News tagged with social skills
Teaching autistic teens to make friends
Apr 07, 2009 |
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During the first week of class, the teens' eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12, though, these same kids were talkative, responsive and engaged.
Women who are perceived as confident in job interviews also seen as lacking social skills
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly finds that women who present themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are viewed as highly competent but also lacking social skills. Women who present themselves as mod ...
10 years on, high-school social skills predict better earnings than test scores
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Ten years after graduation, high-school students who had been rated as conscientious and cooperative by their teachers were earning more than classmates who had similar test scores but fewer social skills, said a new University ...
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New way to help schizophrenia sufferers' social skills
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of Newcastle are investigating a new way to help schizophrenia patients develop their communication and social skills.
Parenting skills for workers
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Apr 10, 2009 |
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The skills learned while raising a family are readily transferable into the knowledge work environment, according to a study published in the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning.
Recognizing children's successes in all areas may prevent teenage depression
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Students' successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students' weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions ...
Coordination needed to support green-fingered youths
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), found that many young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and felt they were being punished ...
Schizophrenic patients' frozen faces harm social interactions
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Non-verbal communication, in the form of facial expressions, may be impaired in people with schizophrenia. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that defici ...
Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills
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Nov 25, 2009 |
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The five billion pound Skills for Life programme is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability. However, ...
People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices, study finds
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
First neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism reveals new insights
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2009 |
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In the first neuroimaging study to examine motor execution in children with autism, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute have uncovered important new insight into the neurological basis of autism. The study, published ...
Researchers develop better treatment for social fears
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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While just about all of us would admit to being shy from time to time in social situations, about one in 20 Australians suffer from an extreme form of shyness known as social phobia.
Multilingualism brings communities closer together
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Learning their community language outside the home enhances minority ethnic children's development, according to research led from the University of Birmingham. The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research ...
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