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. Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news178978326.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:12:38 EST news178978326 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 More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journal of National Association for Gifted Children. http://www.physorg.com/news176390753.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:27:12 EST news176390753 The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in rural regions, where mental health and social resources can be deficient. http://www.physorg.com/news173368164.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:50:24 EST news173368164 Educators should learn a thing or two from the Just-In-Time and Lean production techniques used by the automotive industry if they are to add value to the student experience as quickly and effectively as possible. That's the conclusion of a report published in the International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management. http://www.physorg.com/news173367061.html Other Sciences Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:50:05 EST news173367061 (PhysOrg.com) -- Layoffs. Pay cuts. Hiring freezes and mandatory furloughs. The economy's effect on the average employee has been profound in the last year. In such an environment, staying upbeat on the job can be difficult. http://www.physorg.com/news169828968.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:47:34 EST news169828968 (PhysOrg.com) -- School-based intervention programs could help curb the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to adolescent boys, UQ research has found. http://www.physorg.com/news167581793.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:50:01 EST news167581793 Elderly people with no memory or thinking problems are more likely to later develop thinking problems if they have a growing amount of "brain rust," or small areas of brain damage, according to a study published in the July 14, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news166721895.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:38:33 EST news166721895 Individuals with higher mid-life Body Mass Index (BMI) in the 1960s have been found to have lower memory and thinking skills and a sharper decline in these abilities in old age, compared to those with lower BMI in mid-life. http://www.physorg.com/news166089672.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:01:52 EST news166089672 Helping middle school students with their homework may not be the best way to get them on the honor roll. But telling them how important academic performance is to their future job prospects and providing specific strategies to study and learn might clinch the grades, according to a research review. http://www.physorg.com/news161954388.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 12:20:45 EST news161954388 (PhysOrg.com) -- While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences. http://www.physorg.com/news156600275.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:05:09 EST news156600275 As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children's Digital Media Center, Los Angeles. http://www.physorg.com/news152360207.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:17:30 EST news152360207 Teach students some facts, and they learn for one exam at a time. Teach students to think and they learn how to learn for the rest of their lives. Ambitious work from European and Israeli researchers is making it easier to help students learn to think for themselves. This is exciting stuff for teachers. http://www.physorg.com/news150388262.html Technology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:31:02 EST news150388262 Presidential scholars have written volumes trying to understand the presidential mind. How can anyone juggle so many complicated decisions? Do those seeking office have a unique approach to decision making? Studies have suggested that power changes not only a person's responsibilities, but also the way they think. Now, a new study in the December issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, indicates that having power may lead people to automatically think in a way that makes complex decision-making easier. http://www.physorg.com/news148067935.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:58:55 EST news148067935 A new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, geometry problems are best solved by a combination of verbal and spatial strategies, but not shape-based imagery strategies. http://www.physorg.com/news145714643.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:17:23 EST news145714643 People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to a study published in the October 7, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news142528675.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:17:55 EST news142528675 Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and also use both the left and the right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily than the average person. http://www.physorg.com/news142185056.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:50:56 EST news142185056 As director of the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative, the need to address human contributions to global warming is a no-brainer that Bob Doppelt says in his new book requires a mindset tuned into "The Power of Sustainable Thinking." http://www.physorg.com/news141037526.html Space & Earth Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:05:26 EST news141037526 More than 7,000 school pupils from across the UK will be taking part in the trial of a new positive thinking programme led by the University of Bath designed to prevent children developing problems with depression. http://www.physorg.com/news140953584.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:46:24 EST news140953584 More than half of 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities who completed a survey on suicidal experiences reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives. Furthermore, 15 percent of students surveyed reported having seriously considered attempting suicide and more than 5 percent reported making a suicide attempt at least once in their lifetime. http://www.physorg.com/news138198837.html Medicine & Health Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:33:57 EST news138198837