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For Women to Think Mathematically, Colleges Should Think Creatively - Commentary - The ... - 2 views

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Leslie Lieman on 19 Apr 12

Also as a follow-up to our conversation on Monday. Although more women are in STEM careers, there is still a lag in those considered "hard sciences." Most people look at mathematics as the core difference, these authors look at creativity. "For instance, three factors that are widely accepted as being positively correlated with creativity are playfulness, curiosity, and willingness to take risks. Studies have found that boys and men are generally more playful than girls and women, and are more curious and more willing to take risks, which could help explain why men are more creatively productive than women in general, and in particular, in the hard sciences."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Also as a follow-up to our conversation on Monday. Although more women are in STEM careers, there is still a lag in those considered "hard sciences." Most people look at mathematics as the core difference, these authors look at creativity. "For instance, three factors that are widely accepted as being positively correlated with creativity are playfulness, curiosity, and willingness to take risks. Studies have found that boys and men are generally more playful than girls and women, and are more curious and more willing to take risks, which could help explain why men are more creatively productive than women in general, and in particular, in the hard sciences."</div>

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Nick Kristof Explains Why He's Using Video Games To Help Women In The Developing World ... - 2 views

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Can avatars change the way we think and act? - 4 views

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"The bottom line is that we have to have more education in society, particularly showing students stereotypes that exist in media and why they exist."
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Jennifer Jocz on 02 Mar 10

One study showing how the use of realistic avatars can influence people to exercise or eat better and can influence they way they view women.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One study showing how the use of realistic avatars can influence people to exercise or eat better and can influence they way they view women.</div>

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Superwoman syndrome fuels pill-popping - Behavior- msnbc.com - 0 views

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While men make up the majority of abusers of street drugs, including meth, cocaine and heroin, women are just as likely to abuse prescription pills as men.
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tudies show that women are more likely — in some cases, 55 percent more likely — to be prescribed an abusable prescription drug, especially narcotics and anti-anxiety drugs.
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Abuse of prescription drugs has risen right along with increases in the number of prescriptions for stimulants and painkillers seen since the early '90s,
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That stat is backed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which found that the main source of prescription drugs among non-medical users — a whopping 56 percent — was free drugs from friends and family.
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Where Are All the Wiki-Women? | The Atlantic Wire - 2 views

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Milk Virtual Goats For Womens' Rights In This New Facebook Game | TechCrunch - 1 views

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Chris Dede on 21 Feb 13

Interesting approach to increasing visibility of a cause

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting approach to increasing visibility of a cause</div>

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Video gamers: Size of brain structures predicts success | R&D Mag - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Jocz on 28 Jan 10 - Cached

The new study, in the journal Cerebral Cortex, found that nearly a quarter of the variability in achievement seen among men and women trained on a new video game could be predicted by measuring the volume of three structures in their brains.
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pre-existing individual differences in the brain might predict variability in learning rates, the authors wrote.
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Such information might be useful in education, where longer training periods may be required for some students, or in treating disability or dementia, where information about the brain regions affected by injury or disease could lead to a better understanding of the skills that might also need attention
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Jennifer Jocz on 28 Jan 10

Interesting article discussing a study showing that the size of certain brain structures can predict video game performance

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting article discussing a study showing that the size of certain brain structures can predict video game performance</div>

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University World News - US: Women gain in science while video games hold back boys - 0 views

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Last year, Iowa State University researcher Douglas Gentile published a survey of American 8-to-18 year-olds which found 12% of boys were video-game addicted, having at least six symptoms out of 11, similar to a scale for gambling addiction. Yet only 3% of girls were video game addicts.
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Robert Weis and Brittany C Cerankosky of Denison University measured a group of boys' academic baseline achievement and surveyed their parents and teachers as well. They then gave half the boys video-game units. Boys receiving the video-game stations experienced an academic nosedive. The control group of boys without video games continued with solid schoolwork.
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Jennifer Jocz on 23 Apr 10

Although this study is just correlative, it still poses some interesting questions about video games and academic achievement.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Although this study is just correlative, it still poses some interesting questions about video games and academic achievement.</div>

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