Understanding Food Preferences in Kids
Latest research shows there are actually scientific reasons why children may be more sensitive to bitter tastes or have an especially strong // sweet tooth. Researchers found variation in a taste receptor gene influences taste sensitivity in both children and adults. Age and culture also contribute to taste preferences and sometimes have a greater impact. For the study researchers compar...Conditioning preferences in children
Preferences influence all aspects of human behaviour; they impact upon the foods we eat, the products we buy, the stimuli we approach or avoid and the people with whom we spend time // . Evaluation of stimulus valence is so fundamental that it has been proposed that the brain uses it as a basic category for organizing information and activating approach or avoidance behaviors. Stimulus ev...New Quartz References for Workplace Safety
Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new set of reference materials that could contribute to significant improvements// in workplace safety through more accurate measurement of the amount of quartz dust in the air. Crystalline silica or quartz is one of the most common minerals on Earth. When finely powdered silica gets in the air it...