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Friday, November 29, 2013

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Memories 'geotagged' with spatial information

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 11:14 AM PST

Using a video game in which people navigate through a town delivering objects, a team of neuroscientists has discovered how brain cells that encode spatial information form "geotags" for specific memories and are activated immediately before those memories are recalled. Their work shows how spatial information is incorporated into memories and why remembering an experience can bring to mind other events that happened in the same place.

Follow your gut down the aisle, new study says

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 11:13 AM PST

Although newlyweds may not be completely aware of it, they may know whether their march down the aisle will result in wedded bliss or an unhappy marriage, according to new study.

Crossing continents — where we drive affects how we drive

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 07:39 AM PST

According to the International Transport Forum, Malaysia has one of the highest death rates from road traffic accidents in the world. While the number of road deaths continues to rise in Malaysia the number in the United Kingdom is much lower and experiencing a downward trend. 

Mediterranean diet without breakfast best choice for diabetics

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 07:38 AM PST

For patients with diabetes, it is better to eat a single large meal than several smaller meals throughout the day. This is the result of a current dietary study.

Mobility explains association between social activity, mortality risk in older people

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 07:38 AM PST

Social activity and health correlate in old age, but less is known about what explains this association. The results of a study showed that part of the association between social activity and mortality was mediated by mobility among older men and women. Of other potential mediators, having less depressive symptoms and better cognitive functioning are merely prerequisites for social activity.

Medal model predicts Winter Olympics leaders

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 07:38 AM PST

Sochi on the Black Sea coast in Russia will host the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 which country will win what number of medals is open to debate. A study published suggests that the USA will win the most models followed by Germany and Canada and then Russia, with China arriving ninth.

Economic development can only buy happiness up to a 'sweet spot' of $36,000 GDP per person

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:54 PM PST

Economists have shed light on the vexed question of whether economic development can buy happiness -- and it seems that life satisfaction actually dips among people living in the wealthiest countries.

Are teens under pressure to be sexting?

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:53 PM PST

New research studying the pressures of sexting on adolescents has found that friends and romantic partners are the main source of social pressure, outweighing adolescents' own attitudes. This research examines the principal drivers of sexting, and suggests areas for educators to focus upon in order to highlight the potential risks involved in sexting.

Good news on the Alzheimer's epidemic: Risk for older adults declining

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:53 PM PST

Improvements in education levels, health care and lifestyle credited for decline in dementia risk.

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