Recent Discoveries from Northwestern University

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Northwestern University has a multimillion-dollar research program that yields significant discoveries in medicine, law and the social sciences, among other areas. Test your knowledge of the university's contributions to these fields in recent years. Fill in the blanks, and you just might discover something, too!

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    A recent study released by the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences suggested that women are _ men when it comes to choosing a mate.

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    Researchers released data in 2006 showing that adults who go to sleep feeling stressed have higher levels of cortisol when they wake up. The researchers said in the short term, cortisol can _.

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    A recent study from researchers at the Institute of Policy Research found that No Child Left Behind has _ math scores in the nation's public schools.

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    The results of a law school study released in 2006 showed that lower court judges who were Democratic appointees gave _ sentences for drug offenses and violent crimes _ Republican appointees.

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    A recent study from the Feinberg School of Medicine reported that _ of pharmacies surveyed in states with large Latino populations could fully translate prescription instructions into Spanish.

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    Attempting to replicate the results of an Ohio State University study suggesting a correlation between higher Facebook use and lower grades, a Northwestern researcher found _.

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    A recent study conducted by Northwestern University and the University of Missouri at Columbia showed that most earthquakes in the central United States are _.

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    A recent study from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences found that a genetic vulnerability to depression is more likely to be realized in _ than in _.

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    In 2007, a study from the School of Education and Social Policy found a correlation between a lack of sleep and _ in children.

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    In 2006, the Feinberg School of Medicine found that the ineffectiveness of public service messages at correcting misinformation was potentially to blame for lower flu vaccination rates among _.

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    In 2005, a study by Northwestern and Evanston Township High School found that students perform better in the _ than in the _. It also found that exposure to bright light _ students' performance.

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    According to research released in 2008, couples with close relationships were _ to perform regular, thorough skin checks for melanoma on one another _ those with weaker bonds.

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    Research from the Kellogg School of Management and Tilburg University in the Netherlands recently found that power causes people to judge others' behavior _ and to judge their own behavior _.

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    In a 2005 book, a Northwestern researcher said parenting experts sometimes contradict science. She pegged James Dobson, who told parents to use spanking even though research has found that _.

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