science

Intelligence

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• • Teachers unaware of growing gender gaps in classrooms, US study finds
  • Gender stereotypes could push women away from entrepreneurship
  • Mothers have a higher sickness absence than fathers
  • Parental monitoring of opposite-gender child may decrease problem drinking in young adults
  • Gender stereotypes about math develop as early as second grade
  • Thrill-seeking females work hard for their next fix, rat study suggests
  • Receiving work-related communication at home takes greater toll on women, study finds
  • The better off sleep better
  • Six out of 10 male drug addicts abuse their partners, Spanish study finds
  • Just like me: Online training helpers more effective when they resemble students
  • ‘Feminine’ science catches girls’ interest
  • Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement
  • Advanced degrees add up to lower blood pressure
  • Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first
  • Gender does not play a role in risk of death from heart attack, study suggests
  • Men attend childbirth classes for partner’s sake
  • High-caffeine-consuming boys get greater rush from caffeine than girls
  • Women are better at forgiving, Spanish study finds
  • Female topics encourage girls to study science, study finds
  • Think manager, think male? Impact of gender in sport administration hiring
  • Girls" interest in computing science piqued by making video games
  • Early substance misuse continues into middle age
  • Choices -- not discrimination -- determine success for women scientists, experts argue
  • "He loves me, he loves me not...": Women are more attracted to men whose feelings are unclear
  • Video games are good for girls, if parents play along
  • Head injury can blight survival up to 13 years later
  • Women in Congress outperform men on some measures, study finds
  • Women less interested than men in jobs where individual competition determines wages
  • Our perceptions of masculinity and femininity swayed by our sense of touch
  • Parents give boys preferential treatment when there is a chronic food shortage
• Intelligence
  • People at risk of Alzheimer"s may now be able to delay the onset of their first symptoms
  • Long-term methadone treatment can affect the brain
  • Bees could reveal key to dementia
  • Major clue in long-term memory-making
  • Prognosis for brain damage
  • Doctors should evaluate liver disease patients for cognitive impairment, address driving safety, experts urge
  • New insight into the brain"s ability to reorganize itself

Psychology

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• • Media character use on food packaging appears to influence children"s taste assessment
  • Alcohol consumption after age 75 associated with lower risk of developing dementia
  • Men in low income neighborhoods drink more than women
  • Genes associated with binge drinking identified
  • Planning and visualization lead to better food habits
  • Moderate-to-heavy alcohol intake may increase risk of atrial fibrillation
  • Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson"s
  • How omega-3 fatty acids help prevent several forms of blindness
  • What makes fructose fattening? Some answers found in the brain
  • Rural underage binge drinkers put their health at risk, German study finds
  • Family mealtimes play a role in health of children with asthma
  • Non-alcoholic energy drinks may pose "high" health risks, experts argue
  • Study of nutrition, Alzheimer"s links hampered by research approach
  • Advocacy in tight fiscal environment vital to reducing heart disease and stroke
  • Reducing diet early in pregnancy stunts fetal brain development, study finds
  • Protective properties of green tea uncovered
  • Mothers" diets have biggest influence on children eating healthy, study suggests
  • Fast food and sweets advertised when children watch television
  • Many brain tumor patients use homeopathy, alternative treatments
  • Thought for food: Imagining food consumption reduces actual consumption
  • Do our bodies" bacteria play matchmaker?
  • Why the road to health is paved with, often unrealised, good intentions
  • Guiltless gluttony: Misleading size labels lead to overeating
• Psychology
  • Poor behavior doesn"t always lead to poor academics
  • What choice do we have?
  • Skills training can improve responses to disclosures of trauma
  • Marijuana use may hurt intellectual skills in multiple sclerosis patients
  • Indications of Alzheimer"s disease may be evident decades before first signs of cognitive impairment
  • Mothers" hard work pays off with big brains for their babies
  • Deciphering hidden code reveals brain activity
  • "Can you hear me now?" How neurons decide how to transmit information
  • Tourettes brains are structured for greater, not lesser, cognitive motor control

