Online search behavior linked to country’s GDP, according to new research
Internet users from countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to search for information about the future than information about the past, a quantitative analysis...
View ArticleKids’ intelligence not helped by vitamin D
High levels of vitamin D do not seem to boost teens’ academic performance, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Some previous research has linked...
View ArticleIntellectual disability affects as much as three percent of people and is...
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) led a study discovering a gene for a new form of intellectual disability, as well as how it likely affects cognitive development by...
View ArticleMedication errors among children may be caused by math ignorance
Many parents cringe when their child asks for help with math homework. New research shows that poor math skills can cause another difficulty for caregivers — measuring the right amount of medicine. In...
View ArticleLiars are not easily spotted by emotionally intelligent people
People who rate themselves as having high emotional intelligence (EI) tend to overestimate their ability to detect deception in others. This is the finding of a paper published in the journal Legal...
View ArticleResilient people are more satisfied with life, says new study
When confronted with adverse situations such as the loss of a loved one, some people never fully recover from the pain. Others, the majority, pull through and experiment how the intensity of negative...
View ArticleThe idea that the exceptional performers are the most skilled is flawed
New research published in PNAS, a leading interdisciplinary journal, suggests reasons why the richest should pay more tax; why rewarding the top performers leads to recurrent crises and scandals; and...
View ArticleDad’s brains mean more to his son’s success than his money: Study
Sons of fathers with high incomes tend to end up with higher than average incomes themselves, but new research shows that it’s not just dad’s money that helps a son on his way. According to a study...
View ArticlePoorly-educated Americans spend less time-off with family, friends
Despite having more leisure time overall, stressed-out Americans report having less ‘quality time’ to enjoy themselves, particularly those with little or no education. This is according to the...
View ArticleMany of us believe in trading karma favors with the universe, says new study
For so many important outcomes in life – applying for jobs, waiting for medical test results – there comes a point when you just have to sit back and hope for the best. But that doesn’t mean we always...
View ArticleObese kids as bright as thinner peers
Obesity is not to blame for poor educational performance, according to early findings from research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). In a study that combines statistical...
View ArticleKids and smoking, alcohol consumption, snuff (snus), cannabis, and condom...
Scand J Public Health. 2012 Feb;40(1):61-8. Epub 2011 Oct 31. Is physical activity associated with low-risk health behaviours among 15-year-old adolescents in Finland? Vuori MT, Kannas LK, Villberg J,...
View ArticleJunk food lowers kids’ IQ, says new study
Children fed healthy diets in early age may have a slightly higher IQ, while those on heavier junk food diets may have a slightly reduced IQ, according to new research from the University of Adelaide....
View ArticleWomen use their memories to give personal meaning to past events
During adolescence, the stories young people tell about themselves reflects their development of a personal identity and sense of self, and those autobiographical narratives vary depending on the...
View ArticleChildhood vaccines do not cause autism. Barack Obama was born in the United...
Childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Barack Obama was born in the United States. Global warming is confirmed by science. And yet, many people believe claims to the contrary. Why does that kind of...
View ArticleTalking politics with friends is risky
PROVO, UT–(Marketwire – Sep 26, 2012) – Romney and Obama aren’t the only ones taking sides in intense debates this election season. According to a new poll from VitalSmarts and the authors of the New...
View ArticleIntelligence’s genetic basis affirmed; however, new questions have arisen
You can thank your parents for your smarts—or at least some of them. Psychologists have long known that intelligence, like most other traits, is partly genetic. But a new study led by psychological...
View ArticleWe are slowly but surely losing intellectual and emotional abilities:...
Human intelligence and behavior require optimal functioning of a large number of genes, which requires enormous evolutionary pressures to maintain. A provocative hypothesis published in a recent set...
View ArticleIQ test questioned by new university study
After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one’s intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular,...
View Article100 Diagrams That Changed the World: From the Earliest Cave Paintings to the...
Recommended by The New York Times Book Review [“This handsomely designed volume makes a case for the diagrams…provoking many ‘aha moments.'”] A collection of the most important ideas, theories, and...
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