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Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence
Last year, the United States
provided asylum and
resettlement assistance for
nearly 80,700 people from
other countries, an increase
... > full story
For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics Is No Child's Play
A professor of library and
information science says
that comic books are just as
sophisticated as other forms
of literature, and children
... > full story
TV Exposure May Be Associated With Aggressive Behavior In Young Children
Three-year-old children who
are exposed to more TV
appear to be at an increased
risk for exhibiting
aggressive behavior,
... > full story
Distracted By A Cell Phone? Some Cell Phone Users Fail To See Unicycling Clown Passing Them
Everyone tends to float off
into space once in a while
and fail to see what is
sitting there right in front
of them. Recently
... > full story
- Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence
- For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics Is No Child's Play
- TV Exposure May Be Associated With Aggressive Behavior In Young Children
- Distracted By A Cell Phone? Some Cell Phone Users Fail To See Unicycling Clown Passing Them
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Shifting Blame Is Socially Contagious
November 19, 2009 — Merely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem -- even when the target is innocent -- greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will ... > full story -
Foreign Subtitles Improve Speech Perception
November 11, 2009 — You can improve your second-language listening ability by watching the movie with subtitles -- as long as these subtitles are in the same language as the film. Subtitles in one's native language, the ... > full story -
National Anti-Gun Violence Program Largely Successful
November 9, 2009 — Project Safe Neighborhoods -- a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 -- has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to a new ... > full story -
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TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-Fat And High-Sugar Foods
November 5, 2009 — Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. With more than one fourth of advertising on daytime and prime time television devoted to foods and beverages and continuing ... > full story -
Researchers Rest Their Case: TV Consumption Predicts Opinions About Criminal Justice System
October 29, 2009 — People who watch forensic and crime dramas on TV are more likely than nonviewers to have a distorted perception of America's criminal justice system, according to new ... > full story -
More Students Than Ever Before Studying Engineering And Physical Sciences At Degree Level, UK Figures Show
October 22, 2009 — More students than ever before have been accepted onto science and engineering related degree courses this autumn, according to the University and Colleges Admissions Service in the UK. Science is ... > full story -
Television Has Less Effect On Education About Climate Change Than Other Forms Of Media
October 16, 2009 — Watching television has no significant impact on viewers' knowledge about the issue of climate change, a new study suggests. However, reading newspapers and using the Web seem to contribute to ... > full story -
Recent 'Momentum' Influences Choices Of Baby Names, Professors Find
October 14, 2009 — New research suggests that the change in popularity of babies' names over time increasingly influences naming decisions in the United States. Like momentum traders in the stock market, parents today ... > full story -
Tanked-Up Teens: Cheap Alcohol Strongly Linked To Harmful Underage Drinking In The UK
October 9, 2009 — Researchers studied the drinking habits of 9,833 15- to 16-year-olds in the North West of England, finding that excessively low cost alcohol products and illicit purchase are strongly related to ... > full story -
High Rates Of Childhood Exposure To Violence And Abuse In United States, New Study Finds
October 7, 2009 — A new study finds that US children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study ... > full story
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