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Millennials, Male/Female Brain, Teens & Hearing Loss

Posted on July 31, 2016 by in NewsUCanUse

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Millennials Marrying

Millennial children (born 1977-2000) whose moms wed young and stayed married, were eager to marry in their late teens or early 20s themselves. An Ohio State University study also indicated that for sons and daughters whose moms married young but then divorced, the children overwhelmingly hoped to marry, but wanted to do it later.

The nationwide study included 2,581 moms and 3,914 of their children. After witnessing their parents’ divorce, researchers say the children may feel the need to take extra time and care in choosing a partner. The good news, said the study, is that those who wait longer are more likely to have lasting unions when and if they do marry.

— The Ohio State University

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Though academic achievement is dependent on cognitive abilities, such as logic and reasoning, researchers believe certain personality and character traits, such as grit or desire to learn, can motivate and drive learning. Such traits, according to a new study, are partially rooted in genetics.

A University of Texas at Austin study found genetic differences among people account for about half of character differences. The remaining variation in character is influenced by environmental factors occurring outside the home and school. Until now, parenting and schooling have been suggested by research as likely explanations for character. The new research, which included more than 800 third- to eight-grade twins and triplets, suggests otherwise.

— University of Texas at Austin

Aug2016QRFemaleMaleBrainMale & Female Brains Wired Differently

While measuring brain activity with an MRI during blood pressure trials, researchers found men and women had opposite responses in the part of the brain integral to the experience of emotions, stress levels, and keeping blood pressure and heart rate high.

The study’s lead author said they hadn’t expected to find such strong differences between men and women’s brains, raising several questions, such as why there’s a difference in brain pattern, and might it reflect differences in health issues for men and women, particularly in cardiovascular disease variations.

— University of California, Los Angeles

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For decades, neuroscientists have pondered whether musical preferences are hardwired into our brains. A new study suggests the answer is no, indicating musical tastes are cultural. Study authors said it was difficult to find people without exposure to Western pop music due to its diffusion around the world, but found suitable subjects in a remote Amazonian tribe whose members have little or no exposure to Western music.

In the study, more than 100 people belonging to a tribe in the Bolivian rainforest were exposed to both dissonant and consonant chord combinations. Both combinations were judged as “likable” by tribe members.

— Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University

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Teens & Hearing Loss

Teenagers are increasingly experiencing tinnitus, often a symptom of hearing loss, as a result of using ear buds to listen to music for long periods every day, as well as frequenting very noisy places such as nightclubs, discos and rock concerts, according to a study performed in Brazil. Tinnitus is the medical term for perception of sound that has no external source.

Many sufferers describe it as a ringing in the ears, others as whistling, buzzing, chirping or hissing. The study’s principal investigator, an associate professor of otolaryngology at the University of Sao Paulo’s Medical School, said if this teen generation continues to expose themselves to very high noise levels, they’ll likely suffer from hearing loss by the time they’re 30 or 40.

— University of Sao Paulo Medical School

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The hungrier parents are at mealtimes the more they may feed their young children, which could have implications for childhood obesity. In a small pilot study of 29 children ages 3 to 6 and their mothers, University of Florida researchers asked the mothers to rate their hunger as well as their child’s hunger prior to a meal.

Among women who were overweight or obese, those who rated their own hunger higher also perceived their child’s hunger as higher, and in turn, served their child larger portions of food. The findings appeared in the June issue of the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.

— University of Florida

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