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References

Taking tests is better than passive study

1. see March news item

Humans aren't designed to multi-task

2. see March news item
3. Talking and listening impairs your ability to drive safely
4. Cell phone users drive like seniors
5. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-12/osu-cpd120805.htm
6. Furnham, A. & Bradley, A. 1997. Music while you work: the differential distraction of background music on the cognitive test performance of introverts and extraverts. Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 11, Issue 5 , 445-455.
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News roundup

8. see March news

News not mentioned in the newsletter

9. Payer, D., Marshuetz, C., Sutton, B., Hebrank, A., Welsh, R.C. & Park, D.C. 2006. Decreased neural specialization in old adults on a working memory task. Neuroreport, 17(5), 487-491. http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/06-04-03-01.all.html
10. Shaw, P. et al. 2006. Intellectual ability and cortical development in children and adolescents. Nature, 440, 676-679. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/youthcortexiq.cfm http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060327/full/440588b.html
11. Lewis, M. et al. 2006. Early Risk, Attention and Brain Activation in Adolescents Born Preterm. Child Development, 77 (2). http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/sfri-eop031606.htm
12. Szaflarski, J.P. et al. 2006. A longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging study of language development in children 5 to 11 years old (pNA). Annals of Neurology, Published Online ahead of print 23 Feb 2006 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060406102527.htm

Don't be sabotaged by failure

13. http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/osu-fng061401.html
14. The Naked Face, Annals of Psychology, August 5, 2002 http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm