ScienceDaily: Mind & Brain NewsPsychology news from leading research institutes around the world. Research on relationships, new treatments for mental health conditions, and more. Updated daily.Employer-based Weight Loss Programs Are Helpful- July 1, 2008 A new review of studies shows that a little shove from the workplace may actually be the ticket to dropping weight.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701113113.htm Calpain Inhibitors Never Forget: Improving Memory In Alzheimer's Disease Mice- July 1, 2008 Overactivation of proteins known as calpains, which are involved in memory formation, has been linked to Alzheimer disease. Researchers have now shown that two different drugs that inhibit calpains can improve memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, leading them to suggest drugs that target calpains might stop or slow down the memory loss that occurs as Alzheimer's disease progresses.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701185115.htm Going Green: Savings And Comfort Are The Best Incentives- July 1, 2008 Would shrinking your carbon footprint, recycling more, and going green be easier if you could monitor your household's environmental impact Researchers recorded and compared heating fuel, electricity, water, vehicle fuel costs and waste generation for each household and on the basis of this data recommended cost-effective measures to reduce consumption. The team found that, on average, just over 25% of the recommended measures were implemented, which resulted in an estimated greenhouse gas...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701103606.htm How Does Language Exist In The Brain- July 1, 2008 Despite much research on acquisition of languages amongst monolingual persons, scientists still have to ask themselves basic questions about bilingual acquisition: How do babies realize that they are in a bilingual environment What are the clues for them in discovering this How is discrimination between languages produced in infants The aim of new research is to find out how the brain acquires and manages languages and to discover in what way languages being similar or different is influential..http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630093618.htm |