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- Economic recession takes toll on family relationships
- Stress reduction and mindful eating curb weight gain among overweight women
- Middle-class elementary students ask for help more than working-class peers
- Maternal care influences brain chemistry into adulthood, animal study shows
- Short walk cuts chocolate consumption in half
- Avatars help people develop real world skills
- Geneticists help show bitter taste perception is not just about flavors
| Economic recession takes toll on family relationships Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:57 PM PST Researchers studied how parents' financial problems and resulting mental distress affect their relationships with their children. They found that parents who experience financial problems and depression are less likely to feel connected to their children, and their children are less likely to engage in prosocial behaviors, such as volunteering or helping others.  |
| Stress reduction and mindful eating curb weight gain among overweight women Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:24 PM PST Mastering simple mindful eating and stress-reduction techniques helped prevent weight gain even without dieting in overweight women.  |
| Middle-class elementary students ask for help more than working-class peers Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:26 AM PST Middle-class children ask their teachers for help more often and more assertively than working-class children and, in doing so, receive more support and assistance from teachers.  |
| Maternal care influences brain chemistry into adulthood, animal study shows Posted: 07 Dec 2011 08:30 AM PST The effect of the messenger substance neuropeptide Y depends on the behavior of the mother during infancy.  |
| Short walk cuts chocolate consumption in half Posted: 07 Dec 2011 07:53 AM PST A 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work by half, according to new research. The study showed that, even in stressful situations, workers eat only half as much chocolate as they normally would after this short burst of physical activity.  |
| Avatars help people develop real world skills Posted: 07 Dec 2011 07:48 AM PST New research suggests that far from disengaging young people from real life, virtual worlds can provide unique environments that can help them learn and negotiate new situations.  |
| Geneticists help show bitter taste perception is not just about flavors Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:08 PM PST Long the bane of picky eaters everywhere, broccoli's taste is not just a matter of having a cultured palate; Some people can easily taste a bitter compound in the vegetable that others have difficulty detecting. Now a team researchers has helped uncover the evolutionary history of one of the genes responsible for this trait. Beyond showing the ancient origins of the gene, the researchers discovered something unexpected: Something other than taste must have driven its evolution.  |
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