Psychology & Psychiatry
Hand gestures improve learning in both signers and speakers
(Medical Xpress)—Spontaneous gesture can help children learn, whether they use a spoken language or sign language, according to a new report.
Aug 19, 2014
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Neuroscience
Information overload acts 'to dim the lights' on what we see
(Medical Xpress)—Too much visual information causes a phenomenon known as 'load induced blindness', with an effect akin to dimming the lights, reports a new UCL study.The new findings could be used to identify high-risk ...
Mar 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A bid to stamp out parasitic disease strongyloidiasis in remote Australian communities
Strongyloidiasis—a poorly understood parasitic worm disease common in remote Australian communities and some returned travelers, refugees or asylum seekers—is finally gaining attention in the national research arena.
Jan 12, 2024
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Overweight & Obesity
Why are we in the middle of an obesity epidemic? Here is a possible explanation
Since 2010, the number of people with obesity in Denmark has doubled, while other countries have seen an even greater increase. But what started this, and what is driving it? Professor Emeritus Thorkild I. A. Sørensen outlines ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Medical research
Anthropologists compare composite measure of physiological dysregulation to understand how we age
It is well understood that mortality rates increase with age. Whether you live in Tokyo, rural Tennessee or the forests of Papua, New Guinea, the older you are, the more likely you are to succumb to any number of different ...
Sep 21, 2020
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Neuroscience
How minds make meaning
Meaning is central to language. But how do we combine the building blocks of thought and language to compose meaning? A special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, edited by Andrea E. Martin from ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Neuroscience
Link with synesthesia offers new insight into autism
People with autism often have enhanced sensory sensitivity. They are, for example, much more likely to be affected by bright light and loud noises. They also have a better eye for detail. In a new paper, which was published ...
Nov 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Community-based wildlife carcass surveillance is key for early detection of Ebola virus
Human Ebola epidemics, like the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are known to start from a contact with wildlife infected with Ebola virus. In the early 2000s a series of such outbreaks in Central Africa ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early-season hurricanes result in greater transmission of mosquito-borne infectious disease
The timing of a hurricane is one of the primary factors influencing its impact on the spread of mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as West Nile Virus, dengue, chikungunya and Zika, according to a study led by Georgia ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Speaking with a robot is not as pleasant as talking to a human: study
Researchers from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University have used a novel approach to demonstrate that interactions with humans activate the brain's social reward system more than discussions with robot interlocutors.
Mar 12, 2019
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