http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Luxury goods are supposed to be expensive because of their quality: A sip of fine wine or the comforting feel of designer clothing should justify the price. http://www.physorg.com/news178912794.html Other Sciences Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:06 EST news178912794 Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how. http://www.physorg.com/news174747583.html Biology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:14:10 EST news174747583 A study by developmental scientists at the University of Iowa and Indiana University challenges the conclusions of two recent studies on how babies and dogs respond to certain social cues. The new findings, published in this Friday's edition of the journal Science, indicate that babies and dogs may not be as clever as the other studies suggest. http://www.physorg.com/news173021113.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:26:24 EST news173021113 (PhysOrg.com) -- Organizational norms and social cues, not communication overload, are the strongest predictors of whether individuals use their laptops or smart phones to electronically multitask during a meeting, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.physorg.com/news165685060.html Other Sciences Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:49 EST news165685060 Using a "neurologger" specially designed to record the brain activity of pigeons in flight, researchers reporting online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have gained new insight into what goes through the birds' minds as they fly over familiar terrain. The study is the first to simultaneously record electrical brain activity integrated with large-scale navigational movements of free-flying birds, according to the researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news165152728.html Biology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:46:07 EST news165152728 Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. Psychology Professor Frédéric Gosselin and his Université de Montréal team found the luminescence of the eyebrow and mouth region is vital in rapid gender discrimination. http://www.physorg.com/news162643749.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 11:49:56 EST news162643749 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a suite of tools to add non-verbal cues to email, phone calls, chats and other channels of electronic communication. It is fascinating work, and the real-world applications are even more compelling. http://www.physorg.com/news159195348.html Technology Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:56:17 EST news159195348 Two-year-olds with autism lack an important building block of social interaction that prompts newborn babies to pay attention to other people. Instead, these children pay attention to physical relationships between movement and sound and miss critical social information. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine report their results in the March 29 online issue of Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news157654287.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:52:54 EST news157654287 A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning," report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their findings, published in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, could eventually help scientists develop new drug therapies to treat a variety of disorders, including phobias and anxiety disorders, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder. http://www.physorg.com/news157137561.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:21:23 EST news157137561 Sometimes a high price tag, a label, or an ingredient can lead us to believe that we're purchasing a high-quality item. But what happens if the attribute that attracted us to the product is false or meaningless? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines consumer responses to "biasing cues," features that consumers assume are related to the quality of the item. http://www.physorg.com/news154632983.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:36:54 EST news154632983 The underlying sense of being in control of our own actions is challenged by new research from UCL (University College London) which demonstrates that the choices we make internally are weak and easily overridden compared to when we are told which choice to make. http://www.physorg.com/news153581911.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:39:06 EST news153581911 The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). http://www.physorg.com/news153549608.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:42:56 EST news153549608 A new study in Psychological Science reveals that nonverbal cues can give away a person's socioeconomic status (SES). Volunteers whose parents were from upper SES backgrounds displayed more disengagement-related behaviors compared to participants from lower SES backgrounds. In addition, when a separate group of observers were shown 60 second clips of the videos, they were able to correctly guess the participants' SES background, based on their body language. http://www.physorg.com/news152973534.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:39:16 EST news152973534 Tacoma, WA - January 14, 2009 -A new study in the journal Psychology & Marketing investigates the influence of website design on children's information processing. Results show that the type of interface used can significantly affect how children process and retain information; age strongly affected this relationship. http://www.physorg.com/news151152779.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:52:59 EST news151152779 We've all experienced the feeling of not knowing where we are. Being disoriented is not pleasant, and it can even be scary, but luckily for most of us, this sensation is temporary. The brain employs a number of tricks to reorient us, keeping our confusion to a minimum and quickly pointing us in the right direction. Research has suggested that animals and young children mainly rely on geometric cues (e.g. lengths, distances, angles) to help them get reoriented. http://www.physorg.com/news150739570.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:06:10 EST news150739570 (PhysOrg.com) -- Georgia Tech has created an improved version of the robotic percussionist. The second edition, named Shimon, is designed to play a melodic instrument - the marimba. It, therefore, utilizes more sophisticated algorithms for music perception and improvisation in comparison to Haile, Georgia Tech`s first robotic drummer. The robot can also create richer sound and more communicative visual cues. http://www.physorg.com/news145286687.html Technology Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:24:47 EST news145286687 Although the idea that instrumental learning can occur subconsciously has been around for nearly a century, it had not been unequivocally demonstrated. Now, a new study published by Cell Press in the August 28 issue of the journal Neuron used sophisticated perceptual masking, computational modeling, and neuroimaging to show that instrumental learning can occur in the human brain without conscious processing of contextual cues. http://www.physorg.com/news139058156.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:15:56 EST news139058156 Robots can be ironic. Even though they might not have emotions of their own, they can still detect and respond to humans` emotions. A recent study has shown that, by picking up on human emotional traits, as well as a variety of other conscious and unconscious behavioral cues, robots may be able to act more naturally and accurately with humans. http://www.physorg.com/news138547570.html Electronics Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:26:10 EST news138547570 Strong cravings for alcohol can be sparked by the mere sight, smell and taste of a person's favorite drink. Responses to such cues that are associated with the positive effects of drinking are a lead cause of relapse in abstinent alcoholics. Using a behavioral animal model, researchers of a new study, scheduled for publication in the August 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, have found that the physical surroundings where alcohol cues are experienced can greatly influence the ability of those cues to trigger relapse. http://www.physorg.com/news136544587.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:03:07 EST news136544587