News tagged with youth
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Study proves conclusively that violent video game play makes more aggressive kids
Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Anderson has made much of his life's work studying how violent video game play affects youth behavior. And he says a new study he led, analyzing 130 research ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Study: Today's youth aren't ego-driven slackers after all
Today's youth are generally not the self-centered, antisocial slackers that previous research has made them out to be, according to a provocative new study co-authored by a Michigan State University psychologist.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Samsung Introduces Corby -- Touchscreen Mobile Phone for Youth
Samsung Electronics today announced the availability of Samsung Corby (model: S3650), a mobile phone designed to support the digitally connected lifestyles of today’s young mobile users.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Researchers seek to create 'fountain of youth'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same principles that a Biodesign Institute research team has successfully applied to remove harmful contaminants from the environment may one day allow people to clean up the gunk from ...
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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'Fountain of youth' steroids could protect against heart disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- A natural defence mechanism against heart disease could be switched on by steroids sold as health supplements, according to researchers at the University of Leeds.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 17, 2010 |
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New study reveals: Gifted children shape their personalities according to social stigma
Gifted youths already know what they want to be when they grow up. They usually choose to study applied sciences, but when they are asked why they made their choices, they are not able to explain.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Homeless youths most often victims of crime: study
Homeless young people are victims of crime at rates that society would consider unacceptable for any other group, according to a new report by researchers at York University and the University of Guelph.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2010 |
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May You Stay Forever Young
Before plastic surgery and botox, an ancient culture had a different way of dealing with the quest for eternal youth. Why not simply live forever? In medieval China, third century B.C., people believed it ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease
Aging is the single greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that simply slowing the aging process in mice prone to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Might not be a tomorrow: Youth anticipate early death
As Atlanta officials aim to tackle the city's safety problems this year, some of their toughest criminals to stop maybe young offenders whose desires to commit crimes are being fueled by an anticipation of dying early.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens singled out for punishment
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are about 40 percent more likely than other teens to be punished by school authorities, police and the courts, according to a study by Yale University researchers. Published in ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Video games linked to poor relationships with friends, family
A new study connects young adults' use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family - and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings.
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Youths are most influenced by negative family members and by positive adults outside the family
While children look up to and aspire to be like a positive family member or peer, they are more likely to imitate traits of other role models -- including negative role models, which can lead to behavioral problems, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Violent games not to blame for youth aggression: new study
How depressed young people are strongly predicts how aggressive and violent they may be or may become. Contrary to popular belief, however, exposure to violence in video games or on television is not related to serious acts ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2010 |
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What happens to the young and educated without a job?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the University of Oxford is looking at how young educated people who are unemployed become politicized in different ways - either through violent struggle or as reformers ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2012 |
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