COVID-19 can cause 'face blindness,' according to new study
COVID-19 can cause difficulty recognizing faces and navigational problems, according to a new Dartmouth study in Cortex.
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms: News and Research on Perceptual Disorders
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How common is face blindness?
Face blindness, a mystifying condition that can trick us into believing we recognize people we've never met or make us fail to recognize those we have, has been previously estimated to affect between 2 and 2.5 percent of ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Feds to investigate overuse of antipsychotic drugs by nursing homes
U.S. health officials say they plan to investigate whether some nursing homes are falsely labeling patients as schizophrenic so they can administer sedating antipsychotic drugs to them.
Jan 18, 2023
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'Contaminated' spinach causes hallucinations in Australia
Health authorities in Australia have said nine people in Sydney suffered "toxic reactions"—including hallucinations—from a batch of spinach thought to contain an "accidental contaminant".
Dec 16, 2022
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Neuroscientist studies super recognizers' ability to process faces
Neuroscientist Meike Ramon is conducting research with people who have an extraordinary talent for processing faces. The police have shown an interest in her work.
Dec 6, 2022
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Word and face recognition can be adequately supported with half a brain, study finds
An unprecedented study of brain plasticity and visual perception has found that people who, as children, had undergone surgery removing half of their brain, correctly recognized differences between pairs of words or faces ...
Oct 25, 2022
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'That just sounds wrong': New study shows how our brains tell us when a sound is off
Whether it's a car door not properly closed, a shanked kick in football, or a misplaced note in music, our ears tell us when something doesn't sound right. A team of neuroscientists has recently uncovered how the brain works ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Stimulation to visual cortex could reduce hallucinations in blind patients
Using a non-invasive stimulation on the brain may be effective in reducing the frequency of visual hallucinations in blind patients, a new study has found.
Sep 30, 2022
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Tiredness can change how generous you are, says new research
What determines how generous a person you are? Could it be how much money you have? How kind you are? Or maybe it comes down to your values. These all seem reasonable assumptions, but a new study from Berkeley University ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death
A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the second such probable death in the Midwest this summer and raising ...
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