News tagged with subjects
To perform with less effort, practice beyond perfection
Whether you are an athlete, a musician or a stroke patient learning to walk again, practice can make perfect, but more practice may make you more efficient, according to a surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Statistical model unlocks barriers to use of fingerprint evidence in court
Potentially key fingerprint evidence is currently not being considered due to shortcomings in the way it is reported, according to a report published today in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and th ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Addicts' cravings have different roots in men and women
When it comes to addiction, sex matters.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2012 |
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President's Bioethics Commission releases report on human subjects protection
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues today issued its report concerning federally-sponsored research involving human volunteers, concluding that current rules and regulations provide adequate safeguards ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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When errors improve performance: Model describes how experiences influence our perception
During estimation processes we unconsciously make use of recent experiences. Scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich and the Bernstein Center Munich asked test subjects to estimate distances in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Preferences shaped by evolution draw voters to candidates with lower-pitched voices
Voters prefer to choose candidates with lower-pitched voices, according to new findings by researchers at McMaster University.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Members of the public lack skills, confidence necessary to save lives with CPR, research shows
Even members of the lay public who have received CPR training are confused about how to perform the lifesaving skill and say they don't have confidence in their ability to do it properly, according to a study from the Perelman ...
Nov 12, 2011 |
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Carbon monoxide -- the silent calmer?
According to scientists, carbon monoxide (CO), a tasteless, colorless and odorless gas, is not only a danger to the environment but also highly toxic to human beings. Found in the exhaust of vehicles and generators, CO has ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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People rationalize situations they're stuck with, but rebel when they think there's an out
People who feel like they're stuck with a rule or restriction are more likely to be content with it than people who think that the rule isn't definite. The authors of a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Gene regulatory protein is reduced in bipolar disorder
Low levels of a brain protein that regulates gene expression may play a role in the origin of bipolar disorder, a complex and sometimes disabling psychiatric disease. As reported in the latest issue of Bipolar Disorders, the jo ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2011 |
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MRI study finds that depression uncouples brain's hate circuit
A new study using MRI scans, led by Professor Jianfeng Feng, from the University of Warwick's Department of Computer Science, has found that depression frequently seems to uncouple the brain's "Hate Circuit". ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 04, 2011 |
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How the use of smartphones can revolutionize research in cognitive science
Smartphones may be the new hot tool in cognitive psychology research, according to a paper in the online journal PLoS ONE.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2011 |
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3-D microscope opens eyes to prehistoric oceans and present-day resources
A University of Alberta research team has turned their newly developed 3-D microscope technology on ancient sea creatures and hopes to expand its use.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Guatemala finds 5 who survived deadly US research
The Guatemalan government said Tuesday it has tracked down five survivors from a deadly US government research project on sexually transmitted diseases that killed scores of its people. ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Profound reorganization in brains of adults who stutter
Hearing Beethoven while reciting Shakespeare can suppress even a King's stutter, as recently illustrated in the movie "The King's Speech". This dramatic but short-lived effect of hiding the sound of one's own speech indicates ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 15, 2011 |
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