http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Oregon Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect and process grammatical errors with no awareness of doing so. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-grammar-errors-brain-unaware.html Neuroscience Mon, 13 May 2013 16:51:08 EST news287682661 A surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly menstruation by deviating from the instructions of birth-control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, a team of University of Oregon researchers and others found in a study of female students at the university. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-women-menstruation-large.html Health Thu, 09 May 2013 16:05:06 EST news287334295 A specific region of the brain is in play when children consider their identity and social status as they transition into adolescence—that often-turbulent time of reaching puberty and entering middle school, says a University of Oregon psychologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-brain-biology-tied-social-reorientation.html Neuroscience Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:03 EST news285955011 Using spinning disk microscopy on barely day-old zebra fish embryos, University of Oregon scientists have gained a new window on how synapse-building components move to worksites in the central nervous system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-synapse-captured-zebra-fish-embryos.html Neuroscience Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:04:29 EST news285509033 A study of 345 female university students found that 233 of them had experienced at least one unwanted sexual experience in their lifetime, and 46 percent of those victims also experienced betrayal by the institution where incidents occurred. In the final analysis, researchers found, those who experienced institutional betrayal suffered the most in four post-trauma measurement categories, including anxiety and dissociation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-betrayal-magnifies-post-trauma-effects-unwanted.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:23:44 EST news281971415 "Betrayal violates us," write University of Oregon psychologists Jennifer Freyd and Pamela Birrell in the preface of a new book that tackles the devastating act and probes the deep underpinnings of why people cover it up. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-university-oregon-psychologists-eyes-betrayal.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:09:05 EST news281192936 When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-highlights-important-role-patients-outcomes.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:13 EST news279197773 When De'Anthony Thomas returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, says University of Oregon researcher Frank Diaz, Thomas put Ducks fans into a heightened zone of engagement for watching the game, not unlike what was experienced by music students who were first exposed to a brief session of mindfulness meditation before hearing an opera passage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-mindfulness-meditation-heightens-musical-engagement.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:29:50 EST news278774981 The ability to focus and switch tasks readily amid distractions was compromised for up to two months following brain concussions suffered by high school athletes, according to a study at the University of Oregon. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cognitive-deficits-concussions-months.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:33:02 EST news276784367 Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing a new study by his research team that appears in the December issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-benefits-pregnancies-high-blood-pressure.html Health Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:06:47 EST news272300798 Using mutant zebra fish, researchers studying the earliest formation of cartilage of the mouth believe they may have gotten a look at a mechanism involved in a genetic defect linked to Fraser syndrome deafness in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-zebra-fish-mouth-formation-fraser.html Genetics Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:12:41 EST news262959152 Scientists studying the Chinese mindfulness meditation known as integrative body-mind training (IBMT) say they've confirmed and expanded their findings on changes in structural efficiency of white matter in the brain that can be related to positive behavioral changes in subjects practicing the technique regularly for a month. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-chinese-meditation-ibmt-prompts-positive.html Neuroscience Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:00:01 EST news258645102 Water could change the way we eat. That's the conclusion of new research by T. Bettina Cornwell of the University of Oregon and Anna R. McAlister of Michigan State University. Their findings appear online this week ahead of regular publication by the journal Appetite. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-early-meals-wiser-choices.html Health Mon, 14 May 2012 13:54:51 EST news256222384 University of Oregon scientists collaborating with an Oregon company that synthesizes antisense Morpholinos for genetic research have developed a UV light-activated on-off switch for the vital gene-blocking molecule. Based on initial testing in zebra-fish embryos, the enhanced molecule promises to deliver new insights for developmental biologists and brain researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-added-gene-tool-view-cell.html Genetics Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:54:05 EST news252752002 Bickering spouses may need to clean up their act. New research at the University of Oregon finds that the level of aggression between partners around the time when a child is born impacts how a mom will be parenting three years later. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-partner-aggression-high-risk-families-affects.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:22:27 EST news252602530