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Study: Working moms multitask more and have worse time doing so than dads

Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study debunks stereotype that men think about sex all day long

Men may think about sex more often than women do, but a new study suggests that men also think about other biological needs, such as eating and sleep, more frequently than women do, as well.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify molecular mechanism that regulates wakefulness, sleep

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified an intracellular signaling enzyme that regulates the wake-sleep cycle, which could help lead to the development of more effective ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

3 p.m. slump? Why a sugar rush may not be the answer

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study has found that protein and not sugar activates the cells responsible for keeping us awake and burning calories. The research, published in the 17 November issue of the scientific ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Adolescent amphetamine use linked to permanent changes in brain function and behavior

(Medical Xpress) -- Amphetamine use in adolescence can cause neurobiological imbalances and increase risk-taking behaviour, and these effects can persist into adulthood, even when subjects are drug free. These are the conclusions ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you don't snooze, do you lose? Wake-sleep patterns affect brain synapses

An ongoing lack of sleep during adolescence could lead to more than dragging, foggy teens, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Circadian clock may impact organ transplant success

Health care providers assess blood and tissue type as well as organ size and health to enhance transplant success. New research indicates that checklist might also need to include the circadian clock.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Failure of brain's clock could play role in causing neuropsychiatric disorders

(Medical Xpress) -- Neuropsychiatric disorders are the second largest cause of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. The scientific community has widely accepted that people who battle neuropsychiatric disorders such ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Retinal cells thoughts to be the same are not: study

The old adage "Looks can be deceiving" certainly rings true when it comes to people. But it is also accurate when describing special light-sensing cells in the eye, according to a Johns Hopkins University biologist.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Interrupted sleep impairs memory in mice

With the novel use of a technique that uses light to control brain cells, Stanford University researchers have shown that fragmented sleep causes memory impairment in mice.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study exposes habit formation in smartphone users

Popular media has raised the issue of repetitive and obsessive use of smartphones. Data collected in Finland and in USA presents the first scientific evidence for what the authors dubbed "checking habits": repetitive checks ...

Technology / Other

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Newly discovered molecule essential to resetting 'body clocks'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research has shown that light is the key to getting our 'body clocks' back in sync and now a new study exploring the resynchronisation mechanism in insects has discovered a molecule essential ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Improving slumber on the space station with sleep-long

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is difficult to sleep in a strange place, especially when you are far from home. Just imagine if you were approximately 210 miles from home and free floating in a spacecraft orbiting the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sleep can boost classroom performance of college students

Sleep can help college students retain and integrate new information to solve problems on a classroom exam, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 14, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds that wives' sleep problems have negative impact on marital interactions

The quality of interactions among married couples is affected by wives' inability to fall asleep at night, but not by husbands' sleep problems, suggests new research that will be presented Monday, June 13, in Minneapolis, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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