Psychology & Psychiatry

Managing mental health as pandemic restrictions ease

As governments across Canada ease public health restrictions in the wake of an unprecedented omicron wave, many Canadians feel cautiously optimistic. But adjusting to a new normal with a virus that is still circulating can ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

How uncertainty can impair our ability to make rational decisions

We make decisions every day, many of which are so straightforward that we hardly notice we are making them. But we tend to struggle when faced with decisions that have uncertain outcomes, such as during the pandemic. Cognitive ...

Neuroscience

Scientists pinpoint the uncertainty of our working memory

The human brain regions responsible for working memory content are also used to gauge the quality, or uncertainty, of memories, a team of scientists has found. Its study uncovers how these neural responses allow us to act ...

Neuroscience

How the brain accounts for uncertainties in motor planning

In baseball, a pitch can take as little as 400 milliseconds to reach the plate. With a typical reaction time of 200 milliseconds and a swing of about 150 milliseconds, a batter must decide whether to swing and how to swing ...

Cardiology

ACP advises point-of-care ultrasound to aid diagnosis of dyspnea

(HealthDay)—For patients with acute dyspnea with diagnostic uncertainty, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can be a helpful addition to the standard diagnostic pathway, according to a new clinical guideline issued by the ...

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