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Thinking about death can actually be a good thing. An awareness of mortality can improve physical health and help us re-prioritize our goals and values, according to a new analysis of recent scientific studies. 
Learning to read is not just to do with speech, but also with the ability to recognize and memorize regular patterns among the letters that make up words, according to a new study on baboons. 
(Medical Xpress) -- Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. Have you ever worked on a project and felt like there wasn’t enough communication? Now, have 100 projects going on around you with a small group of people — that’s how it is in a ... A new study concludes that “for groups to be successful, they must effectively exploit the knowledge of their (individual) members.”... 
Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers. Standing up more often may reduce your chances of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active, a study of more than 200,000 people published in Archives of Internal Medicine today shows. 
Researchers are suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and the size of the region of the brain -- known as the orbital prefrontal cortex -- that is found just above the eyes. 
Good physical condition is a route to better health, and in order to improve it, exercising several days a week is recommended. 
(Medical Xpress) -- People with autism have a greater than normal capacity for processing information even from rapid presentations and are better able to detect information defined as ‘critical’, according to a study published today in the... 
Odds are, you’re not going to make it all the way through this article without thinking about something else. Earlier evidence out of UCLA suggested that meditating for years thickens the brain (in a good way) and strengthens the connections between brain cells. Now a further report by UCLA researchers suggests yet another benefit. |
Most people talk to themselves at least every few days, and many report talking to themselves on an hourly basis. What purpose is served by this seemingly irrational behavior? 
(Medical Xpress) -- Sarah Moore says that if you want your memorable family resort vacation to stay memorable, move away from the keyboard. Seriously. 
(Medical Xpress) -- It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example. 
(Medical Xpress) -- Brain stimulation can markedly improve people's ability to solve highly complex problems, a recent University of Sydney study suggests. 
(Medical Xpress) -- While stimulants may improve unengaged workers’ performance, a new University of British Columbia study suggests that for others, caffeine and amphetamines can have the opposite effect, causing workers with higher motivation... 
Though Tsimane men have a third less baseline testosterone compared with U.S. Using a placebo pill identical to the real thing, UCLA researchers have found that how the brain responds to antidepressant medication may be influenced by its remembering past antidepressant exposure. 
When looking at an optical illusion that can appear as either one cup or two faces, which do you see first? 
Runners often extol the virtues of the runner's high, but now a team of researchers suggest that the runner's high could have evolved to motivate us to exercise as part of our early long-distance nomadic lifestyle. 
Nodding off in class may not be such a bad idea after all. New research shows that going to sleep shortly after learning new material is most beneficial for recall. 
The Oregon Project proves through running and marathons that stress is good for you and recovery can be natural. 
To help promote peace in the Middle East, many organizations have established 'peace camps' or similar conflict-resolution programs that bring Israelis and Palestinians together to foster greater understanding of the opposing group. |
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