A postgraduate researcher at the University of Hertfordshire has found that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) results in greater language impairments in more highly-educated than less learned patients.
The research also revealed that women with the disease fare worse on language tasks, which have been traditionally associated with better performance in healthy women. [continue reading…]
Gothenburg researchers have discovered a previously unknown substance in spinal fluid that can be used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, described in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, will also be useful in research on new medications. [continue reading…]
The BPS Research Digest looks at a new study which has shown that students who found reason to avoid work-related tasks at university, and who were pessimistic about their chances of success, were more likely, 10, 14 and 17 years later, to report feeling disengaged from their job, and were more likely to report experiencing work-related burnout.
If you’re a university student, you’ll be all too familiar with the looming coursework deadline. You’ll know how tempting it is to keep putting the essay off until tomorrow, but then tomorrow comes and Jeremy Kyle has a guest on who’s in love with her neighbour’s dog, so you put it off again. Perhaps you fear receiving a bad mark, but you also reason to yourself that it doesn’t matter. Your plan, once you graduate and get a job, is to change gears, really show what you can do.
Source: BPS Research Digest
Salmela-Aro, K., Tolvanen, A., & Nurmi, J. (2009). Achievement strategies during university studies predict early career burnout and engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 75 (2), 162-172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.03.009
Depression can damage a cancer patient’s chances of survival, a review of research suggests.
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