Laden...
ScienceDaily: Living Well News |
| Finding the optimal way to repay student debt Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:33 AM PDT Though legislative reform is necessary to combat the growing burden of student loan debt in the U.S. on a grand scale, individual borrowers can take steps to repay their loans with as low long-term costs as possible. A new mathematical model develops a strategy for minimizing the overall cost of repaying student loans. |
| Fasting lowers blood pressure by reshaping the gut microbiota Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:33 AM PDT For the first time researchers demonstrate that intermittent fasting can reduce hypertension by reshaping the gut microbiota in an animal model. |
| A psychologist's guide to donating more effectively to charities Posted: 29 Apr 2021 08:24 AM PDT Donating to a charity is often driven by emotion rather than by calculated assessments based on how to make the biggest impact. A new article looks at how people can be encouraged to direct their charitable contributions in ways that allow them to get more bang for the buck. |
| How does the brain flexibly process complex information? Posted: 29 Apr 2021 06:52 AM PDT Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear. Researchers have now outlined several crucial neural processes revealing that our brain networks may rapidly and flexibly shift from a rhythmic to a 'noisy' state when the need to process information increases. |
| More than 25% of infants not getting common childhood vaccinations Posted: 29 Apr 2021 06:52 AM PDT More than a quarter of American infants in 2018 had not received common childhood vaccines that protect them from illnesses such as polio, tetanus, measles, mumps and chicken pox, new research reveals. |
| Expressing variety of emotions earns entrepreneurs funding Posted: 29 Apr 2021 06:03 AM PDT Despite perceptions that entrepreneurs should always be positive about their ventures, a study found that entrepreneurs whose facial expressions moved through a mix of happiness, anger and fear during funding pitches were more successful. Researchers analyzed nearly 500 pitch videos from the online crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Those who varied their emotional expressions had more success on meeting their goal, total amount raised and number of contributors. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Living Well News -- ScienceDaily. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
Laden...
Laden...
© 2024
