Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the potential relationship between the long-term use of marijuana and IQ declines.
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No A 4 U: The relationship between multitasking and academic performance
2012 study in Computers & Education on how Facebook and instant messaging can hurt college students’ grades.
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Cognitive pitfall! Videogame players are not immune to dual-task costs
2012 study by Duke, Penn State and Colby on how skilled video game players are not necessarily better multitaskers.
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Effect of narrative news format on empathy for stigmatized groups
2012 study in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on different reader responses to narrative stories versus policy stories, and the relative benefits of narrative stories.
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Economic inequality is linked to biased self-perception
2011 report in Psychological Science on individual self-enhancement bias and societal levels of income inequality.
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Therapeutic value of adolescents’ blogging about social-emotional difficulties
2012 study from researchers at the University of Haifa published in Psychological Services on how blogging by teens can help well-being.
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Religion replenishes self-control
2012 paper by Queen’s University published in Psychological Science that explores how invoking religious concepts can affect one’s propensity toward self control.
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More than 7 million children live with a parent with alcohol problems
2012 report from the U.S. government’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality spotlighting data relating to children of alcoholics in the United States.
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Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders: CDC 2012 report
2012 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the increasing rate of autism diagnoses across the Unites States.
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Witnesses in action: The effect of physical exertion on recall and recognition
2012 report published in Psychological Science on physical exertion and the credibility of eyewitness reports.
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