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Heading a soccer ball may affect cognitive performance, study finds

Sports-related head injuries are a growing concern, and new research suggests that even less forceful actions like 'heading' a soccer ball may cause changes in performance on certain cognitive tasks, according to a paper ...

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Memory appears susceptible to eradication of fear responses

Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in the leading ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Reflex control could improve walking after incomplete spinal injuries

A training regimen to adjust the body's motor reflexes may help improve mobility for some people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Neuroscience created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EP studies helpful in lumbar spinal stenosis prognosis

(HealthDay)—Electrophysiological abnormalities have been identified that are of some prognostic value in determining deteriorating clinical status over the long term for patients with mild-to-moderate lumbar ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survival reflex sparks male perception bias, study finds

You glimpse a stranger standing in the street. The light is hazy and the person's face and clothing are indistinct. Who is it? Chances are you will think it is a man—and the reason for this is a survival ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Secondhand smoke impairs vital cough reflex in kids

New research from the Monell Center reveals that exposure to secondhand smoke decreases sensitivity to cough-eliciting respiratory irritants in otherwise healthy children and adolescents. The findings may help to explain ...

Health created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds reflexology affects the hearts of non-cardiology patients

(Medical Xpress) -- A three-year study by researchers at the University of Stirling has found that reflexology to the upper half of the left foot (the heart reflex point) had an effect on the hearts of healthy volunteers.

Cardiology created Jul 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sweet minty relief for cough

Millions of Americans reach for their cough drops or syrup at the first sign of a cough. However, scientists are unsure if and how these popular remedies work. Now, new findings from the Monell Center suggest ...

Medications created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hisss and hers: When women are best at spotting snakes

Women who have just finished ovulating are better at detecting snakes than at other times of their menstrual cycle, according to an unusual study that sheds light on in-built reflexes for survival.

Other created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical punishment of children potentially harmful to their long-term development

An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...

Health created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Why evolutionarily ancient brain areas are important

Structures in the midbrain that developed early in evolution can be responsible for functions in newborns which in adults are taken over by the cerebral cortex. New evidence for this theory has been found in the visual system ...

Neuroscience created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7