Σάββατο 1 Φεβρουαρίου 2014

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


What's behind a #1 ranking? Open-source LineUp software enables granular analysis of subjective ranking systems

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:08 PM PST

Behind every "Top 100" list are a generous sprinkling of personal bias and subjective decisions. Lacking the tools to calculate how factors like median home prices and crime rates actually affect the "best places to live," the public must take experts' analysis at face value.

When the job search becomes a blame game

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:14 PM PST

A new book explores how white-collar job hunters in the U.S. blame themselves unnecessarily -- and suffer as a result -- when they cannot find work.

Video game teaches kids about stroke symptoms, calling 9-1-1

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:44 PM PST

Children improved their knowledge of stroke symptoms and how to respond after playing a stroke education video game. They retained that knowledge for several weeks.

Does caregiving cause psychological stress? It depends, says study of female twins

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:13 AM PST

A newly published study shows that the associations between caregiving and different types of psychological distress (depression, anxiety, perceived stress and perceived mental health) depend largely on a person's genes and upbringing -- and less so on the difficulty of caregiving.

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