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Efforts under way to make Web more accessible (AP)

Efforts under way to make Web more accessible

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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(AP) -- Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to ...


Imaging test detects Alzheimer's disease that is likely to progress

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Early Alzheimer's disease detected by a compound that binds to brain plaques appears likely to progress into symptomatic Alzheimer's disease with dementia, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Neurology, one of ...


Study: Looking young may mean living longer

Medicine & Health / Health

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: a new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life.


Cognitive therapy key to tackling depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of Western Ontario shows why people suffering from depression may have a far greater hope of finding lasting relief by receiving cognitive therapy, rather than simply taking ...


How categories and environment create satisfied and well-informed consumers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Expert consumers like to be surprised by unusual product formats, while novices crave familiarity, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


I think step to the left, you think step to the east

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Even the way people remember dance moves depends on the culture they come from, according to a report in the December 14th issue of Current Biology. Whereas a German or other Westerner might think in terms of "step to the ...


Moral dilemma scenarios prone to biases

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake. Psychologists and philosophers have been using moral ...



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