Hard Workers Are More Inspiring Than Geniuses
By Emily Reynolds
Albert Einstein is often used as the ultimate inspirational figure in science: an untamed genius with an abundance of innate brilliance. The proliferation of memes and inspirational quotes about his allegedly underwhelming school performance only serves to highlight exactly how naturally brilliant he really was, succeeding against the odds.
But, it turns out, he might not be quite as inspiring as you think: according to a study published in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, it may in fact be hard work, not innate genius, that really inspires people to get into STEM.
The first study focused on two spec...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Educational Source Type: blogs
Oxford ’s Emergency Ventilator Project Steaming Ahead
The University of Oxford and King’s College London have teamed up to develop and are now testing a new emergency ventilator that consists of devices that commonly exist in clinical spaces and scientific laboratories, and a few simple parts that can be created through 3D printing. Bringing together these devices allows the team to create so-called OxVent ventilators that don’t look like conventional ventilators, but which are sufficient to help with the current COVID-19 emergency.
The UK government has given the team quick authorization to proceed with safety testing and Smith & Nephew has been put in th...
Source: Medgadget - April 3, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Materials Public Health Source Type: blogs
Trump Urges Insured COVID-19 Victims to Use For-Profit Medical Care
By MICHAEL MILLENSON
(Foxnoxious News) WASHINGTON, April 1 – President Trump today urged all insured Americans infected by the coronavirus to seek care only at for-profit facilities.
“American capitalism is the world’s greatest job-creating engine,” said the president in a prepared statement. “That’s why I urge all Americans who have both good health insurance and COVID-19 to get their care at for-profit hospitals and other wonderful, for-profit health care facilities.
The president expressed his compassion “for all the great companies whose share prices are suffering.” Americans who fall...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 April Fools Michael Millenson Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 and Audiology: Closed Practices, Empty Campuses, Halted Research
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the country, most everyone has had to adapt in some way to accommodate this strange new normal—audiologists and hearing researchers included.
With calls and procedures for self-quarantine and guidance for small businesses and universities varying from state to state, hearing care professionals may find themselves thrust into new situations. Some are being asked to adopt telepractice for the foreseeable future, and others are quickly switching to virtual-only learning for their audiology students.
ASHA is constantly monitoring the situation as it evolves daily. For more informa...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 31, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Slider audiologist COVID-19 Telepractice Source Type: blogs
Mental health and college students: What parents can do to support their children
The percentage of U.S. college students who are living with mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance, and alcohol misuse, and self-harm are significant. Approximately 39% of college students experience a significant mental health issue. The 2018-2019 Healthy Minds study found that: 36% of the random sample of students from colleges and universities […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 27, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/miles-j-varn" rel="tag" > Miles J. Varn, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Government Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jeffrey Miron andErin PartinWhat actions, if any, should governments take in response to the COVID-19 (C ‑19) pandemic?Control of infectious diseases might seem to be a textbook case where private actions will not produce good outcomes for society overall. While individuals surely face incentives to avoid getting sick themselves (which helps limit spread of the disease), they might focus mainly on the private costs and benefits of going to work or attending a large gathering when sick. Likewise, while businesses and other private organizations have good reasons to adopt work from home and other social distancin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 23, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey Miron, Erin Partin Source Type: blogs
Why Hyper Parenting is Harming Children
A 30-year-old woman is sitting in her therapist’s office, talking about her inability to manage life. She is disorganized, has poor time management skills, cannot make decisions, is easily overwhelmed, has no direction in her life and is filled with anxiety.
A young adult woman just graduated from university and gets her first job. She comes down with a stomach bug and her mom calls her boss for her to tell her she can’t come into work.
A high school student shares that her teacher gave her less than an A on her assignment and her parents request a meeting at the school and demand to know why.
A preteen girl fo...
Source: World of Psychology - March 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sue Morton Tags: Children and Teens Parenting Autonomy Child Development helicopter parenting Resilience Source Type: blogs
Coronavirus Forces Colleges Online. Will Learning Ever Be the Same?
