Background. Despite the research being accomplished so far, there is no clear answer to the question that "Does sports help to prevent and reducing the abuse of drug, alcohol, and smoking in young people as it believed in public". Objective(s). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sports activity and experience of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse among...

Environmental pollutants can exert sublethal deleterious effects on animals. These include disruption of cognitive functions underlying crucial behaviours. While agrochemicals have been identified as a major threat to pollinators, metal pollutants, which are often found in complex mixtures, so far overlooked. Here we assessed the impact acute exposure field-realistic concentrations three common...

HIGHLIGHTS  We show the promotion intervention has positive effects during intergroup contact, but that high levels of compunction can have negative effects. Intergroup contact is probably the longest standing and most comprehensively researched intervention to reduce discrimination. It is also part of ordinary social experience, and a key context in which discrimination is played out. In this ...

data on the effects of serotonin reuptake inhibitors on learning and memory processes are not consistent. in the present study, the effects of citalopram, a very potent and completely selective inhibitor of the serotonin reuptake on spatial discrimination in the t-maze and morris water maze, were assessed in mice and/or rats. animals received different doses of citalopram (1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 mg/k...

A model of adverse selection when teams form endogenously highlights the relationship between discrimination and occupational choice. It shows discrimination can persist even when management allocates credit fairly, if worker beliefs about discrimination in‡uence their decision to engage in teamwork. Furthermore, among those choosing to work as entrepreneurs or in other individualistic occupati...