Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) learn better when they wiggle and tap, finds a new research done at the University of Central Florida. The hyperactivity traditionally frowned upon in students helps them maintain alertness in class if it is followed under proper guidance. Mark Rapport, study author and head of UCF Psychology's Children's Learning Clinic, said, "It's exactly the opposite of what we should be doing for a majority ...
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A new study done at the Utrecht University in Netherlands reported that sweat has the ability to stimulate emotions. Chemical signals or chemo signals in sweat odor can be perceived by others and cheer up them. Twelve men were asked to watch videos that altered mind states to fear or happiness and their sweat samples were tested. Women subjects were chosen as they are sensitive to emotional signals and are better at detecting smells. Researchers found ...
A new study has said that the chance to have twins among African American mothers can be boosted by the link between smoking and specific genetic profile. African American mothers who smoke and have a genetic profile that includes a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the TP53 gene have an increased likelihood of having twins, concluded a team of researchers from the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In ...
According to a study, adults diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to report sexual and physical abused before they turned 16. Among women, 34 per cent of those with ADHD reported they were sexually abused before they turned 18. In contrast, 14 per cent of women without ADHD reported that they had experienced sexual abuse in childhood. Twice as many women with ADHD reported that they had experienced childhood physical ...
The Ebola epidemic which is spreading rapidly has started to surface in Slovenia, where the first suspected case, was admitted on Thursday to the Ljubljana University Medical Centre (UKC). The patient has been running severe fever after he recently returned from an ebola-affected region of Africa, according to Xinhua news agency. This is the first suspected case of the deadly virus in Slovenia, UKC officials said, adding that preliminary results would be released ...