Colleges and universities have turned to online courses to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But distance learning may also hold promise as a long-term strategy to help make higher education more accessible and affordable. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 15, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Charles A. Goldman; Rita Karam Source Type: blogs
We Need to Align With What ’ s Coming Next
We’ve seen a lot of changes in the world this week due to the coronavirus situation. I think what many people don’t yet realize is that the rate of change isn’t going to be linear. It’s going to accelerate.
Despite all the changes you’ve seen this week, next week’s changes will be bigger still… and the changes coming the week after that will be even bigger. So if your head is spinning now, it will spin twice as hard next week.
In the USA I see people making some adaptations, but they seem to be mentally making minimalist ones. By this I mean that they’re taking in what ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - March 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Values Source Type: blogs
Technology and Cooperation Help Fight the Pandemic
Chelsea FollettThe pandemic caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) from Wuhan, China, is now a serious and global problem. And that problem has been made even worse by a culture of constant alarmism making it hard to distinguish real threats from exaggerated claims, as the well ‐known science writer Matt Ridley has pointed out. But even when faced with the genuine threat of a pandemic, there are reasons to take heart and think that humanity will rise to the challenges ahead.First, humanity has never been better prepared technologically to deal with a pandemic. We are fortunate to live in an age o...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chelsea Follett Source Type: blogs
Free, Online Learning Resources When Coronavirus Closes Schools
Kerry McDonaldThe coronavirus pandemic isn ’t just changing how we live, it’s also changing how we learn. Over 300 million students worldwide are currently not attending school due to quarantines, and that number is expected to increase over the coming weeks, as more countries and cities shutter schools indefinitely. Manycolleges and universities canceled in ‐person classes for the remainder of the semester, switching to online instruction. Some K‑12 public schools havemoved to virtual schooling in the wake of closures, with instruction happening over videoconference and worksheets moving to Google Docs.Fortunat...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Kerry McDonald Source Type: blogs
These Two Revision Strategies Can Prepare You For An Exam Much Better Than Just Restudying Your Notes
By Matthew Warren
When studying for exams, it can be tempting to just re-read textbooks or attempt to memorise your notes. But psychologists know that there are actually much more effective ways of learning — they just require a bit of extra effort.
A recent paper in Applied Cognitive Psychology has highlighted two of these superior strategies. The team finds that university students whose revision involves testing themselves or making up questions about course material perform better in a later exam than those who simply restudy their notes.
Past research had already shown that generating questions or being tested duri...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Memory Source Type: blogs
The Virtual Brain Web Atlas: How the Mind emerges from the Brain
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The Virtual Brain Web Atlas by the Human Brain Project offers a beautiful way to explore the anatomy of brain regions and brain functions.
Feel free to enjoy this interactive 3D model to learn much about our brains and our minds!
About the Human Brain Project:
The Human Brain Project aims to put in place a cutting-edge research infrastructure that will allow scientific and industrial researchers to advance our knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing, and brain-related medicine. The 10-year Project began in 2013 and directly employs some 500 scientists at more than 100 universities, teaching hospitals, and res...
Source: SharpBrains - February 28, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Technology brain regions brain-functions brains Human Brain Project minds Virtual Brain Web Atlas Source Type: blogs
I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma ’s Book
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I don’t know if you can relate with me, but
ever since I stepped into university, I have dreamt of changing the world (I
think most people do). The naïve me thought that the world would be my
playground as soon as I graduated from one of the best universities, and then I
would be on the path of achieving great things (including working in a Fortune
500 company!)
Things, however, did not ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TinaAnderson Tags: book reviews featured motivation reading pickthebrain self improvement Source Type: blogs
Reading Relevant to Contributions to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statements (by Prof. Dawn Sumner)
This article describes 3 moral approaches to diversity, including the intrinsic conflict between 2 of them that reflect the debate we are currently having over DEI statements. The third (new) approach is to focus on the virtues/skills that someone needs to have to do their job well and the values of the organization to shape fair practices that promote excellence. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-012-1434-zWhat ’s in DEI Statements?Some of the arguments against requiring DEI statements relate to their contents. Here are some analyses of what ' s in real statements from applicants. (Note that I saw on...
Source: The Tree of Life - February 24, 2020 Category: Microbiology Tags: diversity Equity and Inclusion Statements Source Type: blogs
