Dermot Barry Archive
It’s that time of year again! The traffic levels always rise when kids go back to school. Considering the amount of traffic on our roads, it’s understandable that parents want to drive their kids to school. It’s quicker and easier. Plus, it’s safer than cycling and walking,
Did you know that psychologists can test how much of a geek you are? Or that the fathers of male geeks tend to share a certain characteristic? Inventing a Geek Index Researchers at New King’s College, London and The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Mount Sinai
It’s enough to leave you crying into your pint! Moderate drinking is not as harmless as it seems. In fact it impacts the structure of your brain in a very bad way indeed. Your Brain On Alcohol Killjoy researchers from the University of Oxford and University College
It’s a well accepted fact that certain animals, like dogs and rodents, have an excellent sense of smell. Humans, not so much. But according to one neuroscientist, our sense of smell is much much better than we think. We may all smell like dogs, or even rats…
Losing weight is hard. But it seems to be easier for some than for others. If medical professionals could identify the people who are likely to fail then they could offer these people more support. What if they could predict the people who would need extra help
Stress can be seriously damaging to our physical and mental health. Exercise, meditate and yoga can help alleviate the symptoms. That’s if you do them! Now, scientists may have found another method … eating. What lurks within I wrote previously about how important the microbiome is to
At some point we’ve all struggled to learn something new. Have you felt confident that you learned something only to find the next day that the information did not sink in? Overlearning may be the key, but it’s so powerful that it has unexpected side-effects! The Problem
In today’s world, our children seem to need every advantage to succeed. Their time is precious and should not be wasted. School work is just the beginning and seemingly not enough to give kids a competitive advantage. So, should kids do chores? Or would that time be
Good news for social media fans! According to new research, Facebook users tend to live longer. As long as they use it right. Use Facebook For Much Longer Researchers from University of California San Diego, Yale and Facebook studied 12 million people, which is a pretty good
We all want to be happy, right? Unfortunately it’s not always easy to achieve! Many popular psychology articles and self-help books advise us to engage in random acts of kindness. The advice is from positive psychology studies which suggest that putting others ahead of yourself is the
