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Neuroscientists find excessive protein synthesis linked to autistic-like behaviors
Autistic-like behaviors can be partially remedied by normalizing excessive levels of protein synthesis in the brain, a team of researchers has found in a study of laboratory mice. The findings, which appear in the latest ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Dec 23, 2012 |
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Infants' recognition of speech more sophisticated than previously known, researchers find
The ability of infants to recognize speech is more sophisticated than previously known, researchers in New York University's Department of Psychology have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Developmental Ps ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 17, 2012 |
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What can animals' survival instincts tell us about understanding human emotion?
Can animals' survival instincts shed additional light on what we know about human emotion? New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux poses this question in outlining a pioneering theory, drawn from two decades of research, ...
Neuroscience
Feb 22, 2012 |
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One act of remembering can influence future acts: study
Can the simple act of recognizing a face as you walk down the street change the way we think? Or can taking the time to notice something new on our way to work change what we remember about that walk? In a new study published ...
Neuroscience
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Researchers find causality in the eye of the beholder
We rely on our visual system more heavily than previously thought in determining the causality of events. A team of researchers has shown that, in making judgments about causality, we don't always need to use cognitive reasoning. ...
Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Researchers use sugar to halt esophageal cancer in its tracks
Scientists working at the Medical Research Council have identified changes in the patterns of sugar molecules that line pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus, a condition called Barrett's dysplasia, making it much easier to ...
Cancer
Jan 15, 2012 |
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Researchers identify protein necessary for behavioral flexibility
Researchers have identified a protein necessary to maintain behavioral flexibility, which allows us to modify our behaviors to adjust to circumstances that are similar, but not identical, to previous experiences. Their findings, ...
Medical research
May 24, 2012 |
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New studies show moral judgments quicker, more extreme than practical ones—but also flexible
Judgments we make with a moral underpinning are made more quickly and are more extreme than those same judgments based on practical considerations, a new set of studies finds. However, the findings, which appear in the journal ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Researchers develop compound to block signaling of cancer-causing protein
Researchers at New York University's Department of Chemistry and NYU Langone Medical Center have developed a compound that blocks signaling from a protein implicated in many types of cancer. The compound is described in the ...
Cancer
Jul 17, 2011 |
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Researchers weigh methods to more accurately measure genome sequencing
Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental question: how can we be sure that an individual's genome has been read correctly?
Genetics
Feb 03, 2012 |
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New finding offers neurological support for Adam Smith's 'theories of morality'
The part of the brain we use when engaging in egalitarian behavior may also be linked to a larger sense of morality, researchers have found. Their conclusions, which offer scientific support for Adam Smith's theories of morality, ...
Neuroscience
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists identify how the brain remembers what happens and when
New York University neuroscientists have identified the parts of the brain we use to remember the timing of events within an episode. The study, which appears in the latest issue of the journal Science, enhances our unders ...
Neuroscience
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Researchers zero in on protein that may help treat obesity, diabetes
A newly-identified protein may hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar in check, according to a study by York University researchers.
Medical research
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Fat and healthy? Study finds slim isn't always superior
A study out of York University has some refreshing news: Being fat can actually be good for you.
Health
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Biologists describe key mechanism in early embryo development
New York University and University of Iowa biologists have identified a key mechanism controlling early embryonic development that is critical in determining how structures such as appendages -- arms and legs in humans -- ...
Genetics
Oct 21, 2011 |
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