News tagged with neuropsychologia
Women outperform men when identifying emotions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Women are better than men at distinguishing between emotions, especially fear and disgust, according to a new study published in the online version of the journal Neuropsychologia.
Autism study finds visual processing 'hinders ability' to read body language
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.
Research Finds Photos More Useful Than Words for Memory Recall
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that pictures allow patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) to better recognize and identify a subject as compared to using ...
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What's his name again? How celebrity monikers can help us remember
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Famous mugs do more than prompt us into buying magazines, according to new Université de Montréal research. In the December issue of the Canadian Journal on Aging, a team of scientists explain how the abilit ...
Are you phonagnosic?
Oct 27, 2008 |
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The first known case of someone born without the ability to recognise voices has been reported in a paper by UCL (University College London) researchers, in a study of a rare condition known as phonagnosia. The UCL team are ...
Getting lost -- a newly discovered developmental brain disorder
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Feeling lost every time you leave your home? You may not be as alone as you think. Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute recently documented the first case of a ...
Remedial instruction rewires dyslexic brains, provides lasting results, study shows
Aug 05, 2008 |
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A new Carnegie Mellon University brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can permanently rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 ...
Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Children between the ages of seven and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ...
Brain imaging study illustrates how remedial instruction helps poor readers
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Just as a disciplined exercise regimen helps human muscles become stronger and perform better, specialized workouts for the brain can boost cognitive skills, according to Carnegie Mellon scientists. Their new brain imaging ...
Gender differences in language appear biological
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.
Creative and noncreative problem solvers exhibit different patterns of brain activity, study reveals
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Jan 29, 2008 |
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Why do some people solve problems more creatively than others? Are people who think creatively somehow different from those who tend to think in a more methodical fashion?
Children with Tourette's quicker at certain mental grammar skills
Jul 13, 2007 |
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Children with Tourette’s syndrome may have to put up with some unwanted movement and verbal tics, but neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Kennedy Krieger Institute have found that they are much ...
Canadian study shows bilingualism has protective effect in delaying onset of dementia by four years
Jan 12, 2007 |
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Canadian scientists have found astonishing evidence that the lifelong use of two languages can help delay the onset of dementia symptoms by four years compared to people who are monolingual.
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