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. Rugby players worldwide could benefit from a new virtual reality training programme created at Queen's University Belfast. Team members from Ulster Rugby have been working with researchers in the School of Psychology at Queen's on a range of virtual training scenarios that test expert players' perceptual skills. http://www.physorg.com/news174735396.html Technology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:50:02 EST news174735396 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study finds that while higher prices may generate a more positive view of products, a higher price tag doesn't mean consumers will necessarily buy them. http://www.physorg.com/news174731798.html Other Sciences Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:50:01 EST news174731798 Spain is the second country in the world where divorce is better accepted socially, only exceeded by Brazil. Likewise, 79 per cent of the Spanish people think that, when a couple is not able to solve their marital problems, divorce is the best solution, which places our country far ahead of the countries of the north of Europe, traditionally considered to be more liberal in the social acceptation of divorce. http://www.physorg.com/news174660468.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:48:06 EST news174660468 Light readily bounces off obstacles in its path. Some of these reflections are captured by our eyes, thus participating in the visual perception of the objects around us. In contrast to this usual behavior of light, MIT researchers have implemented for the first time a one-way structure in which microwave light flows losslessly around obstacles or defects. This concept, when used in lightwave circuits, might one day reduce their internal connections to simple one-way conduits with much improved capacity and efficiency. http://www.physorg.com/news174240031.html Physics Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:03:28 EST news174240031 A 16-year-old might be quite capable of making an informed decision about whether to end a pregnancy - a decision likely to be made after due consideration and consultation with an adult - but this same adolescent may not possess the maturity to be held to adult levels of responsibility if she commits a violent crime, according to new research into adolescent psychological development. http://www.physorg.com/news174143664.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:50:01 EST news174143664 Just like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, kicking a football through goal posts can be an elusive task, according to Purdue University research. http://www.physorg.com/news174051941.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:02 EST news174051941 Many of us learn a foreign language when we are young, but in some cases, exposure to that language is brief and we never get to hear or practice it subsequently. Our subjective impression is often that the neglected language completely fades away from our memory. But does "use it or lose it" apply to foreign languages? Although it may seem we have absolutely no memory of the neglected language, new research suggests this "forgotten" language may be more deeply engraved in our minds than we realize. http://www.physorg.com/news173009276.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:09:21 EST news173009276 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you find yourself more concerned about highly publicized dangers that grab your immediate attention such as terrorist attacks, while forgetting about the more mundane threats such as global warming, you're not alone. http://www.physorg.com/news172911915.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:07:04 EST news172911915 New technologies may change our lives for the better, but sometimes they have risks. Communicating those benefits and risks to the public, and developing regulations to deal with them, can be difficult -- particularly if there's already public opposition to the technology. http://www.physorg.com/news172758136.html Nanotechnology Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:22:48 EST news172758136 Being seen as either well behaved or naughty at school is never entirely in the hands of the individual child, this study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council shows. http://www.physorg.com/news172670957.html Other Sciences Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:10:33 EST news172670957 (PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at the University of Leicester are to work with a renowned international artist in order to gain new insights into perception. http://www.physorg.com/news172141962.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:00:02 EST news172141962 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the have found that fake video evidence can dramatically alter people's perceptions of events, even convincing them to testify as an eyewitness to an event that never happened. http://www.physorg.com/news172136058.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:50:01 EST news172136058 Identifying a face can be difficult when that face is shown for only a fraction of a second. However, young adults have a marked advantage over elderly people in these conditions. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience found indications that elderly people have reduced perception speed. http://www.physorg.com/news171657769.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:00:02 EST news171657769 What happens to a person`s identity when a stroke or a disease profoundly impairs the ability to communicate? In Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Life Stories and the Narrative Self, University of Arkansas researchers challenge readers to explore "the messy but powerful relationships between communication impairment and maintenance of a viable sense of self." http://www.physorg.com/news171612084.