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'Cascading effect' of childhood experiences may explain serious teen violence Medicine & Health / Psychology November 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Adverse experiences early in life can lead to minor childhood behavior problems, which can grow into serious acts of teen violence, according to new research. This "cascading effect" of repeated negative incidents and behaviors ...

Helping children and teens deal with stress in an uncertain time Medicine & Health / Psychology November 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet As families across the country face losses of nest eggs, homes or jobs, their young children and teens need emotional support.

How our senses combine to give us a better view of the world Medicine & Health / Psychology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet From a young age we are taught about the five senses and how they help us to explore our world. Although each sense seems to be its own entity, recent studies have indicated that there is actually a lot of overlap and blending ...

Those were the days: counteracting loneliness with nostalgia Medicine & Health / Psychology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet With the days getting shorter (and colder) and the Holidays quickly approaching, many of us start thinking back to days gone by. This sentimentality and desire for the past is known as nostalgia. All of us are struck with ...

Decisions, decisions: Feedback influences decision making Medicine & Health / Psychology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Every day we are faced with a multitude of choices, but the majority of these fall into two categories: descriptive choice (based on what we are told) and experiential choice (based on our own personal experience). An example ...

Over-thinking and motor skills: When teachers can't do Medicine & Health / Psychology November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to sink a perfect putt? Don't talk about it, just do it. Psychology research shows over-thinking may be one reason those who teach often can't do the task as well as they'd like.

Babies placed in incubators decrease risk of depression as adults Medicine & Health / Psychology November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression as adults according to a new study published in the journal Pyschiatry Research. The surprising discovery was made ...

Schools' resources important for helping children of immigrant families succeed in the classroom Medicine & Health / Psychology November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Children of immigrants who enter school with low math and reading skills have a better chance of catching up with their peers if they attend a school with high-performing students, well-supported teachers and services to ...

Research finds cross-race friendships can lower stress Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional wisdom holds that diversity pays off in higher education. Now researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found scientific evidence that multiculturalism improves students' experiences ...

New study explores social comparison in early childhood Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet It has been shown (and probably experienced by all of us) that performing worse than our peers on a particular task results in negative self-esteem and poorer subsequent performance on the same task. How people respond when ...

Gender biases in leadership selection during competitions within and between groups Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet What makes a great leader? Traits that we look for typically include a sense of power, great negotiating skills and lots of charisma. However, a recent study suggests that it is not just an outgoing personality and great ...

Baby talk: The roots of the early vocabulary in infants' learning from speech Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Although babies typically start talking around 12 months of age, their brains actually begin processing certain aspects of language much earlier, so that by the time they start talking, babies actually already know hundreds ...

Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet It is not surprising that people are more willing to participate in a task if it does not require too much effort. What is interesting, however, is the way we determine just how easy a task will be and therefore, how motivated ...

Like father, like son? Macho men produce macho sons, according to research Medicine & Health / Psychology October 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that men with strong masculine traits are likely to produce similarly macho sons but, according to the new study by the University of St Andrews, macho sons are not considered especially ...

Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts Medicine & Health / Psychology October 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new predictive model shows that vaccinating infants with 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7)--the current recommendation--not only saves lives and money during a normal flu season by preventing related bacterial ...

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'Cascading effect' of childhood experiences may explain serious teen violence Medicine & Health / Psychology November 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Adverse experiences early in life can lead to minor childhood behavior problems, which can grow into serious acts of teen violence, according to new research. This "cascading effect" of repeated negative incidents and behaviors ...

Helping children and teens deal with stress in an uncertain time Medicine & Health / Psychology November 13, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet As families across the country face losses of nest eggs, homes or jobs, their young children and teens need emotional support.

How our senses combine to give us a better view of the world Medicine & Health / Psychology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet From a young age we are taught about the five senses and how they help us to explore our world. Although each sense seems to be its own entity, recent studies have indicated that there is actually a lot of overlap and blending ...

Those were the days: counteracting loneliness with nostalgia Medicine & Health / Psychology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet With the days getting shorter (and colder) and the Holidays quickly approaching, many of us start thinking back to days gone by. This sentimentality and desire for the past is known as nostalgia. All of us are struck with ...

Decisions, decisions: Feedback influences decision making Medicine & Health / Psychology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Every day we are faced with a multitude of choices, but the majority of these fall into two categories: descriptive choice (based on what we are told) and experiential choice (based on our own personal experience). An example ...

Over-thinking and motor skills: When teachers can't do Medicine & Health / Psychology November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to sink a perfect putt? Don't talk about it, just do it. Psychology research shows over-thinking may be one reason those who teach often can't do the task as well as they'd like.

Babies placed in incubators decrease risk of depression as adults Medicine & Health / Psychology November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression as adults according to a new study published in the journal Pyschiatry Research. The surprising discovery was made ...

Schools' resources important for helping children of immigrant families succeed in the classroom Medicine & Health / Psychology November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Children of immigrants who enter school with low math and reading skills have a better chance of catching up with their peers if they attend a school with high-performing students, well-supported teachers and services to ...

Research finds cross-race friendships can lower stress Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional wisdom holds that diversity pays off in higher education. Now researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found scientific evidence that multiculturalism improves students' experiences ...

New study explores social comparison in early childhood Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet It has been shown (and probably experienced by all of us) that performing worse than our peers on a particular task results in negative self-esteem and poorer subsequent performance on the same task. How people respond when ...

Gender biases in leadership selection during competitions within and between groups Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet What makes a great leader? Traits that we look for typically include a sense of power, great negotiating skills and lots of charisma. However, a recent study suggests that it is not just an outgoing personality and great ...

Baby talk: The roots of the early vocabulary in infants' learning from speech Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Although babies typically start talking around 12 months of age, their brains actually begin processing certain aspects of language much earlier, so that by the time they start talking, babies actually already know hundreds ...

Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation Medicine & Health / Psychology October 30, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet It is not surprising that people are more willing to participate in a task if it does not require too much effort. What is interesting, however, is the way we determine just how easy a task will be and therefore, how motivated ...

Like father, like son? Macho men produce macho sons, according to research Medicine & Health / Psychology October 29, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that men with strong masculine traits are likely to produce similarly macho sons but, according to the new study by the University of St Andrews, macho sons are not considered especially ...

Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts Medicine & Health / Psychology October 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new predictive model shows that vaccinating infants with 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7)--the current recommendation--not only saves lives and money during a normal flu season by preventing related bacterial ...

'Cascading effect' of childhood experiences may explain serious teen violence

Helping children and teens deal with stress in an uncertain time

How our senses combine to give us a better view of the world

Those were the days: counteracting loneliness with nostalgia

Decisions, decisions: Feedback influences decision making

Over-thinking and motor skills: When teachers can't do

Babies placed in incubators decrease risk of depression as adults

Schools' resources important for helping children of immigrant families succeed in the classroom

Research finds cross-race friendships can lower stress

New study explores social comparison in early childhood

Gender biases in leadership selection during competitions within and between groups

Baby talk: The roots of the early vocabulary in infants' learning from speech

Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation

Like father, like son? Macho men produce macho sons, according to research

Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts

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