News tagged with paying attention

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Know thyself: How mindfulness can improve self-knowledge

paying attention to one's current experience in a non-judgmental way—might help us to learn more about our own personalities, according to a new article published in the March 2013 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Sc ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The rewards of doing 'something'

just as long as they are doing something. That's one of the findings summarized in a new review article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The pupils are the windows to the mind

The eyes are the window into the soul -- or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Measuring the diameter of the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Putting your mental health in order

(HealthDay)—Living without stress may seem nearly impossible these days. Technology beckons at all hours for you to read just one more tweet or text. Politics are polarizing. Costs are rising, but salaries ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

US teenager crafts early detection tool for cancer

Jack Andraka catapulted from being a typical US teenager unaware of the pancreas to one with a cheap way to detect cancer in the organ before it turns deadly.

Cancer created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Pay attention: How we focus and concentrate

Scientists at Newcastle University have shed new light on how the brain tunes in to relevant information.

Neuroscience created May 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Attention and awareness aren't the same

Paying attention to something and being aware of it seems like the same thing -they both involve somehow knowing the thing is there. However, a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a jour ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Diagnosis of ADHD on the rise: 10 million American children diagnosed with ADHD during doctors' visits

The number of American children leaving doctors' offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Over this same timeframe, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hey, I'm over here: Men and women see things differently

USC researchers show that men and women focus on different things when paying attention and are drawn away by different types of distractions.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Preschool children who can pay attention more likely to finish college

Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children with autism experience interrelated health issues

(Medical Xpress)—One in 88 children has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study by a University of Missouri researcher ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The smart phone app that helps weight loss

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed a smart phone app that helps users lose weight by carefully recording their food consumption.

Overweight and Obesity created May 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Psychologist studies ability to follow moving objects

For drivers on a busy highway or workers in an airport control tower, paying attention to a number of moving objects can be a matter of life or death, but researchers know that most people can keep track of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

For most bullied gay kids, things do 'get better,' study finds

(HealthDay)—Many gay and bisexual teenagers are bullied in school, but the problem does ease substantially as they get older, a new study out of England suggests.

Pediatrics created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5