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- Knowledge of fractions and long division predicts long-term math success
- More to facial perception than meets the eye
- Physicists predict success of movies at the box office based solely on advertising costs
- Persistence is learned from fathers, study suggests
- Training people to inhibit movements can reduce risk-taking
- Intensive mobile phone use affects young people's sleep
| Knowledge of fractions and long division predicts long-term math success Posted: 15 Jun 2012 08:40 AM PDT From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics achievement of US high school students has remained stagnant -- and significantly behind many other countries, including China, Japan, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada. A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University's Robert Siegler has identified a major source of the gap -- US students' inadequate knowledge of fractions and division.  |
| More to facial perception than meets the eye Posted: 15 Jun 2012 07:43 AM PDT People make complex judgments about a person from looking at their face that are based on a range of factors beyond simply their race and gender, according to new findings.  |
| Physicists predict success of movies at the box office based solely on advertising costs Posted: 15 Jun 2012 07:37 AM PDT A group of Japanese scientists have surprised themselves by being able to predict the success or failure of blockbuster movies at the box office using a set of mathematical models. The researchers used the effects of advertising and word-of-mouth communication to create a model that turned out to be successful in predicting how each movie fared once it hit the silver screen. The only data the researchers needed to put into the model were the daily advertisement costs of 25 movies that appeared in Japanese cinemas.  |
| Persistence is learned from fathers, study suggests Posted: 15 Jun 2012 07:35 AM PDT A longitudinal study found that adolescents learn persistence through fathers who follow good parenting practices. As a result, these adolescents saw higher engagement in school and lower rates of delinquency.  |
| Training people to inhibit movements can reduce risk-taking Posted: 14 Jun 2012 10:09 AM PDT People can train their brains to become less impulsive, resulting in less risk-taking during gambling. The research could pave the way for new treatments for people with addictions to gambling, drugs or alcohol as well as impulse-control disorders, such as ADHD.  |
| Intensive mobile phone use affects young people's sleep Posted: 11 Jun 2012 10:42 AM PDT Young adults who make particularly heavy use of mobile phones and computers run a greater risk of sleep disturbances, stress and symptoms of mental health.  |
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