Health
Learning to advance the positives of aging
What can be done about negative stereotypes that portray older adults as out-of-touch, useless, feeble, incompetent, pitiful and irrelevant?
Nov 6, 2017
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Neuroscience
Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognitive skills – here's how to understand it
Read the title above once, then cover it and write down word for word what you remember. Having difficulties? How well you do may be down to which country you live in.
Aug 15, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Higher cognitive abilities linked to greater risk of stereotyping
People with higher cognitive abilities are more likely to learn and apply social stereotypes, finds a new study. The results, stemming from a series of experiments, show that those with higher cognitive abilities also more ...
Jul 24, 2017
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Health
Our perception of growing old needs to evolve
"Weak", "sick", "immobile", "decrepit", "lonely", "depressed". If the prospect of growing old brings thoughts like these to mind, you are not alone. It seems that many people – of all age groups – have a preconceived ...
Oct 6, 2016
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Health
How stereotypes hurt
Warning: Stereotypes may be harmful to patients' health.
Oct 20, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How negative stereotyping affects older people
The most comprehensive analysis to date of research on the effect of negative stereotypes on older people's abilities has concluded that these stereotypes create a significant problem for that demographic.
Jan 29, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Job authority increases depression symptoms in women, decreases them in men
A new study finds that having job authority increases symptoms of depression among women, but decreases them among men.
Nov 20, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Racial and ethnic stereotypes may contribute to obesity among minorities
Many Americans need extraordinary willpower to avoid becoming obese – or to slim down if they already weigh too much. For members of minority groups, maintaining a healthy weight can be that much harder according to new ...
Aug 25, 2014
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Health
Study offers new clues about the source of racial health disparities
A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at USC and Loyola Marymount University (LMU) has found evidence that the persistent health disparities across race may, in part, be related to anxiety about being confronted by negative ...
Jul 21, 2014
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Health
ICHSTM: cameras contributing to driver/Cyclist tensions
(HealthDay)—The increasing use of cycling as a form of transport, coupled with advances in lightweight camera technology and video distribution have contributed to tensions between cyclists and drivers, according to research ...
Jul 23, 2013
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