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Honestly? Just Sign Here -- First; Signature Placement Curbs Cheating, Study Shows
September 13, 2012 — Tax collectors and insurance agencies trying to boost honest reporting could improve compliance simply by asking people to sign their forms at the beginning instead of at the end. That's because ... > full story -
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Do SAT Scores Help or Hurt in Decisions About Who Will Do Well in College?
September 13, 2012 — Every year, nervous high school juniors and seniors sit down and take the SAT. Their SAT scores will take on considerable importance over subsequent months, as college admissions teams choose ... > full story -
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Good Health Helps Grades When Students Hit Puberty
September 13, 2012 — Good health helps children with stressful transitions from elementary school to middle school, finds a new ... > full story -
Math Anxiety Causes Trouble for Students as Early as First Grade
September 12, 2012 — Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives. In a study of first- and second-graders, researchers found that ... > full story -
Concussion Awareness Helps Reduce Long-Term Complications
September 12, 2012 — Soccer, football, cheerleading, gymnastics and other sports run an increased risk of concussion because of the rigorous demands of today's play and practice. Any type of traumatic brain injury, ... > full story -
LifeSkills Training Helps Teens Manage Anger, Lower Blood Pressure
September 10, 2012 — A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, according to new ... > full story -
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Babies' Ability to Detect Complex Rules in Language Outshines That of Adults, Research Suggests
September 10, 2012 — New research examining auditory mechanisms of language learning in babies has revealed that infants as young as three months of age are able to automatically detect and learn complex dependencies ... > full story -
Health Care Spending in Last Five Years of Life Exceeds Total Assets for One Quarter of U.S. Medicare Population
September 8, 2012 — As many as a quarter of U.S. Medicare recipients spend more than the total value of their assets on out-of-pocket health care expenses during the last five years of their lives, according to ... > full story -
Analysis Finds Benefits to Racial Quotas in Brazilian Higher Education
September 7, 2012 — A racial quota system at one of the leading universities in Brazil raised the proportion of black students from low-income families, without decreasing their efforts to succeed in school, finds a ... > full story -
Brain Filter for Clear Information Transmission: Neuronal Inhibition Is Key for Memory Formation
September 6, 2012 — Every activity in the brain involves the transfer of signals between neurons. Frequently, as many as one thousand signals rain down on a single neuron simultaneously. To ensure that precise signals ... > full story
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