Psychology & Psychiatry
Reading ability severely impaired by schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia are likely to have severely impaired reading ability, a new study has shown.
Mar 17, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study shows how reading skill shapes more than just reading
A University at Buffalo researcher's recent work on dyslexia has unexpectedly produced a startling discovery which clearly demonstrates how the cooperative areas of the brain responsible for reading skill are also at work ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Cardiology
Which blood pressure number matters most might depend on your age
Systolic blood pressure is the best way to predict future cardiovascular events and death, irrespective of age, according to new research. But in younger people, diastolic blood pressure could still be important.
Mar 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How reading aloud can be an act of seduction
Reading aloud is an activity that we associate with the cozy comfort of children's bedtime stories. Certainly, children's classics from The Gruffalo to the Alice books are produced knowing that when they come to be read, ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women better at reading minds than men, new study finds
Psychologists at the University of Bath, Cardiff, and London have developed the first ever 'mind-reading questionnaire' to assess how well people understand what others are really thinking.
Feb 12, 2021
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Neuroscience
Neuronal recycling: This is how our brain allows us to read
Letters, syllables, words and sentences—these are spatially arranged sets of symbols that acquire meaning when we read them. But is there an area and cognitive mechanism in our brain that is specifically devoted to reading? ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Cardiology
Difference in blood pressure between arms linked to greater death risk
Robust evidence from a large international study confirms that a difference in blood pressure readings between arms is linked to greater risk of heart attack, stroke and death.
Dec 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children with dyslexia show stronger emotional responses
Children diagnosed with dyslexia show greater emotional reactivity than children without dyslexia, according to a new collaborative study by UC San Francisco neuroscientists with the UCSF Dyslexia Center and UCSF Memory and ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Health
Federal and state websites flunk COVID-19 reading-level review
Information about COVID-19 offered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House, and state health departments failed to meet recommendations for communicating with the public, according to a Dartmouth ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Neuroscience
People who feel dizzy when they stand up may have higher risk of dementia
Some people who feel dizzy or lightheaded when they stand up may have an increased risk of developing dementia years later, according to a new study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...
Aug 7, 2020
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