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Effect of subliminal marketing greater than thought
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marketing statements influence us subliminally more than was ever assumed. Even when you are not aware of being exposed to advertising material, it can still affect your actions. This emerged from research ...
Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots
Nov 26, 2008 |
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Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and frustration, and for airline pilots, the consequences can be disastrous.
Researchers say voters swayed by candidates who share their looks
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Made up your mind who to vote for? Maybe it's because you like the looks of the candidate. Or maybe it's because the candidate looks a little like you, even if you don't realize it.
Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ...
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Did I see what I think I saw?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Eyewitness testimony is a crucial part of many criminal trials even though research increasingly suggests that it may not be as accurate as we (and many lawyers) would like it to be. For example, if you witness a man in a ...
Some Short-term Memories Die Suddenly, No Fading
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The human brain stores some kinds of memories for a lifetime. But when our eyes are open and looking at things, our gray matter also creates temporary memories that help us process complex ...
Fibromyalgia pain may cause memory blips
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The chronic pain from Fibromyalgia is devastating, but the suffering doesn't end there. According to a new study by the University of Alberta's Bruce Dick, people with the disease may have disruption in their ...
A new screening test for chronic abdominal pain
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Evaluation of chronic abdominal pain of luminal etiology is a challenging problem for the primary care physicians and gastroenterologists. The exact localization of lesion to either small or large bowel remains an elusive ...
Study finds Zen meditation alleviates pain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Zen meditation - a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance - may reduce pain according to Université de Montréal researchers. A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Me ...
Social phobics more affected by scowling faces
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- See something disturbing? Maybe it's a scene from the nightly news of someone being beaten in a riot, or a person scowling at you in a crowd.
Study offers insights into failed HIV-1 vaccine trial
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Following the disbandment of the STEP trial to test the efficacy of the Merck HIV-1 vaccine candidate in 2007, the leading explanation for why the vaccine was ineffective - and may have even increased susceptibility to acquiring ...
Popular songs can cue specific memories, psychology research shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Whether the soundtrack of your youth was doo-wop or disco, new wave or Nirvana, psychology research at Kansas State University shows that even just thinking about a particular song can evoke vivid memories of the past.
Sights and sounds of emotion trigger big brain responses
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of York have identified a part of the brain that responds to both facial and vocal expressions of emotion.
New technique opens door to early Alzheimer's diagnosis
Jun 16, 2009 |
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A new diagnostic technique which may greatly simplify the detection of Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's ...
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