The question of whether it is ever acceptable to smack a child—hitting them with the flat inside of the hand with the aim of achieving compliance—is still highly controversial. In England, this controversy was recently ...
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Time-out as a method of discipline for toddlers and young children is a hot topic among parents and educators. Is it harmful? Does it damage the attachment bond between parent and child? New research says no. It is still ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Our aging brains collect tangles and sticky plaques that can interfere in our cognition and memory. But some older adults with this neuropathology have more cognitive resilience than others, reports a new Northwestern Medicine ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Research from the U.S. suggests that people who are organized and have self-discipline may be less likely to develop mild memory and thinking problems while those who are moodier may be at increased risk.
Apr 12, 2022
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Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children ...
Oct 24, 2011
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The link between the different hierarchies of personality, sleep patterns and even genetics has been discovered by researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick.
Jun 22, 2021
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Parents know the scenario all too well: their child misbehaves and it comes time for discipline.
Jan 29, 2021
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Circus fuses extreme athletic performance, diverse artists and stunning spectacles with a truly global appeal.
Mar 31, 2022
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There are many theories about why religion exists, most of them unproven. Now, in an article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologist Kevin Rounding of Queen's ...
May 14, 2012
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It's not every day that a new academic discipline is born. But that's exactly what happened in 2010, when the Project on Bioethics, Sexuality and Gender Identity — or "Queer Bioethics," for short—came to life at the University ...
Sep 21, 2012
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