Medical research
Embryonic white blood cells needed in adulthood
Leukocytes which arise during the embryonic period regulate iron metabolism and the growth of the mammary gland in adults.
Oct 17, 2016
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Academy of Finland
Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers study neurological effects of direct eye contact
Eye contact is a powerful social signal. Another person's direct gaze not only increases physiological arousal, but it has, in fact, several different types of effects on cognition and behaviour. Research has shown that seeing ...
Sep 20, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aberrant epigenetic regulation behind the intestinal symptoms in coeliac disease
Researchers at the University of Tampere discovered a mechanism causing aberrancies in coeliac disease and colorectal cancer.
Sep 5, 2016
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Health
Hearing problems reduce the quality of life of older people
Research has found that hearing loss has wide-ranging impacts not only on older people's ability to communicate, but also on their ability to move about and participate in different hobbies and activities. This has been revealed ...
Jun 6, 2016
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Researchers aiming at improved early diagnosis of arthrosis
Arthrosis, a degenerative disease that affects the joints, becomes more common as people become older. The disease is becoming increasingly common among older people in Finland as well. Arthrosis is currently the subject ...
May 26, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Internet addiction and school burnout feed into each other
Excessive internet use contributes to the development of school burnout. School burnout, in turn, may lead to excessive internet use or digital addiction. Mind the Gap, a longitudinal research project funded by the Academy ...
May 24, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Remote intervention of children's disruptive behaviour yields effective results
Training parents online and over the telephone significantly decreased preschool children's disruptive behaviour, shows the new Strongest Families study from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku. ...
Mar 17, 2016
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Neuroscience
Researchers publish first empirical study on evolution of musical aptitude
Geneticists at the University of Helsinki and the National University of Singapore have teamed up to explore the evolution of musical aptitude in the first-ever empirical study of the evolution of music. The Finnish scientists ...
Mar 2, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early family system types predict children's emotional attention
The type of family system during pregnancy and the baby's first year predicts the way the child processes emotional information. The results of a ten-year longitudinal study conducted at the University of Tampere highlight ...
Feb 16, 2016
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Health
Sustained aerobic exercise increases adult neurogenesis in the brain
It may be possible to increase the neuron reserve of the hippocampus – and thus improve preconditions for learning – by promoting neurogenesis via sustained aerobic exercise such as running
Feb 8, 2016
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