http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at Virginia Tech and two other universities suggests that parents with poorer working memory skills are less likely to be able to control their emotions with their children. http://www.physorg.com/news179504540.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:50:01 EST news179504540 (PhysOrg.com) -- Childhood is changing rapidly around the world, and the forces of modernization have a significant impact on shaping the intellectual development of children, researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Pitzer College have found. http://www.physorg.com/news177697113.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:50:02 EST news177697113 Societal and technological changes have taken place at a dizzying pace over recent decades. A new cross-cultural study aimed to determine whether these dramatic changes have had an effect on the thinking skills that are learned over the course of childhood. http://www.physorg.com/news177311781.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:18:22 EST news177311781 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two new studies led by University of California, Berkeley, researchers find that immigrant Latina mothers, who typically live in poor neighborhoods, give birth to healthy babies, but their toddlers start to lag behind middle-class white children in basic language and cognitive skills by the age of 2 or 3. http://www.physorg.com/news175283521.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:20:01 EST news175283521 (PhysOrg.com) -- There are approximately 40,000 species of spiders in the world, all of which have been thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals. Now, scientists have found that a small Central American jumping spider has a uniquely different diet: the species Bagheera kiplingi feeds predominantly on plant food. http://www.physorg.com/news174568827.html Biology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:21:30 EST news174568827 Brain imaging shows playing Tetris leads to a thicker cortex and may also increase brain efficiency, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Research Notes. A research team based in New Mexico is one of the first to investigate the effects of practice in the brain using two image techniques. http://www.physorg.com/news171008209.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:17:19 EST news171008209 Young drivers cause accidents mainly through carelessness, distraction and inexperience. Older drivers face a challenge: brains that work at slower processing speeds -- a critical disadvantage when navigating the unpredictable traffic world. http://www.physorg.com/news170082893.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:40:03 EST news170082893 Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according to a study published in the August 12, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news169316424.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:30:06 EST news169316424 Nine-year-olds can and should learn CPR. A study of 147 schoolchildren, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care, has shown that, although the smallest may lack the requisite strength, the knowledge of how to perform basic life support is well retained by young children. http://www.physorg.com/news168245992.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:00:28 EST news168245992 Why are some people smarter than others? In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, describes how certain aspects of brain structure and function help determine how easily we learn new things, and how learning capacity contributes to individual differences in intelligence. http://www.physorg.com/news167048137.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:15:58 EST news167048137 Ask middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others, or reflected self-appraisals, has long been assumed, but new evidence supporting this claim has now been found in the teen brain. http://www.physorg.com/news166866792.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:10:01 EST news166866792 Not everyone declines in cognitive function with age. Elderly people who exercise at least once a week, have at least a high school education and a ninth grade literacy level, are not smokers and are more socially active are more likely to maintain their cognitive skills through their 70s and 80s, according to research published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news163697563.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:33:35 EST news163697563 People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions, according to a new study with researchers from the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities and Morris campuses. http://www.physorg.com/news160077614.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:01:04 EST news160077614 It turns out that being voted "Most likely to succeed" in high school might actually be a good predictor of one's financial and educational success later in life. http://www.physorg.com/news157210990.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:44:28 EST news157210990 A new study indicates that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills - such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and detect relationships - peak at about the age of 22, and then begin a slow decline starting around age 27. http://www.physorg.com/news156751524.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:06:10 EST news156751524 Fifteen-year-old males who ate fish at least once a week displayed higher cognitive skills at the age of 18 than those who it ate it less frequently, according to a study of nearly 4,000 teenagers published in the March issue of Acta Paediatrica. http://www.physorg.com/news155810958.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:49:36 EST news155810958 In a study that challenges the mandatory retirement of air traffic controllers at the age of 56 in the U.S., researchers have found that air traffic controllers up to age 64 perform as well as their young colleagues on complex, job-related tasks. http://www.physorg.com/news155810737.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:46:17 EST news155810737 When choosing a flavor of ice cream, an item of clothing, or even a home, you might be better off letting your emotions guide you, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news154628440.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:21:08 EST news154628440 A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you're over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new study found that adults in their 60s and 70s can improve a number of cognitive functions by playing a strategic video game that rewards nation-building and territorial expansion. http://www.physorg.com/news148193174.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:46:14 EST news148193174