Psychologists reveal how emotion can shut down high-level mental processes without our knowledge
Psychologists at Bangor University believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact with higher mental processes. Writing in ...
Neuroscience
May 08, 2012 |
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'You're gonna need a bigger quote!': What makes movie lines memorable
(Medical Xpress) -- Whether it's a line from a movie, an advertising slogan or a politician's catchphrase, some statements take hold in people's minds better than others. By applying computer analysis to a database of movie ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 08, 2012 |
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Researchers find thinking in a foreign language causes people to make more rational decisions
(Medical Xpress) -- While at first glance it might seem irrational, researchers from the University of Chicago have found that people who speak two languages tend to make more rational decisions when thinking in their non-native ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 25, 2012 |
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New clinical study evaluates first drug to show improvement in subtype of autism
In an important test of one of the first drugs to target core symptoms of autism, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine are undertaking a pilot clinical trial to evaluate insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in children ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Maternal obesity, diabetes associated with autism, other developmental disorders
A major study of the relationships between maternal metabolic conditions and the risk that a child will be born with a neurodevelopmental disorder has found strong links between maternal diabetes and obesity and the likelihood ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Tackling dyslexia before kids learn to read
For children with dyslexia, the trouble begins even before they start reading and for reasons that don't necessarily reflect other language skills. That's according to a report published online on April 5 in Current Biology, that f ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Bilingual children switch tasks faster than speakers of a single language
Children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks than are children who learn to speak only one language, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Patients want immediate access to radiology test results
You've been experiencing severe back pain and weakness in your right leg. Your doctor orders a spinal MRI to help determine the cause. The radiology report diagnoses cancer.
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Two-Thirds of kids with autism have been bullied: study
(HealthDay) -- Nearly two-thirds of American children with autism have been bullied at some point in their lives, and these kids are bullied three times more often than their siblings without autism, a new ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Being bilingual wards off symptoms of dementia
New research explains how speaking more than one language may translate to better mental health. A paper published by Cell Press in the March 29th issue of the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences examines how being biling ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 29, 2012 |
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In immersion foreign language learning, adults attain, retain native speaker brain pattern
A first-of-its kind series of brain studies shows how an adult learning a foreign language can come to use the same brain mechanisms as a native speaker. The research also demonstrates that the kind of exposure you have to ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Taking some time off can help when learning a new language
When learning a new language, it doesn't hurt to take a break, according to surprising new research published Mar. 28 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Researchers find new way to assess communication of people with severe disabilities
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers led by University of Kansas scientist Nancy Brady has developed a new way to assess the communication capability of individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Five myths about autism
As knowledge and awareness of autism grows in the community, so do the myths.
Autism spectrum disorders
Mar 27, 2012 |
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The innate ability to learn language
All human languages contain two levels of structure, said Iris Berent, a psychology professor in Northeastern’s College of Science. One is syntax, or the ordering of words in a sentence. The other is ...
Neuroscience
Mar 26, 2012 |
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