News tagged with behavior pattern


Students' diet and physical activity improve with parent communications

College students eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers at Penn State.

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Day or night, driving while tired a leading cause of accidents

(Medical Xpress)—Get more sleep. Have another cup of coffee before you drive to school or work. It could save your life. A 100-car naturalistic driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spotting sleep problems in special-needs children

(HealthDay)—About 30 percent of children have a sleep disorder, but the rate is even higher in children with special needs, an expert says.

Pediatrics created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study examines on/off relationships and 'sex with an ex' among teenagers and young adults

A new study finds that nearly half of older teenagers and young adults break up and get back together with previous dating partners and over half of this group have sex as part of the reconciliation process. This study was ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Early intervention prevents behavioral problems

To prevent negative behavior among children, the work must start early.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neurons made from stem cells drive brain activity after transplantation in laboratory model

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers and patients look forward to the day when stem cells might be used to replace dying brain cells in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Scientists are ...

Neuroscience created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Could your relationship be contributing to your weight gain?

(Medical Xpress)—A University of Arizona study is looking at whether couples develop unhealthy eating and activity habits as a way of coping with relationship stress or bonding with their partner.

Health created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists reverse disorder of neuronal circuits in autism

People with autism suffer from a pervasive developmental disorder of the brain that becomes evident in early childhood. Peter Scheiffele and Kaspar Vogt, Professors at the Biozentrum of the University of ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder

A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With mind-reading speller, free-for-all conversations that are silent and still

Researchers have come up with a device that may enable people who are completely unable to speak or move at all to nevertheless manage unscripted back-and-forth conversation. The key to such silent and still ...

Neuroscience created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mood, cognition and sleep patterns improve in Alzheimer's patients after cataract surgery

Researchers at Tenon Hospital, Paris, France, found that patients with mild Alzheimer's disease whose vision improved after cataract surgery also showed improvement in cognitive ability, mood, sleep patterns and other behaviors. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Violent games emotionally desensitizing

After excessively violent events, shoot 'em up games regularly come under scrutiny. In Norway, several first-person shooter games actually disappeared from the market for a while after the killings. Does intense fighting ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8