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- Thinking abstractly may help to boost self-control
- Why living in the moment is impossible: Decision-making memories stored in mysterious brain area known to be involved with vision
- U.S. retirement expert: Medicare woes mostly rooted in myth
- Natural birth -- but not C-section -- triggers brain-boosting proteins
- Iron, vitamins could affect physical fitness in adolescents
- Feeling fat may make you fat, study suggests
| Thinking abstractly may help to boost self-control Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT Many of the long term goals people strive for -- like losing weight -- require us to use self-control and forgo immediate gratification. And yet denying our immediate desires in order to reap future benefits is often very hard for us to do. Psychologists now propose that the way people subjectively understand, or construe, events can influence self-control. |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:16 AM PDT The sought-after equanimity of "living in the moment" may be impossible, according to neuroscientists who've pinpointed a brain area responsible for using past decisions and outcomes to guide future behavior. |
| U.S. retirement expert: Medicare woes mostly rooted in myth Posted: 09 Aug 2012 10:38 AM PDT Various misconceptions surrounding the continued viability of Medicare can be debunked or discredited, according to an article by an expert on retirement benefits. |
| Natural birth -- but not C-section -- triggers brain-boosting proteins Posted: 09 Aug 2012 06:06 AM PDT Vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood, according to a new study. The study also found that this protein expression is impaired in the brains of offspring delivered by cesarean section. |
| Iron, vitamins could affect physical fitness in adolescents Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:31 PM PDT Adolescents' blood levels of various micronutrients are correlated with how well they performed in certain physical fitness tests, new research shows. Though these results don't prove causality, they suggest a new relationship between different measures of adolescent health. |
| Feeling fat may make you fat, study suggests Posted: 08 Aug 2012 09:18 AM PDT Normal weight teens who perceive themselves as fat are more likely to grow up to be fat, researchers report. |
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