A recent study reported by the American Psychological Association indicates that compulsive texting by teens, especially girls, may have a negative effect on their school achievement.
Researchers surveyed more than 400 students in the Midwest - in grades 11 and 8 - and found that girls in particular are apt to suffer an adverse effect on their academic work.
Rather than the frequency, the compulsive nature of texting seems to be at the heart of the issue. According to researchers. girls and boys text with about the same frequency, but for different purposes - boys apparently text to "convey information", while girls text "to nurture relationships", which may be more distracting.
For a closer look at the APA report, click here
WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING ADMITTED TO AN IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE?
So you want to go to an Ivy League college. Great.
You definitely should apply. But
what are your chances of getting in?
If we take the stats from this past year's admissions - admitting
for the class of 2019 - we can see that the acceptance rates are quite low
(between 5 and 15 percent) compared to the average acceptance rates for the majority of other
colleges in the nation (60 to 70 percent in recent years).
Here is a list of Ivy colleges - including Stanford, the Ivy
college of the West - with the number of applications, number of acceptances,
and resulting rate of acceptance, according to Business Insider and other
sources:
Total Apps/Accepted (Accept Rate)
Stanford 42,487/2,144 (5.05)
Harvard 37,307/1,990 (5.33)
Columbia 36,250/2,228 (6.1)
Yale 30,237/1,963 (6.49)
Princeton 27,290/1,908 (6.99)
Brown 30,397/2,580 (8.49)
Penn 37,267/3,697 (9.9)
Dartmouth 20,504/2,120 (10.3)
Cornell 41,907/6,234 (14.9)
In addition to the low acceptance rates for all these
colleges, six of the nine lowered their rate from the previous year, while one
stayed the same, indicating that, as far as the Ivies are concerned, it was
slightly more difficult to get admitted to the class of 2019.
For the class of 2020, the rates may rise or fall slightly,
but clearly these colleges are among the most selective in the US, if not the
world.
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3 WAYS THE BRAIN CREATES MEANING
Several years ago, information designer Tom Wujec gave a brief TED Talk in which he zeroed in on three regions of the brain that help us to make sense of the world around us.
These three spheres - Ventral, Dorsal, and Limbic - control what we see, what we feel, how we make connections, and more.
As timely now as it was then, Wujec's 6-minute presentation explains how using these regions strategically can help us to understand and to solve the problems and complexities we face today.
CLICK HERE TO SEE WUJEC'S TED TALK
These three spheres - Ventral, Dorsal, and Limbic - control what we see, what we feel, how we make connections, and more.
As timely now as it was then, Wujec's 6-minute presentation explains how using these regions strategically can help us to understand and to solve the problems and complexities we face today.
CLICK HERE TO SEE WUJEC'S TED TALK
A VISUAL HISTORY OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
If you are interested in how we view the world of knowledge, and you have not yet viewed researcher Manuel Lima's TED Talk about the evolving ways of mapping and visualizing the information around us, you may want to take a few minutes to see and hear what he has to say.
From using "trees" as a form of illustration (e.g. genealogy, law, organization) to using complex diagrams and drawings of "networks" (e.g. brain, universe), Lima explains the history of visualizations and the current means of mapping knowledge.
CLICK HERE TO SEE LIMA'S TED TALK
From using "trees" as a form of illustration (e.g. genealogy, law, organization) to using complex diagrams and drawings of "networks" (e.g. brain, universe), Lima explains the history of visualizations and the current means of mapping knowledge.
CLICK HERE TO SEE LIMA'S TED TALK
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SCIENTISTS CREATE SUPER-INTELLIGENT AND LESS ANXIOUS MICE
Researchers from Canada and Britain have discovered that
manipulating a particular gene in mice can result in improved learning, memory,
and problem-solving.
In addition, the mice in the study became less anxious.
Focusing on the gene that controls the PDE4B enzyme, which
is found in the brain and elsewhere, scientists were able to make mice smarter,
with noticeably decreased levels of fear and anxiety. The mice became faster learners and less
fearful of normally "scary" events, such as the presence of cat
urine.
The discovery, published in the science journal Neuropsychopharmacology, has prompted a move toward similar increased studies, with a focus on animals, and with a hope that the results might eventually
transfer to humans as well. Such a
transfer could mean potentially significant aid in the battle against brain
difficulties, especially as related to aging.
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