Authors

Anne Becker

High School Success Doesn't Carry Over
The honor role may not ensure adulthood achievement. About 20 percent of students who were doing well as high school seniors were not meeting their stated or expected goals at age 26.
Overcoming Earthquakes
Earthquake victims find relief in simulator.
All Washed Up?
Men more likely than women to skip restroom hygiene.
Why Girls are Bored with Math
It's long been known that more boys go into math-based careers than do girls. But that doesn't mean girls have any problem with their plusses and minuses.
What Makes an Activist?
What leads someone to become an activist? Research shows parental beliefs, individual personality and a sense of community can all prime someone for a role as an activist.
Hot or Not: Reality TV can be harmful to women
The show "Are You Hot?" may trigger unhealthy habits
Marriage Is Not the Key to Happiness
Married people are no more happier than singles. Though people react strongly to events such as marriage, they return to their personal "set point of happiness" after a certain period of time.
Green Tea on the Brain
Find out what the Chinese have known for ages -- green tea is great for your brain.
Two Cribs: Bad for Baby?
Sleeping in two homes may cause babies to have difficulties establishing secure parental attachments.
The Rock That I Got
Contrary to what one might expect, the price of an engagement ring is not the best predictor of male commitment.
Remembering Just the Good Times
Like fine wine and good cheese, the things we remember get better with age, according to new research out of California. Older adults recalled fewer negative images than younger adults in a study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Vitamin B for Back Pain
A combination of B vitamins effectively cuts down chronic aches. Information on research that on how B vitamins were effective in relieving chronic neuropathic pain, pain generated not from some physical cause, but by the nerves themselves.