Monday’s post on the BPS Research Digest features the Science Weekly Podcast from The Guardian is a fascinating special on music and the brain. The highlight of this post was the hilarious dancing bird video. Judge for yourself this bird’s got the moves!
Source: BPS Research Digest
You probably think you’re doing everything you can to stay healthy: you get lots of sleep, exercise regularly and try to avoid fried foods. But you may be forgetting one important thing. Relax! Stress has a bigger impact on your health than you might realize, according to research presented yesterday at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association in Boston.Continue reading
Source : Scientific American
A possible future way to prevent relapses into drug dependence has been discovered by researchers at Linköping University and the German cancer research center DKFZ. The target is the dopamine-producing nerve cells in the midbrain. [continue reading…]
Researchers study the impact of homework on student achievement
While U.S students continue to lag behind many countries academically, national statistics show that teachers have responded by assigning more homework. But according to a joint study by researchers at Binghamton University and the University of Nevada, when it comes to math, piling on the homework may not work for all students.
