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(Medical Xpress)—Leaving the house in the morning may seem simple, but with every move we make, our brains are working feverishly to create maps of the outside world that allow us to navigate and to remember where we are. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-individual-brain-cells-track.html Neuroscience Fri, 03 May 2013 06:20:36 EST news286780824 A study by Murdoch's School of Psychology and Exercise Science and RMIT University has found that karate masters can anticipate how an opponent will strike even before that opponent has moved a muscle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-karate-masters.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 May 2013 08:37:14 EST news286616099 (Medical Xpress)—People often think that other people are staring at them even when they aren't research led by the University of Sydney has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-people_1.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:03:50 EST news284709818 The federal government invested more than $25 billion in health information technology (IT) as a result of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act; yet, little is known about how IT applications improve patient safety and protect their privacy. Now, a University of Missouri nursing informatics expert suggests that sophisticated IT leads to more robust and integrated communication strategies among clinical staff, which allows staff to more efficiently coordinate care and better protect patient privacy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-technology-patient-privacy-informatics-expert.html Health Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:06:14 EST news279457565 University of Illinois researchers have developed a model that uses neonatal piglets for studying infant brain development and its effect on learning and memory. To determine if the model is nutrient-sensitive, they have done some research on the effects of iron-deficient diets. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-iron-deficiency-cognitive-insights-piglets.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:09:35 EST news273762565 (Medical Xpress)—Itching is so contagious that simply seeing an image of an itch stimulus – such as ants or an insect bite – can trigger a physical response, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-visual-trigger-reveals.html Medical research Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:14:44 EST news273086058 (Medical Xpress)—Unique research into eye-movements of young and old people while reading discovers that word recognition patterns change as we grow older http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-older-people-struggle-fine.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:50:42 EST news272886623 Walking to a beat could be useful for patients needing rehabilitation, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. The findings, highlighted in the August issue of PLOS One, demonstrate that researchers should further investigate the potential of auditory, visual, and tactile cues in the rehabilitation of patients suffering from illnesses like Parkinson's Disease—a brain disorder leading to shaking (tremors) and difficulty walking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-patients-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:03:52 EST news267372222 A new virtual reality simulator—including sophisticated 3-D graphics and tactile feedback—provides neurosurgery trainees with valuable opportunities to practice essential skills and techniques for brain cancer surgery, according to a paper in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-virtual-reality-simulator-surgery-brain.html Surgery Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:24:18 EST news267362650 (Medical Xpress)—Professional ball game players report the sensation of the ball 'slowing-down' just before they hit it. Confirming these anecdotal comments, a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that time is perceived to slow down during the period of action preparation, as the result of an increased intake of visual information. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ready-steady-sportsmen-ball.html Neuroscience Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:50:57 EST news266219450 (AP) -- Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual heaping pile of rice or noodles - even when the smaller amount cost the same. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-trimming-super-size-half-orders-plate.html Health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:20:01 EST news248367593 When the activity of a molecule that is normally elevated during viral infections is inhibited in the brain, mice learn and remember better, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reported in a recent article in the journal Cell. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-neuroscientists-boost-memory-genetics-memory-enhancing.html Neuroscience Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:42 EST news242571591 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study by scientists in France has revealed that the cerebellum region of the brain plays an important role in the ability to navigate when visual cues are absent, and is the first study to show this kind of influence of the cerebellum on the hippocampus, which was already known to be involved in the kind of mental mapping needed for navigation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-cerebellar-neurons-dark.html Neuroscience Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:50:01 EST news238389968 An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Tufts University, Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine has found that the perception of race can be altered by cues to social status as simple as the clothes a person wears. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-stereotypes-status-impact-viewed-black.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:06 EST news236270880 If the brain goes hungry, Twinkies look a lot better, a study led by researchers at Yale University and the University of Southern California has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-high-calorie-food-obese-individuals.html Medical research Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:17:23 EST news235660617 Two studies published in the current on-line issue of the journal Appetite indicate that consuming in-shell pistachios is a weight-wise approach to healthy snacking, offering unique mindful eating benefits to help curb consumption and decrease calorie intake. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-in-shell-pistachios-food.html Health Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:50:06 EST news229943038 (Medical Xpress) -- Imagine shrinking to the size of a doll in your sleep. When you wake up, will you perceive yourself as tiny or the world as being populated by giants? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden may have found the answer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-scientists-brain-barbie-doll-size.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 25 May 2011 17:00:01 EST news225547262