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• Adding movement to 'dry run' mental imagery enhances performance
• Biological marker predicts susceptibility to common cold
• Powerful people are looking out for their future selves
• Rock-paper-scissors a parable for cycles in finance, fashion, politics and more
• Infants in poverty show different physiological vulnerabilities to the care-giving environment
• Identifying trends in 60 years of Oscar speeches
• It's off to work we go
• Quick, efficient chip cleans up common flaws in amateur photographs
• Sports, shared activities are 'game changers' for dad/daughter relationships
• Is there a link between childhood obesity and ADHD, learning disabilities?
• New insight into dogs' fear responses to noise
• We know when we're being lazy thinkers: Human thinkers are conscious cognitive misers
• It may be educational, but what is that TV show really teaching your preschooler?
• Fear, anger or pain: Why do babies cry?
• When selecting a child’s doctor, families prefer grapevine over online ratings

Adding movement to 'dry run' mental imagery enhances performance Posted: 19 Feb 2013 05:15 PM PST Adding movement to mental rehearsal can improve performance finds a new study. For high jumpers the study shows that dynamic imagery improves the number of successful attempts and the technical performance of jumps The technique of mental rehearsal is used to consolidate performance in many disciplines including music and sport. Motor imagery and physical practice use overlapping neural networks in the brain and the two together can improve performance as well as promoting recovery from injury.

Biological marker predicts susceptibility to common cold Posted: 19 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST Researchers have identified a biological marker in the immune system that -- beginning at about age 22 -- predicts our ability to fight off the common cold. The study found that the length of telomeres -- protective cap-like protein complexes at the ends of chromosomes -- predicts resistance to upper respiratory infections in young and midlife adults.

Powerful people are looking out for their future selves Posted: 19 Feb 2013 01:12 PM PST Would you prefer $120 today or $154 in one year? Your answer may depend on how powerful you feel, according to new research.

Rock-paper-scissors a parable for cycles in finance, fashion, politics and more Posted: 19 Feb 2013 01:12 PM PST Using a grown-up version of the rock-paper-scissors game, cognitive scientists offer a new theory of the group dynamics that arise in situations as varied as cycles of fashion, fluctuations of financial markets, eBay bidding wars and political campaign strategies. "People playing this kind of game subtly influence each other, converging on similar ways of reasoning over time. The natural analogy for the process is to a flock of birds veering in concert."

Infants in poverty show different physiological vulnerabilities to the care-giving environment Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:10 AM PST Some infants raised in poverty exhibit physical traits that make them more vulnerable to poor care-giving, according to new research. The combination of physiological vulnerability and poor care-giving may lead these children to show increased problem behaviors later in childhood.

Identifying trends in 60 years of Oscar speeches Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:02 AM PST Scientists have analyzed 60 years of Academy Awards acceptance speeches as part of a research project that focused on gratitude.

It's off to work we go Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:15 AM PST Researchers have discovered that decisions about where to live and how to get from home to work happen simultaneously. What's more, your commuting choices depend not only on cost and travel time, but also on who you are and where you live.

Quick, efficient chip cleans up common flaws in amateur photographs Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:12 AM PST Smartphone snapshots could be instantly converted into professional-looking photographs with just the touch of a button, thanks to a new processor chip.

Sports, shared activities are 'game changers' for dad/daughter relationships Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:12 AM PST The most frequent turning point in father-daughter relationships is shared activity -- especially sports -- ahead of such pivotal events as when a daughter marries or leaves home, according to a new study.

Is there a link between childhood obesity and ADHD, learning disabilities? Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:10 AM PST A new study has established a possible link between high-fat diets and such childhood brain-based conditions as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and memory-dependent learning disabilities.

New insight into dogs' fear responses to noise Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:25 AM PST A study has gained new insight into domestic dogs' fear responses to noises. The study provides an important insight into dogs' fear of noises, and could improve our understanding of behavioral signs of fear or anxiety.

We know when we're being lazy thinkers: Human thinkers are conscious cognitive misers Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:22 AM PST A new study shows that human thinkers are conscious cognitive misers. Are we intellectually lazy? Yes we are, but we do know when we take the easy way out, according to a new study. Contrary to what psychologists believe, we are aware that we occasionally answer easier questions rather than the more complex ones we were asked, and we are also less confident about our answers when we do.

It may be educational, but what is that TV show really teaching your preschooler? Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:21 AM PST Most parents carefully select what television programs and movies their children can watch. But a psychologist says educational shows could come with an added lesson that influences a child's behavior. Children exposed to educational programs were more aggressive in their interactions than those who weren't exposed.

Fear, anger or pain: Why do babies cry? Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:06 AM PST Researchers have studied adults' accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key role in recognition. It is not easy to know why a newborn cries, especially amongst first-time parents. Although the main reasons are hunger, pain, anger and fear, adults cannot easily recognize which emotion is the cause of the tears.

When selecting a child’s doctor, families prefer grapevine over online ratings Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:23 AM PST Younger parents are more likely to say online scores for physicians are very important, according to a new U.S. national poll.

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