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Cramming: Not A Long-Term Study Strategy
I challenge you: Name one fact you still remember from the last test for which you crammed. Anyone? Any fact? read more
Today's Veterans Seek Camaraderie Online
Veterans of past wars have long found companionship over beer and conversation at their local veterans hall. But many of those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan seek that companionship...
CNET: Tech Frustration By Gender, Age
When faced with a technology breakdown, levels of optimism and frustration vary depending on age and gender, according to a new study.
Want to win friends and influence people? Use Facebook and IM, studies suggest
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's an age-old question: How do you get a new acquaintance to like you? Jeff Hancock, associate professor of communication, says that he and his research team have...
IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain`s abilities for sensation,...
When the Stress is Critical, Avoid Pseudoscience, Psychologist Says
(PhysOrg.com) -- A case study of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, known as CISD, shows that this approach to crisis management meets all criteria for a pseudoscience. The good news is...
Racialised communication met with silence in the classroom
A new article in the journal Communication, Culture and Critique illustrates the ways some college students bear the costs of silence-mediated racialised communication in their everyday classroom activities. Specifically, the...
Sexually harassed employees experience less job satisfaction and lower job performance
A new study in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction,...
Certain skills are predictors of reading ability in young children
A new study in the journal Learning Disabilities Research and Practice reveals that differences found between pre-kindergarten reading-disabled children and their typically reading peers diminish in various measures by pre-first...
Brain-injured recover emotional perception skills
People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and...
When it comes to what's for dinner, baboon society is no democracy
In decisions about where to eat, baboons don't all have an equal say, according to a report in the 20th November issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Rather,...
Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline
(AP) -- Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence,...
Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Some individuals would rather receive clear negative information than deal with ambiguity or uncertainty, according to new research out of the University of Toronto.
Remains Of Copernicus Confirmed
In spring 2004, at the meeting of the Scientific Council of the Frombork-based Baltic Research Centre, Jerzy Gąssowski received an interesting challenge - find the remains of Nicolas Copernicus. Advertisement: ...
Chinese government sued for denying HIV remedy
A Chinese biotech company is suing the government for refusing to license its "effective" herbal HIV treatment.
Abuse of politicians' DNA feared
BOSTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Two scientists called for ground rules to prevent an abuse of genetic information about U.S. presidential candidates, which will likely available in four...
Texas debates place of evolution in education
Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution grabbed center stage Wednesday as State Board of Education members heard from dozens of Texans trying to influence the panel on how evolution...
Employee engagement dependent upon conditions created by employer
In a new article in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, William H. Macey and Benjamin Schneider examine the meaning of employee engagement, which they view as leading to unusually effective employee...
Attorneys play down woman's role in cyberbully case
Lori Drew didn't hatch the plan to woo and humiliate her daughter's former friend, didn't create the fake MySpace account used and didn't send any of the messages to 13-year-old...
Study suggests 'hanging out' on Facebook, MySpace not a waste for teens
Some might call it unproductive. Or maybe a bad habit. Or just a frivolous distraction. Or even dangerous. Julianne Howell, a freshman at St. Joseph's Academy, calls her daily Facebook...
As phone usage changes, wireless survey experts say research will too
Perhaps as never before, national polls generated almost daily discussion of how voters felt about this year's presidential candidates and related political issues...
How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- If space-time were constructed in such a way that you could travel back in time, it would create some pretty strange effects. One of these oddities, as many...
Teenagers learn important social, technical skills online: study
Parents may disapprove of the amount of time their teenagers spend online but they are actually learning important social and technical skills, according to a study released on Thursday.
Manitoba's Opposition wants review of ER services after Sinclair death
Manitoba's Conservative Opposition is demanding an independent external review into the death of Brian Sinclair, who was found dead after waiting 34 hours in a hospital emergency waiting room in...
Removing Part Of Brain Controls Girl's Epilepsy
Surgeons told Jessica Nelson one of the scariest things she will ever hear as a parent: they wanted to treat her daughter's epilepsy by cutting out or disconnecting half of...
Official: No 'girls gone wild' epidemic
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The number of girls under age 18 arrested for violent crimes fell 17 percent from a decade earlier, U.S. Justice Department research says.
The Reality of Disputed Medical Maladies
Gulf War Syndrome is real, but what about chronic fatigue, multiple personalities and breast implant disorders?