Category: Education
Brain scans may predict coma recovery
Brain scans may predict if people in a coma will wake up, Brain scans of people in a coma may help predict who will regain consciousness, according to a study published online in Neurology. For the study, 27 people in […]
Altruism is the secret to better teams
A new study says that the best motivation for teams is to work toward the benefit of others. Jasmine Hu, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, and her colleague Robert Liden of […]
Breathe slower for food to taste better
A team of engineers used a 3D printed model of the human airway to determine how people enjoy the smell of good food. Engineers suggest that breathing slowly delivers flavor better to the nose. “During quiet breathing, there is no […]
Preschoolers need more outdoor time
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that only 3 in 10 children had at least 60 minutes of a full child-care day outdoors for recess, as is recommended by guidelines. The amount of outdoor […]
How to not worry about work on weekends
Leaving unfinished work can ruin your weekends with worry. A new study shows that planning to resolve these tasks can help employees disengage and enjoy their evenings and weekends. Dr Brandon Smit from Ball State University, Indiana, studied of people’s […]
Mechanical heart valve prosthesis last longer than to biological ones
A group of scientists prove that patients with mechanical valve prosthesis survive longer than those with biological valve replacements. Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet In this latest registry study, the researchers examined over 4,500 Swedish patients in the 50 to […]
Why superstitions are hard to shake
Even when people recognize that their belief does not make sense, they can still allow that irrational belief to influence how they think, feel and behave, finds Associate Professor Jane Risen from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business […]
Childhood obesity linked parenting style
A team of Montreal-based researchers embarked on a study to find out how parenting styles and the broader social environment combine to affect children’s obesity risk. “We thought that certain types of parenting would be associated with a higher risk […]
Self-weighing can lead to depression in women
Self-weighing may have negative effects for adolescents and young adults. Researchers from the University of Minnesota tracked the self-weighing behaviors of more than 1,900 young adults as part of Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults) and […]
Wireless implant can trigger and block pain
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed implants that one day may be used in different parts of the body to fight pain that doesn’t respond to other therapies. […]
