DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My son began virtual learning when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down our local school system. He is 14 and enjoys school online, so we have continued this. Unfortunately, my son's only extracurricular activities ...
Dec 29, 2021
0
7
Some of the same brain systems known to play a role in learning from trial and error also are engaged when people conform to social norms, scientists report in a new study. The findings are important, the researchers said, ...
Dec 21, 2021
0
67
It should come as no surprise that as we age, physical activity becomes increasingly valuable in staving off non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, as well as diminished muscle tone ...
Dec 10, 2021
0
21
The emotional toll of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed heavily on everyone in Canada: young and old. Nevertheless, the sense of loss was perhaps most evident on the country's teens as their world stopped spinning ...
Dec 2, 2021
0
4
Following research about college students from before COVID-19 with a survey at the pandemic's Year I mark, an international team of scientists detected no improvement in the students' mental well-being even after the introduction ...
Dec 2, 2021
0
176
Scientists used animated humanoid avatars to study how nonverbal cues influence people's behavior. Reported in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, the research offers insight into the brain mechanisms that drive social ...
Nov 30, 2021
0
6
Vaccinations finally are available to U.S. children as young as 5, to the relief of some parents even as others have questions or fears.
Nov 3, 2021
0
13
Many parents fretted over their children's screen use during the pandemic with good reason, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. UC San Francisco-led researchers found that 12- to 13-year-old children in the United ...
Nov 2, 2021
0
60
A study by José María Martín-Olalla of the University of Seville has analyzed retrospectively and from a physiological perspective the potential consequences of canceling daylight saving time, the biannual change of clocks. ...
Oct 26, 2021
0
12
A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has developed a new mobile application that facilitates the continuous monitoring of the quality of life of cancer patients.
Oct 21, 2021
0
0
