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Occasional memory loss tied to lower brain volume
Oct 06, 2008 |
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People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to a study published in the October ...
Hot flashes underreported and linked to forgetfulness
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Women in midlife underreport the number of hot flashes that they experience by more than 40 percent, and these hot flashes are linked to poor verbal memory, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois ...
Lack of imagination in older adults linked to declining memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Most children are able to imagine their future selves as astronauts, politicians or even superheroes; however, many older adults find it difficult to recollect past events, let alone generate new ones. A new Harvard University ...
A single subjective question can be an effective sleepiness screening tool
Apr 15, 2008 |
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A single subjective (SS) question may be an effective screening tool for excessive daytime sleepiness, according to a study published in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM).
Gender differences in experience of rheumatism
Sep 12, 2008 |
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Rheumatoid arthritis is often a more painful experience for women than it is for men, even though the visible symptoms are the same. Scientists are now saying that doctors should take more account of these subjective differences ...
Use it or lose it? Study suggests the brain can remember a 'forgotten' language
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
What do you know? Not as much as you think
Oct 14, 2008 |
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We've all met know-it-alls—people who think they know more than they actually do. If they're talking about products, like wine or motorcycles, they might actually know as much as they think. But when it comes to health plans, ...
Single women gaze longer
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A study by neuroscientist Heather Rupp and her team found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.
Partner status influences women's interest in men
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 28, 2009 |
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A study by Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.
How to increase colonoscopy attendance?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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In view of low attendance rate for colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), it is necessary to establish effective intervention methods to increase colonoscopy compliance. Many studies have reported that subjective ...
Is the beauty of a sculpture in the brain of the beholder?
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Is there an objective biological basis for the experience of beauty in art? Or is aesthetic experience entirely subjective? This question has been addressed in a paper published in this week’s PLoS ONE, Cinzia Di Dio, Emiliano ...
Learning to shape your brain activity
Oct 01, 2008 |
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A study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the successful manipulation of sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) amplitude by instrumental SMR conditioning (ISC) improved sleep quality as well as declarative learning. ISC mi ...
Seeing is relieving: New hope for chronic pain sufferers
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 29, 2009 |
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An f1000 evaluation examines how pain relief improves greatly when the sufferer can actually see the area where the pain is occurring.
Gender and demographic differences are poor predictors of juror satisfaction
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Communication Theory explored the impact of gender, demographic differences, and emotion on the experience of jury deliberation. Researchers found that neither gender nor demographic characteristics affected juror satisf ...
