Psychology & Psychiatry
Model works on nurse stress levels
International researchers together with local scientists have created a theoretical model to help nurses become less susceptible to stress.
Mar 10, 2015
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience's grand question: A new model to understand neural self-regulation
When your car needs a new spark plug, you take it to a shop where it sits, out of commission, until the repair is finished. But what if your car could replace its own spark plug while speeding down the Mass Pike?
May 21, 2014
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Neuroscience
Words and actions: The cerebral connection between language and movements
According to some neuroscientists the linguistic and the motor systems are strictly "tied up". That is to say, for instance, that to understand the word "drinking" our brain sets in motion the same cerebral structures used ...
Jul 31, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mapping the brain to understand cultural differences
A University of Maryland-led research team is working to help diplomats, military personnel, global managers and others who operate abroad to peer inside the minds of people from very different cultures.
Jul 18, 2013
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Neuroscience
The neuroscience of finding your lost keys: How the brain keeps track of similar but distinct memories
Ever find yourself racking your brain on a Monday morning to remember where you put your car keys? When you do find those keys, you can thank the hippocampus, a brain region responsible for storing and retrieving memories ...
Mar 21, 2013
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Neuroscience
Fragile X makes brain cells talk too much, research shows
The most common inherited form of mental retardation and autism, fragile X syndrome, turns some brain cells into chatterboxes, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
Feb 20, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scopolamine: An old drug with new psychiatric applications
Scopolamine is an anticholinergic drug with many uses. For example, it prevents nausea, vomiting, and motion sickness.
Feb 12, 2013
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Medical research
Researchers show how blood vessels regroup after stroke
Rice scientists simulate "robot" cells to study the development of microvascular systems in the brain. The goal is to find a way to direct the development of vessels that feed oxygen-starved cells in stroke and neurodegenerative ...
Feb 11, 2013
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Genetics
What mechanism generates our fingers and toes?
Dr. Marie Kmita and her research team at the IRCM contributed to a multidisciplinary research project that identified the mechanism responsible for generating our fingers and toes, and revealed the importance of gene regulation ...
Dec 14, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Body language, not facial expressions, broadcasts what's happening to us
If you think that you can judge by examining someone's facial expressions if he has just hit the jackpot in the lottery or lost everything in the stock market—think again. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...
Nov 29, 2012
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