ScienceDaily (2011-02-25) — Being a “happy” teenager is linked to increased well-being in adulthood, new research finds. Using information from 2776 individuals who participated in the 1946 British birth cohort study, the scientists tested associations between having a positive childhood and well-being in adulthood. A ‘positive’ childhood was based on teacher evaluations of students’ levels [...]

Leadership isn’t about being in charge – it is a state of mind. Learn what makes a great leader: “The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.” – Alexis Hunter “The leadership instinct you were born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go [...]

ScienceDaily (2011-02-22) — A computational physicist and a cognitive neuroscientist have come up with the beginnings of a noninvasive test to evaluate an infant’s autism risk. It combines the standard electroencephalogram (EEG), which records electrical activity in the brain, with machine-learning algorithms. In a pilot study, their system had 80 percent accuracy in distinguishing between [...]

In a study by Bruijn, et al. (2010), it was found that compared to healthy children, children with migraines: * do not exhibit more withdrawn behavior * do not have more thought problems * do not have more social problems * do not exhibit more delinquent or aggressive behavior * are not more frequently diagnosed [...]

Healing, like forgiveness, is a gradual process. Give yourself all the time you need – and play some good music while you’re at it. “All healing is first a healing of the heart.” – Carl Townsend “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller [...]

World-Science.net 14 Jan 2011 — “Pickup” lines based on humor tend to fall flat-but they do get the speakers rat­ed as rel­a­tively fun­ny and so­cia­ble, and aren’t dis­fa­vored by wom­en seek­ing brief li­ais­ons, a new study sug­gests. The pair stud­ied the ef­fects of “flip­pant” lines such as “can I get a pic­ture of you so [...]

ScienceDaily (2011-02-15) — Researchers have known for decades that alcohol can initially deepen sleep during the early part of the night but then disrupt sleep during the latter part of the night; this is called a “rebound effect.” A new study of the influence of gender and family history of alcoholism on sleep has found [...]

I couldn’t find the sponges I bought. Looked all over for them. I gave up. Later I went to the fridge for a snack. Lo and behold… My best guess is that when I was unloading groceries, I put them in the fridge with everything else. Makes sense! Sort of… I won’t even tell you [...]

Just wanted to let everyone know about a interview I’m doing tonight: Date: Tonight (2/16) Time: 8pm EST Interview: “The Impact of ADHD on Your Finances” on Attention Talk Radio You can listen to the show live at www.attentiontalkradio.com. There will also be a recorded version available. Tweet This Post

This surprised me – a dog that wins Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show doesn’t increase the number of new registrations for that breed – for at least five years. For breeds that had won the Westminster Show, the slope of the curve for number of new registrations per year for the 5 [...]