https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found that the perception of one's own body is largely based on the brain making guesses based on probability theory. The results are shown in a study recently published in the journal eLife. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-awareness-body-partly-based-brain.html Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:41:37 EDT news586006894 Concealed within the vastness of the human genome, (comprised of some 3 billion base pairs), mutations are commonplace. While the majority of these appear to have neutral effect on human health, many others are associated with diseases and disease susceptibility. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-tool-genetic-mutations.html Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:00:21 EDT news296635645 Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer program could be possible with proper training, according to researchers. In a study published today, experiment participants who had been trained on statistically idealized data vastly improved their ability to predict the outcome of a baseball game. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-memory-winner.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:19 EDT news285854423 Some people live their lives by the motto "no risk - no fun!" and avoid hardly any risks. Others are clearly more cautious and focus primarily on safety when investing and for other business activities. Scientists from the University of Bonn in cooperation with colleagues from the University of Zurich studied the attitudes towards risk in a group of 56 subjects. They found that in people who preferred safety, certain regions of the brain show a higher level of activation when they are confronted with quite unforeseeable situations. In addition, they do not distinguish as clearly as risk takers whether a situation is more or less risky than expected. The results have just been published in the renowned Journal of Neuroscience. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-aversity-visible-brain.html Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:19:58 EST news273158382