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Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self

(PhysOrg.com) -- Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by over-activating a brain system that is involved in self-reflection, and thus causing an exaggerated focus on ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Sensing self and non-self: New research into immune tolerance

At the most basic level, the immune system must distinguish self from non-self, that is, it must discriminate between the molecular signatures of invading pathogens (non-self antigens) and cellular constituents that usually ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created 5 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vt. struggles to rebuild mental health system

(AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stock market network reveals investor clustering

(PhysOrg.com) -- The stock price of a company continuously changes, going up or down depending on the collective activity of a large number of investors. Although this process seems fairly straightforward, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (23) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy

Google and Facebook might have finally gotten the average consumer riled up about privacy.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals implications of the incentive to coordinate among bank lenders

Columbia Business School study shows that a bank reacts more to the same piece of news if it knows that other banks have the same information and hence will be reacting to the news as well.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new year fir the Euro: What could happen and why Americans should be concerned

Despite a slowly improving U.S. economy, Americans have watched the stock market continue on its roller coaster ride, in large part because of uncertainty about the economic future of European countries, such as Greece, Portugal, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ANU philosopher urges consensus on 50-year debate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Misinterpretation of a key scientific concept has led to decades of fierce debate according to an Australian National University philosopher.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Phantom limb formation relates to how sensory contact is lost

The phantom limbs perceived by many amputees and others who lose sensory connection with their bodies, do not form in “default” postures as often thought, but instead coalesce into positions that ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Growing knowledge in space

Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New technology gives patients control of medical image sharing

Patients at three major medical institutions can control the sharing of their medical images and reports with their doctors and medical providers. The RSNA Image Share network was demonstrated today at the annual meeting ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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