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Joining a gym at college could increase your GPA
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Increased stroke risk linked to high stress, hostility, depression
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Higher levels of stress, hostility and depressive symptoms are associated with significantly increased risk of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in middle-age and older adults, according to…
Researchers advocate for more scientific research on consciousness
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Why does a relentless stream of subjective experiences normally fill your mind? Maybe that’s just one of those mysteries that will always elude us.
Warning labels, the bigger the better, encourage smokers to quit
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Cigarette warning labels can influence a smoker to try to quit even when the smoker is trying to avoid seeing the labels, according to a survey of thousands of adult smokers in four countries…
Older adults nearly twice as likely to have memories affected by distractions
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Older people are nearly twice as likely as their younger counterparts to have their memory and cognitive processes impaired by environmental distractions.
Babies born in Canada to immigrant mothers have lower risk of cerebral palsy: Study
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Babies born to mothers who immigrated to Ontario from other countries have significantly lower rates of cerebral palsy than those of Canadian-born mothers, especially those from the Caribbean and East Asia, new research has found. CP is the most common…
Beneath the surface: What zebrafish can tell us about anxiety
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One researcher has focused how genetics influence responses to stimuli that can trigger anxiety, and he’s using zebrafish — a tropical member of the minnow family named for the black stripes on their bodies — to do so. His research team examines ho…
Months before their first words, babies’ brains rehearse speech mechanics
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New research in 7- and 11-month-old infants shows that speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech. The study suggests that baby brains start laying down the groundwork of how to form words long before…
Months before their first words, babies’ brains rehearse speech mechanics
July 14, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research in 7- and 11-month-old infants shows that speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech. The study suggests that baby brains start laying down the groundwork of how to form words long before…
Stress eating linked to 11-pound weight gain a year
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It’s not just the calories consumed during stress eating that negatively impact one’s weight as stress itself could be throwing off metabolism, too.
