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February 17, 2010

Focus On Fun Gets Teens Active - British Psychological Society

Emphasising the emotional benefits of exercise is more effective at increasing levels of physical activity than highlighting traditional health benefits. This is the finding of research published online today, 17th February 2010, in the British Journal of Health Psychology. The study was carried out by Reema Sirriyeh and colleagues from the University of Leeds...

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July 7, 2009

SciAmMind on music, kids, the perfect and the pumped

The latest edition of Scientific American Mind has just hit the shelves with a number of freely available online articles covering music and its emotional kick, the tyranny of perfectionism, the drama of developing child and the neural benefits of exercise.One of the most interesting articles tackles a fascinating genetic effect called genomic imprinting where certain genes have different effect

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