News tagged with textbook

Look! Something shiny! How some textbook visuals can hurt learning

(Medical Xpress)—Adding captivating visuals to a textbook lesson to attract children's interest may sometimes make it harder for them to learn, a new study suggests.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 08, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Treating tobacco addiction a 'duty,' argue text editors

Researchers from the University of Alberta are helping Canadian smokers butt out with a new textbook designed to give health professionals the right tools to treat tobacco addiction.

Addiction Dec 19, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Revising the 'textbook' on liver metabolism offers new targets for diabetes drugs

A team led by researchers from the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (IDOM) at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has overturned a "textbook" view of what the body does after a meal. ...

Diabetes Feb 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Babies remember even as they seem to forget

Fifteen years ago, textbooks on human development stated that babies 6 months of age or younger had no sense of "object permanence" – the psychological term that describes an infant's belief that an object still exists ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 19, 2011 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 3 |