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. The brain never sits idle. Whether we are awake or asleep, watch TV or close our eyes, waves of spontaneous nerve signals wash through our brains. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies studying visual attention have discovered a novel mechanism that explains how incoming sensory signals make themselves heard amidst the constant background rumblings so they can be reliably processed and passed on. http://www.physorg.com/news172932462.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:40:01 EST news172932462 Dr. Lixia Yang (above) and her co-author, Ralf Krampe of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany, found that seniors were able to retain 50 per cent of concepts they learned almost a year before. http://www.physorg.com/news172165840.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:51:31 EST news172165840 Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: lip-sync -the exact match of lip motion and speech sound. Such audiovisual synchrony preoccupied toddlers who have autism, while their unaffected peers focused on socially meaningful movements of the human body, such as gestures and facial expressions. http://www.physorg.com/news157558974.html Medicine & Health Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:23:26 EST news157558974 A visual learning study by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston indicates that viewers can learn a great deal about objects in their field of vision even without paying attention. The findings will appear in the April 14 print issue of the journal Current Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news157212999.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:17:09 EST news157212999 Research led by Psychology researchers at the University of Warwick reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of a car travelling at 60 miles and causes almost twice as many errors as drivers driving without the distraction of a hands free cell phone conversation. http://www.physorg.com/news147531138.html Other Sciences Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:52:18 EST news147531138 (PhysOrg.com) -- When you gaze at a painting, the first thing that catches your eye is usually not an accident. Since the beginning of art, painters have used strategic techniques to guide a viewer`s attention through a scene. Still to this day, researchers are investigating ways to persuade attention with the latest technology. http://www.physorg.com/news134905213.html Technology Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:40:13 EST news134905213