News tagged with awareness
Raytheon turns iPhones into battlefield tools
Dec 17, 2009 |
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US defense contractor Raytheon on Wednesday unveiled the first of what it said will be a series of software applications to make iPhones or iPod touch devices into battlefield tools.
Study Shows How We Evolved Different Personalities
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although members of the same species share more than 99 percent of their genetic makeup, individuals often have small differences, such as in their appearance, susceptibility to disease, and ...
Scientists find that individuals in vegetative states can learn
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 20, 2009 |
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Scientists have found that some individuals in the vegetative and minimally conscious states, despite lacking the means of reporting awareness themselves, can learn and thereby demonstrate at least a partial consciousness. ...
Study highlights lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 10, 2009 |
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In a new study to asses patient awareness of medications prescribed during a hospital visit, 44% of patients believed they were receiving a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall the name of at least one ...
People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices, study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2009 |
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People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions, according to a new study with researchers from the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities ...
Researchers develop 'brain-reading' methods
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 27, 2009 |
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It is widely known that the brain perceives information before it reaches a person's awareness. But until now, there was little way to determine what specific mental tasks were taking place prior to the point of conscious ...
Listening to pleasant music could help restore vision in stroke patients, suggests study
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Patients who have lost part of their visual awareness following a stroke can show an improved ability to see when they are listening to music they like, according to a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
Current cigarette smokers at increased risk of seizures
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School also found that long-term, ...
Tweeting, more than just self expression: study
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From CNN to Ashton Kutcher everyone is tweeting. In ads, many companies now display the logo of an animated blue bird holding a sign that says "follow me."
Peer Review Survey 2009: Preliminary findings
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Should peer review detect fraud and misconduct? What does it do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do? Will it illuminate good ideas or shut them down? Should reviewers remain anonymous?
Can we 'learn to see?': Study shows perception of invisible stimuli improves with training
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Although we assume we can see everything in our field of vision, the brain actually picks and chooses the stimuli that come into our consciousness. A new study in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology's ...
Playing games shows how personalities evolved
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Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people co-operate while others are very selfish? Research by the universities of Bristol and Exeter offers a new explanation as to why such a wide range of personality traits has ...
Study: Public Perceptions and the Salmonella Outbreak of 2008
Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute (FPI) have investigated public perceptions of the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the United ...
Off-the-wall workout: Modified yoga poses help with stretching, balancing
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Many yoga classes use a wall as an occasional prop. But in Nancy McCaochan's classes, the wall is the star.
Seeing color in 'blindsight'
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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By manipulating the brain noninvasively in a new way with magnetic stimulation, researchers have shown that they can restore some experience of color where before there was no visual awareness whatsoever. They report their ...
