Neuroscience
Real-world neuroscience experiments show diversity in learning new motor skills
Researchers at Imperial College London have shown how the whole body changes while learning new movement-based skills.
Nov 26, 2020
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Medical research
Simulations show super-spreading events pushed the exponential growth phase of COVID-19
A trio of researchers, two with the Polish Academy of Sciences, the other the University of Warsaw, has found evidence showing that super-spreader events pushed the exponential growth phase of COVID-19. In their paper published ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Inequality of opportunity drags down everyone's motivation
Unequal compensation reduces people's motivation to work, even among those who stand to benefit from unfair advantages, finds a new UCL-led study.
Sep 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists explore replacing lockdowns with weekly testing of all residents to control coronavirus spread
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. and one in the U.S. has suggested a novel way to control the spread of COVID-19—lift all restrictions in a test city and replace them with weekly testing ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain's 'updating mechanisms' may create false memories
A study published in Current Biology reports on one of the first comprehensive characterizations of poorly formed memories, and may offer a framework to explore different therapeutic approaches to fear, memory and anxiety ...
May 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
For cancer patients, Nobel research is far more than prize-worthy
When Shaun Tierney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of kidney cancer in 2007, the prognosis was grim.
Nov 24, 2019
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Cardiology
Most prescribed blood pressure drugs may be less effective than others
A new multinational study shows that the most popular first-line treatment for hypertension is less effective and has more side effects than an alternative that's prescribed much less often.
Oct 24, 2019
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Medical research
'Wildling' mice could help translate results in animal models to results in humans
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health developed a new mouse model that could improve the translation of research in mice into advances in human health. The mouse model, which the scientists called "wildling," acquired ...
Aug 1, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
An 'awe-full' state of mind can set you free
An induced feeling of awe, or state of wonder, may be the best strategy yet for alleviating the discomfort that comes from uncertain waiting.
Jun 24, 2019
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists release state-of-the-art spike-sorting software
How do researchers make sense of the mountains of data collected from recording the simultaneous activity of hundreds of neurons? Neuroscientists all over the world rely on Kilosort, software that enables them to tease apart ...
Apr 8, 2024
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