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| Agreeableness a helpful trait for general success in life, study finds Posted: 03 Mar 2022 04:14 PM PST Agreeableness has desirable effect on hundreds of physical, psychological, occupational metrics that impact more than just job performance. |
| Seeing is believing when it comes to health risk and behavior change Posted: 03 Mar 2022 11:11 AM PST Using medical imaging technologies that can visualize health may discourage risk-related behaviors more than non-visual information. A new meta-analysis finds that when individuals undergo an imaging procedure and are shown visual personalized information about their own risk of disease, they may be more likely to reduce risky behaviors. |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2022 11:11 AM PST Researchers have characterized brain activity that occurs when we are socially influenced to change our minds. The study shows how the brain distinguishes between different types of social conformity when revising one's opinions. |
| Working, studying in 'off' hours can harm motivation Posted: 03 Mar 2022 09:50 AM PST Working a nontraditional schedule, and checking in at all hours of the day, night and weekends, is not necessarily beneficial for the 21st-century workforce, according to new research. |
| Time off after high school makes college less likely Posted: 03 Mar 2022 09:50 AM PST Academic breaks after high school -- even those lasting just a few months -- can cause some students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to forgo enrolling in college altogether, according to new research. |
| Attention! Brain scans can tell if you are paying it Posted: 03 Mar 2022 08:22 AM PST Using a model of fMRI data collected from 92 individuals performing several types of attention-related tasks, researchers successfully predicted how well those individuals would perform on the tasks based on their brain scans alone. This generalized model can also predict severity of an individual case of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. The study was published March 3 in the journal Nature Human Behavior. |
| Weighing up: What’s the bottom line when it comes to weight loss? Posted: 03 Mar 2022 08:22 AM PST When it comes to weight loss, many of us have dabbled in the latest diets. But whether you're cutting carbs or keeping to keto, new research shows that diet trends can cost more than your waistline and leave a hefty hole in your hip pocket. |
| Computer games in the classroom: Educational success depends on the teacher Posted: 03 Mar 2022 08:22 AM PST Future teachers see educational potential in computer games, study shows. Teacher training should therefore address their potential in the classroom. |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2022 08:22 AM PST A meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents offers new insights into identifying the amount of daily walking steps that will optimally improve adults' health and longevity -- and whether the number of steps is different for people of different ages. |
| First potential immunization against RSV for healthy infants found highly effective in phase 3 trial Posted: 03 Mar 2022 06:56 AM PST Nirsevimab showed 74.5 percent efficacy against medically attended lower respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in healthy infants, according to an international, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial. It is the first potential immunization against RSV in the general infant population, with a single dose providing safe protection across the entire RSV season. |
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