power

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• • New research demonstrates language learners" creativity
  • A glove on your hand can change your mind
  • Right-handers, but not left-handers, are biased to select their dominant hand
  • Researcher seeks to use electrical stimulation to give voice to stroke patients
  • People with low self-esteem show more signs of prejudice
  • When fingers start tapping, the music must be striking a chord
  • Infants raised in bilingual environments can distinguish unfamiliar languages
  • Crossing borders in language science: What bilinguals tell us about mind and brain
  • Juggling languages can build better brains
  • Scientists steer car with the power of thought
  • Brains of blind people reading in Braille show activity in same area that lights up when sighted readers read
  • Brain-machine interfaces make gains by learning about their users, letting them rest, and allowing for multitasking
  • Dial 5683 for love: Dialing certain numbers on a cell phone changes your emotional state
  • Human sentence processing unaffected by sentence structure, eye-movement finds
  • Innovative iPhone app developed to carry out psychological and social research
  • Physical activity linked to political participation
  • Out of mind in a matter of seconds: Surprising rate at which neuronal networks in cerebral cortex delete sensory information
  • Humans" critical ability to throw long distances aided by an illusion, study finds
  • Speaking the same language means better health care quality, study finds
  • A second language gives toddlers an edge
  • Babies process language in a grown-up way
  • Border collie comprehends over 1,000 names as verbal referents
  • Children in formal child care have better language skills, Norwegian study finds
  • Measuring fatigue through the voice: Speech "flattens" after 24 hours awake
  • Neuroimaging helps to predict which dyslexics will learn to read
  • Mom"s voice plays special role in activating newborn"s brain
• Nutrition
  • Frequency of fat talk associated with increased body dissatisfaction, regardless of waistline
  • Negative attitudes toward fat bodies going global, study finds
  • Obese and overweight women, children underestimate true weight, study finds
  • "Junk food" moms have "junk food" babies
  • Youth at risk for obesity show greater brain activity in response to food
  • Coffee drinking linked to reduced stroke risk in women
  • Alcohol has stronger impact on gastric bypass patients, study finds

system

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• • Augmented reality system for learning chess
  • Warm weather may hurt thinking skills in people with multiple sclerosis
  • Practice more important than child"s age in learning to use computer mouse
  • Video games to enhance learning
  • Year-end test scores significantly improved in schools using Web-based tutor
  • Why are college students leaving fishery and wildlife management programs?
  • Program for families of pre-school age children helps children do better in school
  • Early childhood education program yields high economic returns
  • Child care quality key for children from disadvantaged homes
  • Learning causes structural changes in affected neurons
  • Children"s genes influence how well they take advantage of education, twin study shows
  • Preschool beneficial, but should offer more, study finds
  • Bilinguals find it easier to learn a third language
  • Children"s genetic potentials are subdued by poverty: Effects show by age 2
  • High school biology teachers in U.S. reluctant to endorse evolution in class, study finds
  • Highly interactive training helps workers in dangerous jobs avoid deadly mistakes
  • Showing empathy to patients can improve care
  • Challenging the limits of learning: Linguist measures the human mind against the yardstick of a machine
  • Better learning through handwriting
  • Helping schoolchildren learn the "Sustainability Game"
  • Learning while long-distance driving
  • Researchers can predict your video game aptitude by imaging your brain
  • Writing about worries eases anxiety and improves test performance
• Gender Difference
  • Study finds surprising gender differences related to sexual harassment
  • Higher prevalence of psychiatric symptoms found in children with epilepsy

Diet and Weight Loss

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• • No two of us are alike -- even identical twins: Pinpointing genetic determinants of schizophrenia
  • Gambling problems are more common than drinking problems, according to first-of-its-kind study
  • Losing a parent can be fatal
  • Pulling an all-nighter can bring on euphoria and risky behavior
  • Pre-conception and early pregnancy iron deficiency harms brain
  • Changes in taste function related to obesity and chronic ear inflammation
  • Newborn hearing screenings do not appear to identify all children at risk for hearing loss
  • Adolescent offspring of women who drank alcohol during first trimester more likely to develop conduct disorder
  • Multiple sclerosis: Risk factors in children
  • Sad dads spank more, read less, study finds
  • Personal music selections change when they can be viewed by the public
  • Psychological impact of Japan disaster will be felt "for some time to come"
  • Does your name dictate your life choices?
  • Keys to long life? Not what you might expect
  • Cleansing the soul by hurting the flesh: The guilt-reducing effect of pain
  • Cerebellum provides clues to the nature of human intelligence
  • Sleepy connected Americans
• Diet and Weight Loss