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Poor Children's Brain Activity Resembles That Of Stroke Victims, EEG Shows
Prefrontal cortex activity in children from low socioeconomic levels is lower than in similar children from well-off families. The brain differences, documented through EEGs, are dramatic: the prefrontal cortexes of...
Perfect Gift: Gadgets For Guys
We all know how men love gadgets! David Gregg, senior editor of BehindTheBuy.com, has ideas for the "perfect gift" for the guy on your holiday list.
Too much commitment may be unhealthy for relationships
Romantic relationships establish special bonds between partners. Oftentimes, passionate rapport leads to permanent partnerships, and ultimately, the start of families. Sometimes, however, one or both partners place too much emotional...
NASA Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots
Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and frustration, and for airline pilots, the...
Infants Participate In Complex Interactions With Their Parents
A new study shows that infants appear to be active participants in complex interactional sequences with their parents far earlier than previously thought.
Gen Y not so hi tech
A New Zealand survey has revealed that, while Generation Y students love YouTube and Wikipedia, many have never heard of social bookmarking or podcasts.
One in five put workers at risk
A nationwide survey has revealed that one in five companies have no controls in place to protect their employees from workplace hazards, such as sun exposure.
Sleeping in school
Up to 10% of children starting school suffer from sleep disturbances and these may lead to poor performance or behavioural difficulties. In the current edition of Deutsches Aerzteblatt International (Dtsch...
Juries not as racially diverse as the communities from which they are drawn
A new review of the literature in the journal Social Issues and Policy Review examines obstacles that prevent diversity on juries and the implications this has on jury performance. Results...
Self-embedding of objects in body a puzzling teen disorder
Some teens are wounding themselves and embedding objects such as paper clips and glass to cope with disturbed thoughts and feelings, say U.S. doctors who are looking for ways to...
Marriage improves after kids fly the coop, study suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- So much for the empty nest blues. A University of California, Berkeley, study that tracked the relationships of dozens of women has found evidence that marriages improve once...
When 'just say no' isn't enough: Try science
Teens are fascinated by their brains, the way they work, change, and even "freeze" sometimes. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recommends that parents, teachers and caregivers...
Stress-related Disorders Affect Brain’s Processing Of Memory
Researchers using functional MRI have determined that the circuitry in the area of the brain responsible for suppressing memory is dysfunctional in patients suffering from stress-related psychiatric disorders.
More Evidence Needed To Show ‘What Works’ In Prevention Of Child Abuse
More evidence is needed to discover ‘what works’ to prevent child maltreatment, new research shows. Researchers examined all five major subtypes of child maltreatment – physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological...
10 wonders in a winter wonderland
Thoughts of winter often drift to the perennial question: Is it really true that no two snowflakes are alike? The answer depends on how alike "alike" is.
Scientists must help realise human rights
Scientists can do more to ensure governments uphold human rights, say Leonard Rubenstein and Mona Younis.
Evidence Gap: British Balance Gain Versus Cost of Latest Drugs
Skyrocketing health care prices have led a growing number of countries to follow Britain’s example when asking the hardest of questions: How much is life worth?
Doctor performs amputation in DR Congo by text
A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo performs a life-saving amputation using text message instructions from a colleague.
Country music star Clay Walker donates to National Paediatric MS Centre
Country music singer Clay Walker's non-profit charity, Band Against MS (BAMS), donated $100,000 to the National Paediatric MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centre at Stony Brook University Medical Centre. On November 21...
Researcher calls for increase in sexual assault awareness programs on college campuses
The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling; the Department of Justice reports that one in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual sexual assault during their...
Old as you want to be: Study finds most seniors feel younger
Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age. That is one of the findings of a study forthcoming in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science....
Why We Remember Important Things And Forget Trivia: Neuron's Synapses Remodel Themselves
Where would we be without our ability to remember important information or, for that matter, to forget irrelevant details? Thanks to the flexibility of the nerve cell's communication units, called...
New Cognitive Telerehabilitation Program Uses Virtual Reality
Researchers are working on a telerehabilitation program for treating people with cognitive deficits caused by acquired brain damage. A three-dimensional space has been designed to help these people improve their...
Researchers Suggest New Models for Music Education
(PhysOrg.com) -- Preteens and teenagers today are involved in music in ways that never could have been imagined 50 years ago. Yet America`s secondary school music education programs remain strikingly...
Frozen assets: Who gets the embryos when a couple splits?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Divorcing couples have always fought over property, income and custody of children. But technology has added an even more contentious item to the list: the frozen embryos the...
Starwars style holographic 3DTV could be a reality by 2018
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 3D television system which would display holographic images floating in mid air - reminiscent of a famous scene from Star Wars - could be a reality in...
Criminalizing Web use
Surfing the Internet carries all sorts of minor hazards, including pop-up ads, vitriolic bloggers and time-wasting videos. As of last week, it also carries one that is anything but minor:...
Really?: The Claim: Some People Dream Only in Black and White
In an age of high-definition television it might seem peculiar to think that anyone would experience colorless dreams.