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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Light drinking in pregnancy not linked to development problems in childhood, study suggests

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 06:47 PM PDT

Light drinking during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood, suggests a new study.

Acute stress primes brain for better cognitive and mental performance

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:45 PM PDT

Chronic stress is known to cause major health problems, yet acute stress can be good for you. A new study shows why. Stress generates new nerve cells in the brain that, two weeks later, help you learn better. Thus, unlike chronic stress, acute stress primes the brain for improved cognitive and mental performance.

Parents can help their children avoid alcohol pitfalls during transition from high school to college

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 01:18 PM PDT

The transition from high school to college is a particularly vulnerable time for alcohol experimentation. A new study looks at which student characteristics may enhance parent-based interventions. Results indicate that teens who perceive their friends as more approving of alcohol consumption also seem to be more influenced by communication with their parents about drinking.

Anxious about life and afraid of death? Tylenol may do the trick, study suggests

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 07:23 AM PDT

Researchers have found a new potential use for the over-the-counter pain drug Tylenol. Typically known to relieve physical pain, the study suggests the drug may also reduce the psychological effects of fear and anxiety over the human condition, or existential dread.

Standardized testing creates 'toxic environment' in schools, professor says

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 07:21 AM PDT

Standardized testing has facilitated "an incredibly toxic environment in our schools and in our discourse about education, ultimately turning schools from learning centers to testing factories," according to a professor. That emphasis on standardized testing has corrupted the focus on learning, turning school-aged children into "experimental pawns," he says.

College admission questions rarely identify criminal behavior

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:54 AM PDT

A new study shows that neither criminal background checks nor pre-admission screening questions accurately predict students likely to commit crime on college campuses.

Forage longer for berries, study on age-related memory decline suggests

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:51 AM PDT

Like birds which stop foraging too early on a berry-laden bush, a new study suggests older people struggle to recall items because they flit too often between 'patches' in their memories.

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