduced partner violence in men
Journal of Psychopharmacology
Published May 29, 2018
Men who have used psychedelic drugs in the past have a lower likelihood of engaging in violence against their intimate partners. Read more>
Lead author: Michelle Thiessen, University of British Columbia Okanagan - michelle.thiessen@ubc.ca
Ten-year study on cannabis use by youth reveals distressing results
Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science
Prevention Science
Published May 2018
Kids who start using cannabis early and continue to use it often are more likely than their peers to have co-occurring problems, poor health outcomes, and less occupational and educational success in young adulthood. Read more>
Canadian co-authors: Kara Thompson, St. Francis Xavier University - kdthomps@stfx.ca; Bonnie Leadbeater, University of Victoria - bleadbea@uvic.ca
Majority of patents on marine genetic sequences linked to corporations
Science Advances
Published June 06, 2018
When researchers examined the patents associated with marine species, they found that BASF, the world’s largest chemical manufacturer, has registered 47 per cent of the 12,998 genetic sequences from 862 marine species. Read more>
Canadian co-author: Colette Wabnitz, University of British Columbia - c.wabnitz@oceans.ubc.ca
How to suck carbon dioxide from the sky for fuels and more
Joule
Published June 07, 2018
By removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it into fuel, engineers at Squamish, BC’s Carbon Engineering have demonstrated a scalable and cost-effective way to make deep cuts in the carbon footprint of transportation with minimal disruption to existing vehicles. Read more>
Lead author: David Keith, Harvard University and Carbon Engineering, Squamish, BC - david_keith@harvard.edu
Fuelling a deep-sea ecosystem
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published June 11, 2018 15:00 EDT
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent microbial communities worldwide produce more than 4,000 tonnes of carbon each day—roughly the same amount of carbon in 200 blue whales. This makes these subseafloor ecosystems among the ocean's most productive on a per volume basis. Read more>
Canadian co-author: Jesse McNichol, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - mcnichol@mit.edu
Mars’ methane cycle is seasonal
Science
Published June 08, 2018
Data collected by the Curiosity rover reveal that background methane levels range seasonally on Mars, from 0.24 to 0.65 parts per billion, peaking near the end of summer in the Northern hemisphere. Researchers suggest seasonal temperature changes cause the observed methane fluctuations. Read more>
Canadian co-authors: John Moores, York University - jmoores@yorku.ca; Christina Smith, York University - chrsmith@yorku.ca
Wait times for urgent hip fracture surgery in Ontario still too long
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Published June 11, 2018 00:15 EDT
Two-thirds of patients admitted to hospital in Ontario for hip fracture did not receive surgery during the recommended time window of 24 hours, and whether patients receive surgery on time is arbitrary, and depends on the hospital. Read more>
Canadian co-author: Daniel Pincus, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto - d.pincus@utoronto.ca
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In the News
G7 fossil fuel subsidy scorecard, June 2018
Despite repeated pledges to end fossil fuel subsidies, G7 countries provided at least $100 billion annually (2015 and 2016) in government support for the production and consumption of oil, gas and coal, both at home and abroad. Read more>
Prime Minister names Patricia Fuller as new Ambassador for Climate Change
Read the June 05, 2018 news release>
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Of Interest
- Communications Lead, Pembina Institute, Edmonton
Applications due June 17; Information>
- Manager of Communications, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo
Applications due June 19; Information>
- Director General, Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa
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- News Editor, MIT Tech Review, Boston
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