News tagged with task
First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just one week
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control ...
How cigarettes calm you down
Apr 24, 2009 |
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The calming neurological effects of nicotine have been demonstrated in a group of non-smokers during anger provocation. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions suggest that n ...
Rough day at work? You won't feel like exercising
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you haven't the energy to exercise? Or have you come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run?
Where does consciousness come from?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Consciousness arises as an emergent property of the human mind. Yet basic questions about the precise timing, location and dynamics of the neural event(s) allowing conscious access to information are not clearly and unequivocally ...
You wear me out: Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Exerting self-control is exhausting. In fact, using self-control in one situation impairs our ability to use self-control in subsequent, even unrelated, situations. What about thinking of other people exerting self-control? ...
Do doodle: Research shows doodling can help memory recall
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Doodling while listening can help with remembering details, rather than implying that the mind is wandering as is the common perception. According to a study published today in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, subjec ...
Staying cool under stress: ASU researchers investigate strategies
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Researchers at Arizona State University show that having a more flexible approach to resolving an acute conflict interaction results in more frustration and anger. These are among the findings that Danielle Roubinov, an ASU ...
Inconsistent performance speed among children with ADHD may underlie how well they use memory
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show more variable or inconsistent responses during on 'working' or short-term, memory tasks when compared with typically developing peers, ...
Time is what we make of it
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Ask anyone working on a project, and the biggest complaint one hears is "There's not enough time." But instead of more time, maybe what they need is a change of perception.
Older adults control emotions more easily than young adults
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging.
Study says cyberspace not so dangerous, but authorities urge caution, vigilance
Jan 18, 2009 |
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Maybe the Internet isn't just one massive predator preyground after all. Maybe our children are much safer in cyberspace than we thought.
Hands-free cell phone conversations add 5 m to drivers' braking distances
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Research led by Psychology researchers at the University of Warwick reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of a car travelling ...
Computer model can predict human behavior and learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2008 |
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A computer model that can predict how people will complete a controlled task and how the knowledge needed to complete that task develops over time is the product of a group of researchers, led by a professor from Penn State's ...
Behind the scenes with Windows 7
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people ...
Conscious vs. unconscious thought in making complicated decisions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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When faced with a difficult decision, we try to come up with the best choice by carefully considering all of the options, maybe even resorting to lists and lots of sleepless nights. So it may be surprising that recent studies ...
