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• Do lefties, righties benefit differently from power nap? At 'rest,' brain's right hemisphere 'talks' more than left hemisphere does
• Does true love wait? Age of first sexual experience predicts romantic outcomes in adulthood
• Beyond Bieber: Twitter improves student learning
• Are young people who join social media protests more likely to protest offline too?
• Scariest place this Halloween? The emergency room
• College students' sexual hookups more complex than originally thought
• Even professional scientists are compelled to see purpose in nature, psychologists find
• Don’t get tricked into over-indulging in holiday treats: Weight loss expert says managing Halloween festivities sets the tone for the holiday season

Do lefties, righties benefit differently from power nap? At 'rest,' brain's right hemisphere 'talks' more than left hemisphere does Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:17 AM PDT This study supports the benefits of a power nap. At rest, the right hemisphere talks more to itself and to the left hemisphere than the left hemisphere communicates -- whether the subject is right or left handed. Researchers explain that the brain could be doing housecleaning, classifying data, or consolidating memories, which could explain the power of napping. But could a power nap benefit righties more then lefties?

Does true love wait? Age of first sexual experience predicts romantic outcomes in adulthood Posted: 17 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT It's a common lament among parents: Kids are growing up too fast these days. Parents worry about their kids getting involved in all kinds of risky behavior, but they worry especially about their kids' forays into sexual relationships. A new study examines whether timing of sexual initiation in adolescence predicts romantic outcomes -- such as whether people get married or live with their partners, number of romantic partners, and relationship satisfaction -- later in adulthood.

Beyond Bieber: Twitter improves student learning Posted: 17 Oct 2012 09:40 AM PDT Twitter, best known as the 140-character social-networking site where Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga chit-chat with fans, has become a new literary format that is improving student learning, a new study argues.

Are young people who join social media protests more likely to protest offline too? Posted: 17 Oct 2012 09:37 AM PDT Among adults who use social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and blogs for political purposes, 42% are under the age of 30. A case study of the controversial Budget Repair Bill in Wisconsin explored whether young adults who use social media are more likely to engage in offline protests.

Scariest place this Halloween? The emergency room Posted: 17 Oct 2012 09:28 AM PDT Each year, 9.2 million babies, children, and teens are injured severely enough to need treatment in emergency departments all across America, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Nothing is scarier than a trip to the emergency room," said Mark Cichon, DO, chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loyola University Health System. "In a season devoted to frights, it is our goal to keep everyone safe."

College students' sexual hookups more complex than originally thought Posted: 17 Oct 2012 09:28 AM PDT Researchers prepared a comprehensive academic review of the sexual hookup culture. Their finding concluded that these encounters, which are increasingly becoming the 'norm,' mark a shift in the openness and acceptance of uncommitted sex among U.S. "emerging adults" during the transitional developmental period between adolescence and young adulthood.

Even professional scientists are compelled to see purpose in nature, psychologists find Posted: 17 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT A team of psychology researchers has found that, despite years of scientific training, even professional chemists, geologists, and physicists from major universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Yale cannot escape a deep-seated belief that natural phenomena exist for a purpose.

Don’t get tricked into over-indulging in holiday treats: Weight loss expert says managing Halloween festivities sets the tone for the holiday season Posted: 17 Oct 2012 06:12 AM PDT 'Tis the season for ghouls and ghosts, witches and skeletons, and the bane that arrives around fall to haunt our scales and waist lines: the holiday creep. "How you manage this holiday really sets the tone for how you will handle the rest of the season," researchers say.

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