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- A little music training goes a long way: Practicing music for only few years in childhood helps improve adult brain
- Time flies when you're having goal-motivated fun
- Time with parents is important for teens' well-being
- Dont get mad, get creative: Social rejection can fuel imaginative thinking, study shows
- Sacrificing sleep to study can lead to academic problems
- Infants' avoidance of drop-off reflects specific motor ability, not fear
- Antibiotic use in infants before six months associated with being overweight in childhood
- Distressing life events and poverty behind many abortions in U.S., study finds
| Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:26 PM PDT A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new study. The impact of music on the brain has been a hot topic in science in the past decade. Now researchers have directly examined what happens after children stop playing a musical instrument after only a few years.  |
| Time flies when you're having goal-motivated fun Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:41 AM PDT Though the seconds tick by at a regular pace, our experience of time is anything but uniform. When we're waiting in line, time seems to slow to a trickle. And when we're caught up in something completely engrossing, we lose sense of time altogether. But what about the idea that time flies when we're having fun? New research suggests that the familiar adage is true, with a caveat: time flies when we're have goal-motivated fun.  |
| Time with parents is important for teens' well-being Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:39 AM PDT Teenagers are famous for seeking independence from their parents, but research shows that many teens continue to spend time with their parents and that this shared time is important for teens' well-being, according to researchers.  |
| Dont get mad, get creative: Social rejection can fuel imaginative thinking, study shows Posted: 21 Aug 2012 08:46 AM PDT It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge. Social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense of their own independence.  |
| Sacrificing sleep to study can lead to academic problems Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:43 AM PDT Regardless of how much a high school student generally studies each day, if that student sacrifices sleep in order to study more than usual, he or she is more likely to have academic problems the following day. These are the findings from a longitudinal study of 535 9th, 10th, and 12th graders who kept detailed diaries for 14 days on how long they studied and slept, and whether or not they experienced academic problems.  |
| Infants' avoidance of drop-off reflects specific motor ability, not fear Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:42 AM PDT Researchers have long studied infants' perceptions of safe and risky ground by observing their willingness to cross a visual cliff, a large drop-off covered with a solid glass surface. Now a new study has found that although infants learn to avoid the drop-off while crawling, this knowledge doesn't transfer to walking. This suggests that what infants learn is to perceive the limits of their ability to crawl or walk, not a generalized fear of heights.  |
| Antibiotic use in infants before six months associated with being overweight in childhood Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:39 AM PDT Treating very young infants with antibiotics may predispose them to being overweight in childhood, according to a study of more than 10,000 children.  |
| Distressing life events and poverty behind many abortions in U.S., study finds Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT Most women accessing abortion services in the United States have faced a major life stressor, such as job loss or separation, in the preceding year, new research finds.  |
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