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Maxime Lagacé

Babies are born to dance, new research shows - 1 views

  • Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech
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    Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech.
Cammy Torgenrud

Mental Health Disorders Untreated in Many Teens - Mental Health Disorders on MedicineNe... - 3 views

  • Researchers examined data from a nationally representative sample of 6,483 adolescents, aged 13 to 18, and found that only 36.2% of those with any mental disorder received treatment.
  • one in five teens with anxiety, eating or substance abuse disorders received treatment. In addition, Hispanic and black adolescents were less likely than whites to receive treatment for mood and anxiety disorders, even when the disorders caused severe impairment, the researchers noted.
Maxime Lagacé

Keep your fingers crossed: How superstition improves performance - 3 views

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    New research shows that having some kind of lucky token can actually improve your performance - by increasing your self-confidence.
Maxime Lagacé

Ten Minutes Of Talking Improves Memory And Test Performance - 2 views

  • Spending just 10 minutes talking to another person can help improve your memory and your performance on tests, according to a University of Michigan study to be published in the February 2008 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
  • The higher the level of participants' social interaction, researchers found, the better their cognitive functioning.
  • The findings also suggest that social isolation may have a negative effect on intellectual abilities as well as emotional well-being. And for a society characterized by increasing levels of social isolation—a trend sociologist Robert Putnam calls "Bowling Alone"—the effects could be far-reaching.
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    Talking with friends helps us improve cognitive function. Social isolation do the opposite.
Maxime Lagacé

Focus On Fun Gets Teens Active - British Psychological Society - 0 views

  • Emphasising the emotional benefits of exercise is more effective at increasing levels of physical activity than highlighting traditional health benefits. This is the finding of research published online today, 17th February 2010, in the British Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Some teens received text messages that highlighted either the emotional benefits of exercise - such as 'Physical activity can make you feel cheerful. What activity will you do today?' , a second group received texts that highlighted the physical benefits, such as - 'Physical activity can keep your heart healthy. What activity will you do today?'
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    "Physical activity can make you feel cheerful" vs "Physical activity can keep your heart healthy"
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