March 21, 2014

Next time your teacher tells a bad joke and you feel compelled to laugh, beware – they can tell you’re faking it. Researchers from London have discovered our brains carry out different process when we hear genuine laughter compared to fake chuckles. When laughter is forced, for example, it activates a part of the brain […]

Doing more than three hours of homework per night may be making younger students sick. A study conducted by Stanford Graduate School of Education surveyed more than 4,300 students from ten high-performing public and private high schools in affluent California communities, and found that excessive homework causes high stress levels and physical health problems. ‘We