News tagged with stimuli
Regulating emotion after experiencing a sexual assault
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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After exposure to extreme life stresses, what distinguishes the individuals who do and do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A new study, published in the October 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, sugges ...
Scientists get detailed glimpse of chemoreceptor architecture in bacterial cells
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Using state-of-the-art electron microscopy techniques, a team led by researchers from Caltech has for the first time visualized and described the precise arrangement of chemoreceptors—the receptors that sense ...
The making of mucus in common lung diseases
Sep 14, 2009 |
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In the lung, mucus is produced by cells known as goblet cells, which are present in small numbers in the walls of the lungs and airways.
Doing what the brain does -- how computers learn to listen
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- We see, hear and feel, and make sense of countless diverse, quickly changing stimuli in our environment seemingly without effort. However, doing what our brains do with ease is often an impossible task for ...
A scientist probes the origins of 'ouch!'
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Skinning a knee, swallowing habanero salsa, and installing snow chains bare-handed might seem pretty different at first. But all have one thing in common -- they're guaranteed to hurt.
New research demonstrates humans' right ear preference for listening
Jun 23, 2009 |
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We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference ...
Scientists determine how body differentiates between a scorch and a scratch
May 19, 2009 |
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You can tell without looking whether you've been stuck by a pin or burnt by a match. But how? In research that overturns conventional wisdom, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the University ...
Brain research shows past experience is invaluable for complex decision making
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have shown that past experience really does help when we have to make complex decisions based on uncertain or confusing information. ...
Listening to music can change the way you judge facial emotions
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 06, 2009 |
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A research project led by Dr Joydeep Bhattacharya at Goldsmiths, University of London has shown that it is possible to influence emotional evaluation of visual stimuli by listening to musical excerpts before the evaluation.
How cigarettes calm you down
Apr 24, 2009 |
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The calming neurological effects of nicotine have been demonstrated in a group of non-smokers during anger provocation. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions suggest that n ...
Treating addiction by eliminating drug-associated memories
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2009 |
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'Fuzzy logic' reveals cells' inner workings
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Living cells are bombarded with messages from the outside world -- hormones and other chemicals tell them to grow, migrate, die or do nothing. Inside the cell, complex signaling networks interpret these cues ...
Scientists develop new brain analytical tool
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 31, 2009 |
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a new analytical tool to answer the question of how our brain cells record outside stimuli and react to them.
Workhorse immune molecules lead secret lives in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Molecules assumed to be in the exclusive employ of the immune system have been caught moonlighting in the brain - with a job description apparently quite distinct from their role in immunity.
Study examines the use of light in medical therapy
Mar 30, 2009 |
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A study published in a special issue of Photochemistry and Photobiology examines the emerging practice of drug delivery systems which use the application of light to activate medications in the body.
