Coping digitally. Red flag for heart disease. Legal marijuana. Benefits of bilingualism. Mars One.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 25, 2016
Researchers in the news
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- Numerous media pick up coverage of new Concordia research led by Ann-Louise Davidson, associate professor in the Department of Education, that shows how smartphones, tablets and other mobile technologies can help people with an intellectual disability (ID) cope with the challenges brought on by their condition. Davidson helped eight people with ID create testimonial videos about important aspects of their daily lives, which were then posted to a YouTube channel. The project showed how its participants could inspire themselves and their peers through the production of their own educational resources: Science Codex, Phys Org, Science Newsline, Big News Network, Business Standard, The Health Site, The Statesman, NDTV, ET Telecom, Live Work Play, IANS live, Times of India, Daiji World, India.com, Med India, Jagran Post, The Siasat Daily, One India, Silicon India News, The Punjab News Express, New Kerala, Odisha Sun Times, Sakshi Post, Deccan Herald, Health, Medical and Science Updates, Newswise, BGR, Kaumudi, Live Mint. The study was recently published in Social Inclusion.
- There is extensive media coverage of a new study co-auhored by Simon Bacon, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science, Nicola Paine, a visiting postdoctoral scholar in the same department, and colleagues at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, UQAM, MUHC and others, into how the effects of anxiety disorder in women may mask certain signs of heart disease. The researchers found that the same conditions did not tend to appear in men: U.S. News & World Report, News Max, TCT MD, Healio, Bel Marra Health, Medical Xpress, Fox News Health, WHBL.com, Wisc News, EIN News. The study was published online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
- An article in The Globe and Mail about legalization of marijuana quotes economics professor James McIntosh and mentions that McIntosh has reported to the federal government on his study of various approaches to legal marijuana around the world. McIntosh also appeared on Global's National evening news yesterday, to offer insight into the challenges facing the Liberal government as it prepares to legalize marijuana. McIntosh can be seen at the 5:20 mark.
- The Tennessee Public News Service picks up coverage of a new Concordia study of the cognitive benefits to children of being bilingual as toddlers. The research paper was co-authored by Diane Poulin-Dubois, professor in the Department of Psychology, and Cristina Crivello, a graduate student with Concordia’s Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH).
- Noodls picks up a release announcing the publication of Mars One: Humanity's Next Great Adventure, a new book by the Mars One project, co-authored by Raye Kass, professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences. Mars One aims to establish a human colony on Mars, starting in 2026.