News tagged with perception
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How the body's energy molecule transmits three types of taste to the brain
Saying that the sense of taste is complicated is an understatement, that it is little understood, even more so. Exactly how cells transmit taste information to the brain for three out of the five primary ...
Medical research
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Living through a tornado does not shake optimism
Even in the face of a disaster, we remain optimistic about our chances of injury compared to others, according to a new study. Residents of a town struck by a tornado thought their risk of injury from a future tornado was ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Sizing things up: The evolutionary neurobiology of scale invariance
(Medical Xpress)—Visual perception is far more complex and powerful than our experience suggests. Moreover, in attempting to both understand vision and implement it in a computational device, the fact that ...
Neuroscience
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Families prefer ICU doctors in traditional white coats, scrubs
(HealthDay)—Intensive care unit (ICU) physician attire may influence patient family perceptions, according to a research letter published online Feb. 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Feb 26, 2013 |
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Can being self-aware help you beat the UK's biggest killer?
With heart disease one of the world's very biggest killers, new approaches to prevention and treatment are always welcome. In fact, most heart disease can be prevented by changes in people's behaviour and attitudes. The same ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Parents talking about their own drug use to children could be detrimental
Parents know that one day they will have to talk to their children about drug use. The hardest part is to decide whether or not talking about ones own drug use will be useful in communicating an antidrug message. Recent research, ...
Health
Feb 22, 2013 |
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More than just looking: Role of tiny eye movements explained
Have you ever wondered whether it's possible to look at two places at once? Because our eyes have a specialized central region with high visual acuity and good color vision, we must always focus on one spot at a time in order ...
Neuroscience
Feb 21, 2013 |
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Helping or hovering? A parent's dilemma
When is it time for parents to back away? A new study shows that college students with overcontrolling parents are more likely to be depressed and less satisfied with their lives. This so-called helicopter parenting style ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Researchers show that eye vergence influences visual attention
The journal PLOS ONE has recently published a study which provides new data around attention and visual perception. The article "A role of eye vergence in covert attention" was authored by researchers from t ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Health: From national duty to private matter
Today health is a matter of living a risk-conscious lifestyle and being in control of one's body and life. Yet 100 years ago, health was not a private matter but rather a national duty. This is found in a new doctoral thesis ...
Health
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Brain's vision secrets unraveled
A new study led by scientists at the Universities of York and Bradford has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape.
Neuroscience
Feb 03, 2013 |
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Research sheds light on the dangers of positive stereotypes
(Medical Xpress)—We all know about the dangers of negative stereotyping. But what about positive stereotyping? Is it really bad to assume that women are more in touch with their emotions or that immigrants work harder than ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Researcher uncovers potential cause, biomarker for autism and proposes study to investigate theory
A New York-based physician-researcher from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, best known for his research into fertility and twinning, has uncovered a potential connection between autism and a specific growth protein ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 31, 2013 |
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Storks, cabbage patches, and the birds and the bees: Our broken sex education system
In the fields of gender, sexuality, and sexual health research, it's a no-brainer that sex education should start early, and that sex should be discussed often – both in schools and at home. But instead ...
Health
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Gatorade pulls 'fire retardant' additive
PepsiCo subsidiary Gatorade said Friday it was removing an ingredient from its popular citrus-flavored sports drink that has a second life as a fire retardant.
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Jan 26, 2013 |
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