Category: Education
Touch GPS less distracting, says new research
Research has shown that the vocal and visual instructions coming from conventional navigation systems demand the same cognitive attention that’s required for driving, increasing the likelihood of cognitive overload. Human factors/ergonomics researchers have developed an alternative navigation system that uses […]
Virtual reality could help people with depression
Virtual reality therapy could help people with depression to be more compassionate towards themselves, reducing depressive symptoms, finds a new study from UCL (University College London) and ICREA-University of Barcelona. The therapy, previously tested by healthy volunteers, was used by […]
Breakfast could help obese people get more active
Eating breakfast causes obese people to be more active, according to the latest research published from researchers at the University of Bath Department for Health. The study, published in the leading diet and nutrition journal the American Journal of Clinical […]
Where you turn gives meaning to your kisses
A recent study in Laterality shows that couples turn righ when they kiss, while parents and kids turn left. Authors Jennifer Sedgewick and Lorin Elias discovered a significant left-turn bias between parent-child kisses, with little difference between mothers and fathers. […]
Lifelong exercise increases bone density in men
A University of Missouri study found that individuals who continuously participated in high-impact activities, such as jogging and tennis, during adolescence and young adulthood, had greater hip and lumbar spine bone mineral density than those who did not. “While osteoporosis […]
Beetroot Juice improves endurance and blood pressure
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that a daily dose of beetroot juice improved exercise endurance and blood pressure in elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF). The study is published in the current online […]
Stress could help activate calorie-burning fat
Mild stress stimulates the activity and heat production by brown fat that burns calories, according to a study published in Experimental Physiology. Brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat found in […]
What happens to your heart when you’re in love?
A researcher at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) explains what happens to your heart when you are in love. Peter Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., is the Director of the Cardiovascular Metabolism Program at SBP in Lake Nona, Florida. He […]
Couch Potatoes may have smaller brains later in life
Poor physical fitness in middle age may be linked to a smaller brain size 20 years later, according to a study published in the February 10, 2016, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. […]
LGBT bullying doesn’t ‘get better’
Discrimination, harassment and assault of LGBT youths is still very much a problem for about a third of adolescents, a Northwestern Medicine study found. What’s more, it’s often very severe, ongoing and leads to lasting mental health problems such as […]
