Medications
People are buying illegal opioids on the dark web
Illegal drug sales on the dark web are common, hard to detect and are fueling America's opioid epidemic, a University of Texas study reveals.
Apr 2, 2021
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News tagged with language production
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists find Broca's area is really two subunits, each with its own function
A century and a half ago, French physician Pierre Paul Broca found that patients with damage to part of the brain's frontal lobe were unable to speak more than a few words. Later dubbed Broca's area, this region is believed ...
Oct 16, 2012
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
AI study finds that speech patterns of Parkinson's disease patients are different from those of healthy patients
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to process natural language, a research group evaluated the characteristics of speech among patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). AI analysis of their data determined that these patients ...
May 12, 2023
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Neuroscience
Computer simulations of the brain can predict language recovery in stroke survivors
At Boston University, a team of researchers is working to better understand how language and speech is processed in the brain, and how to best rehabilitate people who have lost their ability to communicate due to brain damage ...
Jun 4, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study discovers neurons in the human brain that can predict what we are going to say before we say it
By using advanced brain recording techniques, a new study led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) demonstrates how neurons in the human brain work together to allow people to think about what words they ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Singing found to support stroke rehabilitation
Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a difficulty with comprehending or producing spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still ...
Dec 29, 2022
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Autism spectrum disorders
Gluten-free, casein-free diet may help some children with autism
(Medical Xpress) -- A gluten-free, casein-free diet may lead to improvements in behavior and physiological symptoms in some children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers at Penn State. ...
Feb 29, 2012
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Neuroscience
Brain's iconic seat of speech goes silent when we actually talk
For 150 years, the iconic Broca's area of the brain has been recognized as the command center for human speech, including vocalization. Now, scientists at UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland are challenging ...
Feb 17, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Toddlers don't listen to their own voice like adults do
When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence shows that toddlers don't respond to their own voice in quite the same way, according ...
Dec 22, 2011
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Prenatal exposure to substances found in plastics associated with language development delays
Pregnant mothers' exposure to phthalates – substances often used in personal care products, children's toys and more – may be linked to delays in language development during early childhood, according to a study published ...
Oct 30, 2018
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