Search results for averted gaze:
A direct gaze enhances face perception
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Gaze direction is significant for the processing of visual information from the human face. Researchers in an Academy of Finland funded research project have discovered that the visual system of the brain processes another ...
A frown or a smile? Children with autism can't discern
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2007 |
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When we have a conversation with someone, we not only hear what they say, we see what they say. Eyes can smolder or twinkle. Gazes can be direct or shifty. “Reading” these facial expressions gives context and meaning to the ...
Direct gaze makes you more attractive
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2007 |
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Looking directly at someone makes you more attractive to them according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, today (Wednesday 7 November, 2007).
3.4 million deaths averted through GAVI-funded immunization programs
Oct 29, 2008 |
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3.4 million deaths will be averted in the world's poorest countries through immunisation funded by the GAVI Alliance between 2000 and 2008, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Raising alcohol taxes reduces deaths
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduces the number of deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease, oral or breast cancers, and alcohol poisoning, according to a new study published in the ...
'Do not resuscitate' orders lack standardization in hospitals
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Methods to identify a patient with a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order are incredibly varied across hospitals, ranging from written documentation practices to the use of color-coded wristbands. According to a new study in the ...
Worried about family or friends falling? New guideline identifies those most at risk
Feb 04, 2008 |
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A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds certain neurology patients are at a high risk of accidental falls and should be regularly screened to help prevent the high number of fall-related injuries ...
Effects of brain exercise depend on opponent
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that the belief that o ...
Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries
Jan 13, 2009 |
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While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology has made a fundamental discovery* about these materials that could improve methods ...
Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated ...
ORNL, Southern Cal set sights on preventing blindness
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Blindness in millions of people with diseases that starve eye tissue and nerves of oxygen might be averted with a procedure being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Southern California ...
Researchers find TB-prevention therapy is cost-effective option
Sep 09, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have found that the cost of preventive antibiotic tuberculosis (TB) therapy for patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is generally less expensive than ...
China scales back IT disclosure demands
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Beijing has temporarily averted a trade clash with Washington by scaling back a demand for foreign suppliers of computer security technology to disclose how their products work.
The truth about cats and dogs
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Thinking about adopting a perky little puppy as a friend for your fluffy cat, but worried that they'll fight -- well, like cats and dogs?
Cooling the planet with crops
Biology /
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By carefully selecting which varieties of food crops to cultivate, much of Europe and North America could be cooled by up to 1°C during the summer growing season, say researchers from the ...