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news171612084 When reporting medical errors, patients' perceptions of their physicians' disclosure may be key to gaining their trust, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. However, a positive perception of the disclosure has little effect on the lawsuit risk a physician faces. Researchers examined volunteer responses to several videos depicting the disclosure of an adverse event along with variations in the extent to which a physician accepted responsibility. They found that a patient's perception of what was said was more important than what was actually said by the physician. http://www.physorg.com/news171048874.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:40:02 EST news171048874 (AP) -- Six months ago, Brianna Karp found herself living in an old truck and camper she inherited after the suicide of a father she barely knew. http://www.physorg.com/news170948227.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:00:01 EST news170948227 When the eyes move, objects in the line of sight suddenly jump to a different place on the retina, but the mind perceives the scene as stable and continuous. A new study reports that the brain predicts the consequences of eye movement even before the eyes take in a new scene. http://www.physorg.com/news170422607.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:50:01 EST news170422607 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented the first empirical evidence that people really walk in circles when they do not have reliable cues to their walking direction. http://www.physorg.com/news169993020.html Biology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:17:29 EST news169993020 Scientists have discovered that even in adults born with extremely impaired sight, the brain can rewire itself to recognize sections of the retina that have been restored by gene therapy. http://www.physorg.com/news169316342.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:19:48 EST news169316342 Giving people a sense of being in control is an important element in health messages, according to researchers at Nottingham and De Montfort universities. The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, looked at how language used in policy messages and media coverage affects the public perception of health threats. The report warns that lyrical and over-emotional language may be counter-productive when issuing warnings and advice about pandemics and hospital infections. http://www.physorg.com/news168843547.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:07 EST news168843547 Australia's largest study of young drivers has shown that risky driving habits are putting young drivers at a significantly increased risk of crashing, irrespective of their perceptions about road safety. The study surveyed 20,000 young drivers and examined their crashes reported to police. Young drivers involved in the study who said they undertook risky driving were 50% more likely to crash. http://www.physorg.com/news167563517.html Other Sciences Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:25:56 EST news167563517 Sometimes we judge a product by the company it keeps. For example, we might think a car advertised among expensive cars is also pricey--but only if we're unfamiliar with the car, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news167327478.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:40:02 EST news167327478 Corporations spend billions of dollars each year on food advertising. For example, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and McDonald's each spent more than $1 billion in advertising in 2007. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests those advertisers are missing out if their ads only mention taste and ignore our other senses. http://www.physorg.com/news167327391.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:03 EST news167327391 Despite constant warnings about childhood obesity, too many Australian parents are still oblivious to the fact their children are overweight, according to the findings of the national MBF Healthwatch survey. http://www.physorg.com/news166876046.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:40:01 EST news166876046 (PhysOrg.com) -- Our tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why we are such experts at recognizing them, new research indicates. This approach can be learned and applied to other objects as well. http://www.physorg.com/news165170630.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:44:33 EST news165170630 In primates including ourselves, the ability to register where others are looking is key in social circles. And, according to a new report published online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, the way our brains process gaze-direction is much more sophisticated than a simple eyes-right versus eyes-left. http://www.physorg.com/news165152466.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:20:04 EST news165152466 Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power of suggestion. The study, published by Cell Press in the June 25 issue of the journal Neuron, uncovers the influence of hypnotic paralysis on brain networks involved in internal representations and self imagery. http://www.physorg.com/news165065163.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:40:03 EST news165065163 Researchers at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) at Rutgers University in Newark have identified the need to develop a new framework for understanding "perceptual stability" and how we see the world with their discovery that visual input obtained during eye movements is being processed by the brain but blocked from awareness. http://www.physorg.com/news163177022.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:57:24 EST news163177022 It's hard to miss the huge eye of a squid. But now it appears that certain squids can detect light through an organ other than their eyes as well. http://www.physorg.com/news163095604.html Biology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:20:47 EST news163095604 Science has proven what baseball players have known for more than a hundred years, the curve ball is more powerful than the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news162571770.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 15:49:59 EST news162571770