Boosting the brain can lead to cognitive overload
Electrical stimulation of the brain´s cells whilst solving challenging tasks can lead to mental overload.
View ArticleDowns and Ups. Visual Insights into Vulnerability and Resilience during the...
""The National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES supported the work of three young photographers for six months. Their pictures will be displayed at the upcoming Biel/Bienne Festival of...
View ArticleDowns and Ups. Regards sur la vulnérabilité et la résilience
""Le Pôle de recherche national LIVES a soutenu pendant six mois le travail de trois jeunes photographes, à découvrir aux prochaines Journées photographiques de Bienne du 29 avril au 22 mai 2016. Une...
View ArticleDowns and Ups. Visualisierungen der Vulnerabilität und Resilienz im...
""Der Nationale Forschungsschwerpunkt LIVES hat während sechs Monaten die Arbeit von drei jungen Fotografinnen unterstützt, deren Werke an den Bieler Fototagen vom 29. April bis zum 22. Mai 2016...
View ArticleChina Center Tübingen inaugurated
Karl Schlecht Foundation backs new institute researching culture of Chinese world – Focus on business ethics
View ArticleSurprising Result in New Study of Marital Status, Gender, and Frailty
The well-accepted association between marital status, health, and risk of functional impairment in older individuals is generally true, but a new study on frailty found unexpected, gender-specific...
View ArticleAlfabetización digital, clave para mejorar movilidad en macro-urbes
Las políticas públicas deben sustentarse en la evidencia científica: investigadora en estudios urbanos
View ArticleNo strength in numbers – mergers not the answer for HEIs seeking savings,...
AS the sole UK academic presenting a paper at a large-scale conference in the USA, the University of Huddersfield’s Professor Jill Johnes introduced her audience to some new concepts in education...
View ArticleRepresentative Studies on Victimisation
""This book summerizes findings of numerous research projects of the Criminnological Research Institute of Lower Saxony. It deals with adolescents as victims, victims of sexual violence (e.g. of...
View ArticleEurope under Stress. Internal and External Challenges for the EU and its...
""Twenty statements, comments and opinions, based on genuine research, cover largely the wide range of Europe’s challenges over these years, in internal as well as external relations. Scholars from...
View ArticleWhen prison workers fall in love with inmates: the taboo of hybristophilia
A University of Montreal researcher has published a study on romantic relationships between inmates and prison employees. His study is based mainly on US and European cases. Attraction for offenders in...
View ArticleQuand un employé de prison s’éprend d’un détenu : le tabou de l’hybristophilie
Un chercheur de l’Université de Montréal publie une étude sur les relations amoureuses entre détenus et membres du personnel en milieu carcéral. Son étude est basée essentiellement sur des cas...
View ArticleVideogame addiction linked to ADHD
Young and single men are at risk of being addicted to video games. The addiction indicates an escape from ADHD and psychiatric disorder. Men are more likely to become addicted to online gaming,...
View ArticleSensitive people more vulnerable to online dating scams
Sensitive and less emotionally intelligent people are more likely to be vulnerable to online dating scams. That is the finding of a study by Dr Martin Graff of the University of South Wales presented...
View ArticleDo anorexia, IBS and chronic fatigues share a common cause?
Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome and anorexia nervosa may all have a common origin according to researchers. They speculate that all three disorders may be caused by antibodies to the...
View ArticleNew LSE book dissects 'selective austerity' since the crisis
""A new LSE book offers an authoritative, evidence-based analysis of the impact government policies have had on inequality and on delivery of services such as health, education, adult social care,...
View ArticleRegenerating brain tissue brings hope for a new treatment against Alzheimer's...
Mexican researchers developed a nanogel that enables the growth of new neurons.
View ArticleLes établissements de détention sont mal préparés aux prisonniers mourants
De plus en plus de délinquants privés de liberté vont vieillir et mourir en prison. Les établissements pénitentiaires suisses doivent mieux se préparer à cette situation et des règles uniformes doivent...
View ArticleThe law enforcement system is ill-prepared for dying prisoners
In Switzerland, an increasing number of offenders are aging and dying in prison. Penal institutions need to better adjust to this situation, and uniform rules are needed to ensure a dignified end of...
View ArticleDer Justizvollzug ist schlecht auf sterbende Gefangene vorbereitet
In der Schweiz werden immer mehr Straftäter im Freiheitsentzug alt und sterben. Die Vollzugsanstalten müssen sich besser auf diese Situation einstellen und es braucht einheitliche Regeln für ein...
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