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- Age affects how married couples handle conflict
- Head Start children and parents show robust gains in new intervention
- Calming your dog's anxiety during noisy Fourth of July
- Getting kids to eat their veggies: A new approach to an age-old problem
- Gene mutations caused by a father's lifestyle can be inherited by multiple generations
- Climbing the social ladder is strongly influenced by your grandparents' class
- Aging stereotypes can hurt older adults' memory
- Can watching an avatar translate to real-life weight loss?
| Age affects how married couples handle conflict Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:21 PM PDT Arguing with your spouse about where to go on vacation or how to handle the kids? As you age, you may be more likely to handle such disagreements by changing the subject, according to new research. The study followed older couples over a 13-year period and found that as couples aged, both husbands and wives increased their tendency to avoid conflict, for example by changing the subject or diverting attention away from the conflict.  |
| Head Start children and parents show robust gains in new intervention Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:39 PM PDT An eight-week intervention involving 141 preschoolers in a Head Start program and their parents produced significant improvements in the children's behavior and brain functions supporting attention and reduced levels of parental stress that, in turn, improved the families' quality of life.  |
| Calming your dog's anxiety during noisy Fourth of July Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:14 PM PDT Have a dog with noise phobias, especially fireworks? A psychologist explains three main ways calm dogs' fears.  |
| Getting kids to eat their veggies: A new approach to an age-old problem Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:56 AM PDT Every parent has a different strategy for trying to get his or her kid to eat more vegetables, from growing vegetables together as a family to banning treats until the dinner plate is clean. New research suggests that teaching young children an overarching, conceptual framework for nutrition may do the trick.  |
| Gene mutations caused by a father's lifestyle can be inherited by multiple generations Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:55 AM PDT Gene mutations caused by a father's lifestyle can be inherited by his children, even if those mutations occurred before conception. These findings show that mutations in the germ-line are present in all cells of the children, including their germ cells. This means that a father's lifestyle may affect the DNA of multiple generations and not just his immediate offspring.  |
| Climbing the social ladder is strongly influenced by your grandparents' class Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT For the first time, a study has suggested that the position of grandparents in the British class system has a direct effect on which class their grandchildren belong to.  |
| Aging stereotypes can hurt older adults' memory Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:11 AM PDT Simply reminding older adults about stereotypes of aging and forgetfulness exacerbates real memory problems, reveals important new research from the USC Davis School of Gerontology. But the study also reveals a easy way to combat the problem.  |
| Can watching an avatar translate to real-life weight loss? Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:08 AM PDT An estimated two-thirds of all Americans are overweight or obese and many find it difficult to lose weight and keep it off. They've tried fad diets, exercise programs, diet pills and other methods but the battle continues. Now, a new study suggests that watching an avatar model weight-loss behavior in a virtual community might help some women shed pounds in the real world.  |
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