News tagged with human adults


Pre-verbal number sense common to monkeys, babies, college kids

Biology /

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level.





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Is my robot happy to see me?

Is my robot happy to see me?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People are social creatures. Robots... not so much. When we think of robots, we think of cold, metallic computers without emotion. If science fiction has taught us anything, though, it's that ...


Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...


Remembering what to remember and what to forget

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report.


Young adults visit doctors least at an age when risky behavior peaks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When adolescents graduate to young adulthood, their preventive care tends to fall by the wayside. A recent study has found that young adults are much less likely to use ambulatory or preventive care, even though their mortality ...


Adults, especially women, have calorie-burning 'brown fat'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Keeping your baby fat turns out to be a good thing, as long as it is "brown fat"—the kind that burns calories, according to a study that found adults have much more of this type of fat than previously thought.


A pet in your life keeps the doctor away

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lowers blood pressure, encourages exercise, improves psychological health— these may sound like the effects of a miracle drug, but they are actually among the benefits of owning a four-legged, furry pet. This fall, the University ...


Commonly used medications may produce cognitive impairment in older adults

Commonly used medications may produce cognitive impairment in older adults

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Many drugs commonly prescribed to older adults for a variety of common medical conditions including allergies, hypertension, asthma, and cardiovascular disease appear to negatively affect the aging brain causing ...


Is duodenal biopsy necessary in celiac disease diagnosis for children and adults?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Duodenal biopsy remains the gold standard for celiac disease (CD) diagnosis. However, it has several pitfalls and requires an invasive procedure in children. In the past few years, a more prominent role for a definitive diagnosis ...


Amphetamine use in adolescence may impair adult working memory

Amphetamine use in adolescence may impair adult working memory

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rats exposed to high doses of amphetamines at an age that corresponds to the later years of human adolescence display significant memory deficits as adults - long after the exposure ends, researchers report.


Research leads to improved human, object detection technology

Research leads to improved human, object detection technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But what if the computer could search inside videos for a basketball? ...



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