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  • September 2008

    • 'Number Sense' Predicts Math Success: Study

      Washington Post  |  Sep 8, 08 6:09 AM CDT

      'Number Sense' Predicts Math Success: Study

      (Newser) - The skill of estimating group size at a glance is directly linked to success in higher forms of math like algebra and calculus, reports the Washington Post . A new study found that students with better “number sense”—the ability to quickly and accurately guess numbers in a group—do better at language-based types of math as well. More »

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      Duke University  • mathematics  • Johns Hopkins University  • National Institutes of Health  • cognitive science  • algebra

  • June 2008

    • It's Official: Bikinis Make Men Stupid

      MSNBC  |  Jun 20, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      It's Official: Bikinis Make Men Stupid

      (Newser) - Men make dumb decisions when ogling bikini-clad beauties—conventional wisdom, sure, but now there's some science behind it. Belgian researchers found that men bombarded with sexy images have a definite drop-off in cognitive skills when compared with those who gaze at landscapes, reports MSNBC. The experiment supports earlier findings that arousal causes "a kind of tunnel vision" and may explain why sex sells so well. More »

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      science  • economics  • sexual behavior  • cognitive science  • male brain  • bikini

  • September 2007

    • Caught My Yawn? Aren't You Sweet

      BBC  |  Sep 11, 07 3:19 AM CDT

      Caught My Yawn? Aren't You Sweet

      (Newser) - If you yawn when someone nearby does, it may mean you're an empathetic person, a new study has found. Research shows that infectious yawning is a psychological phenomenon, limited to humans and some of their ape relatives, and that those more likely to "catch" yawns appear to be more tuned in to the emotions of others. More »

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      psychology  • study  • neurology  • cognitive science  • yawning  • empathy

  • August 2007

    • Toddlers Learn Language Slowly and Quickly

      Scientific American  |  Aug 3, 07 4:57 PM CDT

      Toddlers Learn Language Slowly and Quickly

      (Newser) - Toddlers learn to speak by simply using small, familiar words to acquire harder ones, new research says, throwing a curveball at scientists who assumed a more complex cognitive system. Youngsters can rapidly go from spouting babble to intelligible chatter as long as their words have varying levels of difficulty, Scientific American reports. More »

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      children  • language  • toddler  • learning  • cognitive science  • vocabulary

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