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- Cognitive benefit of lifelong bilingualism
- Being bored at work can make us more creative
- Hold the diet soda? Sweetened drinks linked to depression, coffee tied to lower risk
- Fussy babies spend more time in front of the TV
- Researchers work to counter spear phishing attacks
- Keeping to your New Year resolutions with PiFace
| Cognitive benefit of lifelong bilingualism Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:15 PM PST Older bilinguals expend less energy when performing a cognitive flexibility task. The findings suggest the value of regular stimulating mental activity across the lifetime. As people age, cognitive flexibility -- the ability to adapt to unfamiliar or unexpected circumstances -- and related "executive" functions decline. Recent studies suggest lifelong bilingualism may reduce this decline -- a boost that may stem from the experience of constantly switching between languages. |
| Being bored at work can make us more creative Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:15 PM PST Most of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an increase in creativity because it gives us time to daydream. |
| Hold the diet soda? Sweetened drinks linked to depression, coffee tied to lower risk Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:21 PM PST New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults while drinking coffee was tied to a slightly lower risk. |
| Fussy babies spend more time in front of the TV Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:20 AM PST Moms, especially those who are obese, are more likely to use TV to entertain and soothe infants who are more fussy and active, according to researchers. The finding adds to the growing body of knowledge that may help explain the escalating rate of obesity and inactivity in US children, and has led to behavioral and educational strategies that may help mothers combat these effects. |
| Researchers work to counter spear phishing attacks Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:18 AM PST Researchers are working to counter threats from spear phishing. The attacks use knowledge of computer users to gain their trust to break into corporate networks. |
| Keeping to your New Year resolutions with PiFace Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:41 AM PST After a festive period of excess, a January diet is one of the most common New Year resolutions for many people. Sticking to it, however, is harder, with temptation around every corner and inside every cupboard. Now scientists have come up with a unique deterrent -- a talking, tweeting chicken guarding your cupboards to shame hungry dieters into abstaining. The chicken, which not only barks out orders to sneaky snackers, but even tweets that person's Twitter account to publicly shame them if they stray, uses a Raspberry Pi -- a tiny, single-board computer. |
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