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The sound of intellect: Job seeker's voice reveals intelligence Posted: 20 Feb 2015 11:26 AM PST A new study found that when hypothetical employers and professional recruiters listened to or read job candidates' job qualifications, they rated the candidates as more competent, thoughtful and intelligent when they heard the pitch than when they read it.

Education 'experts' cited in news stories may lack expertise, study finds Posted: 20 Feb 2015 10:33 AM PST A study of education experts cited in news stories and blogs during 2013 finds that some lack background in education policy and research.

Diabetes, depression predict dementia risk in people with slowing minds Posted: 20 Feb 2015 10:33 AM PST People with mild cognitive impairment are at higher risk of developing dementia if they have diabetes or psychiatric symptoms such as depression, finds a new review. Mild cognitive impairment is a state between normal aging and dementia, where someone's mind is functioning less well than would be expected for their age.

Want pizza, chocolate, French fries? Highly processed foods linked to addictive eating Posted: 20 Feb 2015 08:01 AM PST A new study confirms what has long been suspected: highly processed foods like chocolate, pizza and French fries are among the most addictive.

Differing GP approach to sick notes between mental, physical illness Posted: 20 Feb 2015 06:48 AM PST A study which has for the first time investigated in 'real time' how GPs approach the negotiation of sick notes, has found doctors taking a differing stance with patients who have mental health problems compared with those who present with physical illness.

Teens from single-parent families leave school earlier Posted: 20 Feb 2015 06:42 AM PST Individuals who live in single-parent families as teens received fewer years of schooling and are less likely to attain a bachelor's degree than those from two-parent families, a study concludes.

Amphetamine gets the job done: Using drugs to work long hours Posted: 20 Feb 2015 05:39 AM PST Drugs are usually associated with vulnerable social groups. New research reveals that amphetamine, however, is used by some in physically demanding manual jobs - to sustain long working hours.

Powder vs. Crack: Study identifies arrest risk disparity for cocaine use Posted: 20 Feb 2015 05:34 AM PST Crack users are much more likely to experience arrest than powder cocaine users, and being poor is the true overwhelming correlate, not being black or a minority, a new study concludes.

Leader of the pack: Study of voles and owls show rise of individuals with greatest influence on collective group behavior Posted: 18 Feb 2015 07:27 AM PST Who takes charge during a disaster or at an accident scene? The question has intrigued sociologists since Gustave Le Bon first studied "herd behavior" in nineteenth-century France. The question of an individual's influence over the activity of a collective have perplexed researchers, in countless studies of this behavior, ever since.

The science of teaching: Study finds brain processes that hold the key to understanding students Posted: 17 Feb 2015 05:27 PM PST How does the brain of a teacher work? New research has identified the parts of the brain involved in computing mistakes in other people's understanding, which is a key process in guiding students' learning.