Study shows people return smiles based on feelings of status and power
(Medical Xpress)—A study conducted to learn more about mimicry of facial features has found that people tend to mimic smiles directed at them by other people based on their own feelings of status and power. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Study links hippocampus with unconscious bias
(Medical Xpress)—A new US study into brain function has found links between preferences and the regions of the brain involved in connecting new memories to old ones. The associations formed provide shortcuts ...
Neuroscience
Oct 12, 2012 |
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Infants show greater unease towards computer-morphed faces when shown 'half-mother' images
When interacting with robots or animations with unnatural-looking faces, many people report a sense of unease. The face seems familiar yet alien, leaving the brain uncertain whether it is definitely human. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 12, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's sufferers may function better with less visual clutter
Psychologists at the University of Toronto and the Georgia Institute of Technology – commonly known as Georgia Tech – have shown that an individual's inability to recognize once-familiar faces and objects ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Scientists identify 5 genes that determine facial shape
(Medical Xpress)—European researchers have discovered that five genes play a key role in determining human facial shapes. Presented in the journal PLoS Genetics, the genome-wide association study on fac ...
Genetics
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Brain mapping shows auto experts recognize cars like people recognize faces
When people – and monkeys – look at faces, a special part of their brain that is about the size of a blueberry "lights up." Now, the most detailed brain-mapping study of the area yet conducted has confirmed ...
Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Surgeons develop framework to assess long-term impact of facial transplant operations
Facial transplant operations are often portrayed as dramatic before-and-after stories but new research shows that the procedures' real long-term impact may sometimes be underreported, explained researchers from The Johns ...
Surgery
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Single-site laparoscopic surgery reduces pain of tumor removal
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that recovery from an emerging, minimally invasive surgical technique called Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) was less painful ...
Surgery
Sep 27, 2012 |
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No buts, in Beverly Hills it has to be a butt job
Forget face lifts or boob jobs—in California the latest cosmetic surgery must-have is the buttock enhancement, whether higher, rounder or just smoother.
Other
Sep 21, 2012 |
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Sex matters: Why guys recognize cars and women recognize birds best
(Medical Xpress)—Women are better than men at recognizing living things and men are better than women at recognizing vehicles.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Five genes have been found to determine human facial shapes
Five genes have been found to determine human facial shapes, as reported by researchers from the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia in the open-access journal PLOS Genetics.
Genetics
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Babies classify by race and gender at 3 months, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Long before babies can talk—even before they can sit up on their own—they are mentally forming categories for objects and animals in a way that, for example, sets apart squares from ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Surprising methods heal wounded troops
(AP)—Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. The most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed ...
Health
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Guilt verses gut: Assistant professor helps working mothers find balance with exercise, children
(Medical Xpress) -- Guilt is a major obstacle working mothers face for staying active, according to Emily Mailey. She is a Kansas State University assistant professor of kinesiology who researches and develops interventions ...
Health
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Sharing synchronized events helps us feel closer to strangers
(Medical Xpress) -- Psychologists at Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered that sharing a synchronized experience with another person may change the perception we have of ourselves and make ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 17, 2012 |
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