Psychology & Psychiatry
Vulnerable narcissists more susceptible to eating disorders
Vulnerable narcissists are more likely to develop eating disorders, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).
Mar 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus might cause loss of smell—but it probably won't be permanent
Reports from South Korea, China and Italy say losing the sense of smell and taste may be a symptom of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Specialists in the UK have suggested the loss of smell, also ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Health
Young children who walk or bike to school are more likely to continue the habit as they age
Children who walk or bike to school at a young age are more likely to continue the healthy habit as they age, according to a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher.
Sep 6, 2022
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Neuroscience
Monkeys feel, move virtual objects using only their brains (w/ video)
(Medical Xpress) -- In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering learned to employ brain activity ...
Oct 5, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Omicron lasts three days less than Delta for boosted: study
People who are vaccinated and have had a booster shot against COVID-19 recover from symptoms from the Omicron variant more than three days earlier than those with the Delta variant, a study said Friday.
Apr 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Extrasensory perception: Debunking the sixth sense
(Medical Xpress)—New research led by the University of Melbourne has helped debunk the common belief that a sixth sense, also known as extrasensory perception (ESP), exists.
Jan 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smell or taste loss the first or only symptom of COVID-19 among nearly 40% of survey respondents
A change in sense of smell or taste was the first or only symptom for nearly 40% of respondents to a recent survey about COVID-19, according to preliminary results published by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers ...
May 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Taste and smell gone forever? The anguish of COVID survivors
Three days after testing positive for COVID-19, "everything tasted like cardboard," recalls 38-year-old Elizabeth Medina, who lost her sense of taste and smell at the start of the pandemic. A year later, she fears she will ...
Mar 28, 2021
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Neuroscience
Thriving neuron 'nursery' found in a section of adult human nose tissue
Is it possible for an adult brain to make new nerve cells? Scientists have debated this question for decades, with many concluding that neuron-making stops after childhood, or around the age of 13.
Mar 10, 2020
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Neuroscience
Eyes have a natural version of night vision
To see under starlight and moonlight, the retina of the eye changes both the software and hardware of its light-sensing cells to create a kind of night vision. Retinal circuits that were thought to be unchanging and programmed ...
Sep 13, 2018
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