Published: April 20, 2010
Brain training games do not improve overall brain power, a scientific study launched by the BBC suggests.
The largest ever investigation followed 11,430 people over six weeks to see what effect, if any, playing brain training computer games would have.
While players got progressively better at the games, the gains were not transferable, Nature journal reports. The study clains computerized mental workouts don’t boost mental skills. Players gained nothing in terms of general reasoning, memory, planning or visuospatial abilities, experts found.
But they say more work is needed to see if workouts for the mind can help keep the brain “fit” as it ages.
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Published: April 20, 2010
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The largest, most comprehensive clinical trial of couple therapy ever conducted has found that therapy can help even very distressed married couples if both partners want to improve their marriage. The study also involved the longest and most comprehensive follow-up assessment of couple therapy ever conducted.”It takes only one person to end a marriage but two people to make it work,” said Andrew Christensen, a UCLA professor of psychology and lead author of the study, which appears in the April issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association. [continue reading…]
Published: April 19, 2010
Nearly 9 in 10 parents choose to discuss and reason with their misbehaving children, while 1 in 5 use spanking, and 1 in 10 use paddling for discipline, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health finds.
isbehaving is part of growing up and learning right from wrong. Parents’ choices of discipline for their kids today include a wide range of options, from verbal discussions to physical punishment. But these days, how do parents let kids know they have stepped out of line?
In the latest C.S. www.med.umich.edu/mott/npch”>Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, the three most common discipline strategies parents report they are very likely to use include:
– Explain or reason with the child – 88 percent
– Take away a privilege or something the child enjoys – 70 percent
– Put child in a time a out or grounding – 59 percent
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Published: April 19, 2010
Neural electrode array wrapped onto a model of the brain. The wrapping process occurs spontaneously, driven by dissolution of a thin, supporting base of silk. (Credit: C. Conway and J. Rogers, Beckman Institute)
Scientists have developed a brain implant that essentially melts into place, snugly fitting to the brain’s surface. The technology could pave the way for better devices to monitor and control seizures, and to transmit signals from the brain past damaged parts of the spinal cord continue reading
Source:NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2010, April 18). A brain-recording device that melts into place. ScienceDaily.
