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How the carrot approach facilitates learning
Jul 28, 2009 |
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People who are rewarded for making correct decisions learn quickly. While the "carrot" approach may produce favourable results, little is understood about how rewards facilitate the learning process.
Less frequent social activity may be associated with motor function decline in older adults
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Among older adults, less frequent participation in social activity is associated with a more rapid rate of motor function decline, according to a report in the June 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JA ...
3-year-olds get the point
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Dogs and small children who share similar social environments appear to understand human gestures in comparable ways, according to Gabriella Lakatos from Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary, and her team. Looking at how ...
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The risk of osteoarthritis and index to ring finger length ratio
Jan 02, 2008 |
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[B]Study associates shorter second than fourth digit with independent risk for knee osteoarthritis, especially among women[/B] Index to ring finger length ratio (2D:4D) is a trait known for its sexual differences. Men typ ...
'Fluidhand': Each finger can be moved separately
Apr 22, 2008 |
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It can hold a credit card, use a keyboard with the index finger, and lift a bag weighing up to 20 kg – the world’s first commercially available pros-thetic hand that can move each finger separately and has ...
Gene expression in alligators suggests birds have 'thumbs'
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Oct 03, 2008 |
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The latest breakthrough in a 120 year-old debate on the evolution of the bird wing was published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, October 3, by Alexander Vargas and colleagues at Yale University, the University of Wis ...
Fingerprints do not improve grip friction
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Fingerprints mark us out as individuals and leave telltale signs of our presence on every object that we touch, but what are fingerprints really for? According to Roland Ennos, from the University of Manchester, ...
Finger length predicts physically aggressive personalities, study shows
Mar 04, 2005 |
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Dr. Peter Hurd initially thought the idea was "a pile of hooey," but he changed his mind when he saw the data. Hurd and graduate student Allison Bailey have shown that a man's index finger length relative to ...
Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to ...
Gentle touch may aid multiple sclerosis patients
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While gripping, lifting or manipulating an object such as drinking from a cup or placing a book on a shelf is usually easy for most, it can be challenging for those with neurological diseases such as multiple ...
Simple finger device may help predict future heart attack
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Results of a Mayo Clinic study show that a simple, noninvasive finger sensor test is "highly predictive" of a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke, for people who are considered at low or moderate risk, according ...
iPhone Software That Controls Robot Movements (w/ Video)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At the graduate school of media design at Keio University in Tokyo, a project called "Walky" is under developed. Researchers have developed specifically designed software for the iPhone that ...
The science of tickling
Jan 19, 2006 |
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Anticipating our own touch - for example in tickling oneself - reduces its impact, says Queen's psychologist Dr. Randy Flanagan, a member of the university's Centre for Neuroscience Studies. This is evidence of an important ...
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