News tagged with perception
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Memory improves for older adults using computerized brain fitness program
UCLA researchers found that older adults who regularly used a brain fitness program played on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills.
Neuroscience
Aug 04, 2012 |
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Better analgesia from pelvic plexus block in prostate biopsy
(HealthDay) -- Compared with periprostatic nerve block (PNB), pelvic plexus block (PPB), performed under Doppler ultrasound guidance, provides better pain relief for men during office-based transrectal ultrasound-guided ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Research links sexual imagery and consumer impatience
How do sexual cues affect consumer behavior? New research from USC Marshall School of Business Assistant Professor of Marketing Kyu Kim and Gal Zauberman, associate professor of marketing at The Wharton School at the University ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 26, 2012 |
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'Sexting' may be just a normal part of dating for Internet generation
(Medical Xpress) -- For young adults today who were weaned on iPods and the Internet, the practice of "sexting," or sending sexually explicit photos or messages through phones, may be just another normal, healthy component ...
Health
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Study shows why some types of multitasking are more dangerous than others
In a new study that has implications for distracted drivers, researchers found that people are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2012 |
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American schools unable to handle teen dating violence, study finds
(Phys.org) -- Preventing and addressing adolescent dating violence is not a high priority for most American schools, even though the majority of counselors have assisted survivors, says a new study from Ball State University.
Pediatrics
Jul 23, 2012 |
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New research questions how fat influences flavor perception
A joint study carried out by The University of Nottingham and the multinational food company Unilever has found for the first time that fat in food can reduce activity in several areas of the brain which are responsible for ...
Health
Jul 19, 2012 |
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Doctors and rheumatoid arthritis patients differ on perception of disease activity
Researchers from Austria have determined that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their doctors differ on perception of RA disease activity. The study now available in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the Americ ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Jul 18, 2012 |
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U.S. doctors embracing electronic health records: survey
(HealthDay) -- A majority of U.S. physicians have now adopted an electronic health record system as part of their routine practice, a new national survey reveals.
Health
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Infants' recognition of speech more sophisticated than previously known, researchers find
The ability of infants to recognize speech is more sophisticated than previously known, researchers in New York University's Department of Psychology have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Developmental Ps ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 17, 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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Schizophrenia in movies: don't believe everything you see
(HealthDay) -- Movies often stereotype people with schizophrenia as being violent and unpredictable, says a researcher who claims Hollywood dispenses misinformation about symptoms, causes and treatment of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2012 |
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Perceptions trick memory
An inflated sense of memory function in people with dementia may influence their likelihood of seeking help, new Flinders University research shows.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Study shows training improves recognition of quickly presented objects
So far it has seemed an irreparable limitation of human perception that we strain to perceive things in the very rapid succession of, say, less than half a second. Psychologists call this deficit "attentional ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Can sounds trick the brain into perceiving your body differently?
(Medical Xpress) -- Have you ever found yourself paying attention to the sound of your footsteps when walking down a quiet corridor? Or perhaps you enjoy creating rhythmic patterns by tapping on a surface? ...
Neuroscience
Jul 09, 2012 |
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