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When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same

When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (46) | comments 8

The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear in languages, according to research at the University of Chicago.





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A facial expression is worth a thousand words

A facial expression is worth a thousand words

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Moving pictures are more suitable to interpret the mood of a person than a static photograph.


Passive learning imprints on the brain just like active learning

Passive learning imprints on the brain just like active learning

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 1

It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers.


Method makes refineries more efficient

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.


Hardware-accelerated global illumination by image space photon mapping

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.


Where the brain makes sense of speech

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers have identified regions of the brain where speech sounds are perceived as having abstract meaning, rather than as just a stream of sensory input. They said their identification of the regions demonstrates that ...


Findings about veracity of peripheral vision could lead to better robotic eyes (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Two Kansas State University psychology researchers have found that although central vision allows our eyes to discern the details of a scene, our peripheral vision is most important for telling us what type of scene we're ...


Modeling how we see natural scenes

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 21, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sophisticated mathematical modeling methods and a “CatCam” that captures feline-centric video of a forest are two elements of a new effort to explain how the brain’s visual circuitry processes real scenes. The new model of ...


Nanotube formation captured on video

Nanotube formation captured on video

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 02, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 0

A Cambridge University-led team of scientists have successfully produced live video footage that shows how carbon nanotubes, more than 10,000 times smaller in diameter than a human hair, form.


Astronaut Conducts Protein Crystal Experiment on Space Station

Space & Earth /

created Feb 01, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Expedition 12 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur activated the Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope for the International Space Station, or PromISS-4 experiment on Jan. 19. It ...


Review: `Arkham Asylum' is Batman at his best (AP)

Review: 'Arkham Asylum' is Batman at his best

Technology / Software

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The video-game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: All rendered lifeless by forces more focused on making a buck than on ...



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