Speech a new marker for depression treatment response
(Medical Xpress) -- Speech can measure the severity of depression as well as a patient’s response to treatment, a new collaborative study between the University of Melbourne and the Center for Psychological Consultation ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Dyslexia caused by signal processing in the brain
(Medical Xpress) -- To participate successfully in life, it is important to be able to read and write. Nevertheless, many children and adults have difficulties in acquiring these skills and the reason is not ...
Neuroscience
Aug 07, 2012 |
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New generation of virtual humans helping to train psychologists
New technology has led to the creation of virtual humans who can interact with therapists via a computer screen and realistically mimic the symptoms of a patient with clinical psychological disorders, according to new research ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 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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New treatment welcome news for Parkinson's and stroke patients
(Medical Xpress) -- New research developed by The University of Queensland is set to change the future treatment of speech problems associated with stroke and Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Early treatment improves outcomes in rare, often undiagnosed form of encephalitis
A mysterious, difficult-to-diagnose, and potentially deadly disease that was only recently discovered can be controlled most effectively if treatment is started within the first month that symptoms occur, according to a new ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Researchers find new way to assess communication of people with severe disabilities
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers led by University of Kansas scientist Nancy Brady has developed a new way to assess the communication capability of individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Brain 'talks over' boring speech quotes
(Medical Xpress) -- Storytelling is a skill not everyone can master, but even the most crashing bore gets help from their audience’s brain which ‘talks over’ their monotonous quotes, according to scientists.
Neuroscience
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Asian breast cancer survivors suffer cognitive impairments associated with chemotherapy
A recent study by National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers revealed that Asian breast cancer patients who had received or were undergoing chemotherapy treatment showed symptoms of "chemobrain", in which they encounter ...
Cancer
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Research aims at better diagnosis of language issues
(Medical Xpress) -- Recent studies by a UT Dallas researcher aim at finding better ways to diagnose young children with language impairments.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Predicting children's language development
We depend on a barrage of standardized tests to assess everything from aptitude to intelligence. But do they provide an accurate forecast when it comes to something as complex as language? A study by Diane Pesco, an assistant ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Obama forges compromise birth control plan
US President Barack Obama Friday announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control which prompted election-year Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion.
Health
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Researchers rewrite textbook on location of brain's speech processing center
Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brain's cerebral cortex, behind auditory cortex where all sounds are received -- a place famously known as Wernicke's area ...
Neuroscience
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Learning to 'talk things through in your head' may help people with autism
Teaching children with autism to 'talk things through in their head' may help them to solve complex day-to-day tasks, which could increase the chances of independent, flexible living later in life, according to new research.
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Study explores autism co-occurring conditions and diagnosis change
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new Pediatrics article, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined the relationship between the co-occurring conditions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), ...
Autism spectrum disorders
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