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- Concussions affect children's brains even after symptoms subside
- Colic treatment? Manipulative therapies may be beneficial treatment for infantile colic
- My, what big teeth you have! Threatening objects appear closer
- Value or attention: Why do consumers prefer familiar products?
- Need to move soon? Don't trust your emotions
- How do stay-at-home dads seek greater social acceptance?
- Global student achievement in math, science and reading literacy: Results of 2011 TIMSS and PIRLS assessments
- Eating or spending too much? Blame it on social networking sites
- Emotion in voices helps capture listener's attention, but in the long run the words are not remembered as accurately
- Higher levels of college-degree attainment boosts employment for all, even the least educated
- Epigenetics may be a critical factor contributing to homosexuality, study suggests
- Bedroom TV viewing increases risk of obesity in children: More than 2 hours of TV a day adds significantly to children's waist size
| Concussions affect children's brains even after symptoms subside Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:31 PM PST Brain changes in children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, persist for months following injury -- even after the symptoms of the injury are gone, according to a new study. The findings highlight the potential benefit of using advanced imaging techniques to monitor recovery in children following concussions. |
| Colic treatment? Manipulative therapies may be beneficial treatment for infantile colic Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:31 PM PST Infantile colic is a distressing problem, characterized by excessive crying of infants and it is the most common complaint seen by physicians in the first 16 weeks of a child's life. It is usually considered a benign disorder because the symptoms generally disappear by the age of five or six months. However, the degree of distress caused to parents and family life is such that physicians often feel the need to intervene. Some studies suggest that there are longer-lasting effects. It has been suggested that certain gentle, low velocity manipulative techniques such as those used in osteopathy and chiropractic, might safely reduce the symptoms associated with infantile colic, specifically excessive crying time. |
| My, what big teeth you have! Threatening objects appear closer Posted: 11 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST When we're faced with things that seem threatening, whether it's a hairy spider or an angry mob, our goal is usually to get as far away as we can. Now, new research suggests that our visual perception may actually be biased to help motivate us to get out of harm's way. |
| Value or attention: Why do consumers prefer familiar products? Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:04 AM PST Consumers are more likely to purchase a product if they have previously focused their attention on it but are less likely to purchase a product they have previously ignored, according to a new study. |
| Need to move soon? Don't trust your emotions Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:04 AM PST Consumers are more likely to make emotional instead of objective assessments when the outcomes are closer to the present time than when they are further away in the future, according to a new study. |
| How do stay-at-home dads seek greater social acceptance? Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:04 AM PST In order to avoid the stigma and loss of status posed by their lifestyle choice, stay-at-home fathers are mobilizing to build greater legitimacy for their marginalized gender identity, according to a new study. |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:04 AM PST Students from East Asian countries, in addition to a select group of European countries, outperformed students around the world in mathematics, science and reading at both the fourth and eighth grades, according to the latest assessments. |
| Eating or spending too much? Blame it on social networking sites Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:03 AM PST Participating in online social networks can have a detrimental effect on consumer well-being by lowering self-control among certain users, according to a new study. |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:27 AM PST Emotion in voices helps capture the listener's attention, but in the long run the words are not remembered as accurately. Does the emotion in our voice have a lasting effect? According to new research, emotion helps us recognize words quicker and more accurately straight away. In the longer term however, we do not remember emotionally intoned speech as accurately as neutral speech. When we do remember the words, they have acquired an emotional value; for example words spoken in a sad voice are remembered as more negative than words spoken in a neutral voice. |
| Higher levels of college-degree attainment boosts employment for all, even the least educated Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:50 AM PST When it comes to four-year college degree attainment, a rising tide lifts all boats. Higher levels of college-degree attainment in an area boost the employment rate for all in that area. In fact, the least educated receive the biggest boost in terms of spillover effect. |
| Epigenetics may be a critical factor contributing to homosexuality, study suggests Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:32 AM PST Epigenetics -- how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches, called epi-marks -- appears to be a critical and overlooked factor contributing to the long-standing puzzle of why homosexuality occurs. According to the study, sex-specific epi-marks, which normally do not pass between generations and are thus "erased," can lead to homosexuality when they escape erasure and are transmitted from father to daughter or mother to son. |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:32 AM PST The average American child from age 8 to 18 watches about 4.5 hours of TV each day. 70 percent have a TV in the bedroom and about one-third of youth aged 6-19 is considered obese. Researchers have now established the relationship between having and watching TV in the bedroom and childhood obesity, specifically high waist circumference. |
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