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Think Twice Before Allowing Your 10-Year-Old to Work

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds that - despite being responsible enough to have a job at such a young age - fifth-graders who work are more likely to exhibit bad health behaviors than their unemployed 10-year-old peers.





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Robots and Creators

Robot playmates may help children with autism

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Papers delivered at three conferences in the US and Europe this summer report on new research at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering studying interactions of children with Autism ...


Accidental Pain Prompts Brain Response

Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 13

Children between the ages of seven and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ...


The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...


Study shows link between working memory and reactive parenting

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Testosterone does not induce aggression

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 8

New scientific evidence refutes the preconception that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects ...


Study shows dream-enacting behavior is common in healthy young adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women.


Cell phones to provide picture of human interaction

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell phones to their ears, a team of research participants will report their interpersonal interactions in real time to provide a better view of human behavior thanks to a $1 million grant from the National ...


Technology improves treatment options for drug users

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australia's leading scientific journal in the substance use area, the Drug and Alcohol Review - published by Wiley-Blackwell, has released a special issue on the use of new technologies in the treatment of drug problems. The is ...


One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World

One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A single bacterium can act alone, performing the same kinds of actions that a group normally does. The behavior of that bacterium can be manipulated at the cellular level. That’s the intriguing ...


Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...



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