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New research shows that there's much in a name: people will use the sounds in names to infer someone’s physical and personality traits.
Insomnia impacts more than 20 per cent of women during pregnancy. And it is treatable.
Are our brains wired to favour growth over environmentally rational decisions?
Encouraging people to vote involves changing the discourse. Guilt trips are ineffective.
How to support students from diverse backgrounds to appreciate the inherent value of engaging one another in close friendships remains a question for educators.
Children’s perspectives on math develop at a very young age and have longstanding effects, so it matters that families and teachers promote positive engagement with math skills.
Does beer help a new mother's milk come in? Does 'pumping and dumping' allow you to drink and breast-feed? A doctor sorts the evidence from the myth.
Urban gardening is a departure point for learning about land and relationships, as well as food, consumer culture and social activism.
There is no evidence yet that cannabidiol (CBD) is effective in treating heroin addiction, despite news headlines claiming this.
Du coup de chaleur à l'asthme en passant par la maladie de Lyme, le changement climatique pose déjà un risque sérieux pour la santé. Il est essentiel désormais de tarifer le carbone.
Graduate students have much to offer the non-academic workforce based on critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Universities need to help them articulate these skills for employers.
New technologies can help locate large methane leaks in a faster and more effective manner.
Language milestones matter not as the final word, but as possible signals about where children might be struggling and how they can be best supported to reach their full potential.
Les jeunes qui s'adonnent au sextage sont quatre fois plus actifs sexuellement, cinq fois plus susceptibles d'avoir eu plusieurs partenaires et deux fois moins enclins à utiliser la contraception.
Petroleum exploration in Alberta has disturbed more than 1,900 sq. km of wetlands in Alberta, boosting emissions of methane: a potent greenhouse gas.
For learners in the early stages of reading, the best way to counteract the loss of literacy skills over the summer is not by forcing study but by boosting play that develops fine motor skills.
From heat stroke to asthma to lyme disease, climate change already poses a serious health risk.
An Indigenous sovereign wealth fund would finance community needs such as housing, health care, sports facilities, scholarships, Indigenous businesses and low-carbon energy -- in perpetuity.
Youth who are sexting are four times more likely to be having sex. They are five times more likely to have had multiple sexual partners and twice as likely not to be using contraception.
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
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Adjunct Professor (Psychology) and Pediatric Neuropsychologist, University of Calgary
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Clinical associate professor, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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PhD Candidate, University of Calgary
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Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Doctoral student in Clinical Psychology, University of Calgary
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Canada Research Chair of Creativity and STEM and Associate Professor, University of Calgary
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Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
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PhD student, School and Applied Child Psychology, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Calgary
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Instructor, University of Calgary
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Professor of Psychology, University of Calgary
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Clinical Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor and Director of Research in Chinese Mental Health, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
