Sports practice accounts for just 1 percent of the performance differences among elite athletes
Among elite athletes, practice accounts for a scant 1 percent of the difference in their performances—and starting sports...
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Testing of backlogged rape kits yields new insights into rapists and major implications for how sexual assaults should be investigated
New data challenges conventional wisdom about rape among scholars, advocates, police and prosecutors The testing of nearly 5,000...
Practicing how to play during school can improve student imaginations and creative problem-solving, study shows
Elementary students who practiced playing at school significantly improved their organization of stories, imagination and frequency in showing...
Online program reduces bullying behavior in schools, tests show
Behaviors that enable bullying—a significant public health problem for adolescents nationally—were reduced among students who completed a new...
Through artworks hidden in plain sight, a new look at French slavery (and enslavement)
A painted medallion depicting turbaned slaves in chains at the feet of Louis XIV adorns a ceiling at...
Addressing trauma in juvenile offenders should be larger focus of rehabilitation, study finds
Treating trauma in juvenile offenders can build social relationships that help them stay out of trouble, according to...
Rendering Thomas Jefferson, the architect
Thomas Jefferson is the only American architect with the distinction of having two of his projects—the University of...
Art history faculty member’s team receives NEH grant to study Greek archaeological mysteries
The Winged Victory of Samothrace—one of the most acclaimed and widely recognized sculptures in the world—stands majestically, perched...
New CWRU study finds newborn’s first stool could alert doctors to long-term cognitive issues
A newborn’s first stool can signal the child may struggle with persistent cognitive problems, according to Case Western...
New study links prenatal cocaine exposure to engaging in sex by age 15
Since 1994, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have studied mothers—some who used cocaine while pregnant and others...