For years, neuroscience experiments have depended on carefully controlled conditions. Mice run in place on tiny treadmills, rather than freely scurrying. Or they're meticulously trained to do easy-to-measure tasks that don't ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Health professionals could better communicate the health effects of climate change by using information that promotes action rather than confusion, according to a recent article by a University of Oregon researcher.
Aug 10, 2022
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Using newly developed and culturally informed methods, a UO team was able to more than triple the number of Latinx people getting tested for COVID-19, according to a recently published research paper.
Aug 1, 2022
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named racism as a serious public health threat, and UO philosopher Camisha Russell's latest research examines racism in health care and offers some ideas about how to address ...
May 4, 2022
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Vulnerable teens who lose a pregnancy are at increased risk for suicide, new research from UO's Prevention Science Institute shows.
May 4, 2022
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Zebrafish are social creatures. When they see another member of their species, they'll orient towards them and swim closer, much like a human at a cocktail party turning to face someone who's telling a joke over a plate of ...
Apr 13, 2022
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You know heading outdoors is good for you. But what if your smartphone could quantify how much nature you're getting?
Apr 7, 2022
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The nation has spoken. With the Sunshine Protection Act passing unanimously through the U.S. Senate and now making its way to the House, it's clear that the United States of America does not believe that changing clocks twice ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Biases based on gender and ethnicity have been well-documented throughout society, including medical care, but data analysis by a University of Oregon (UO) researcher has found exactly how those biases also show up in the ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Family or species, color or size, grouping things into categories is efficient for the brain. But those categories can also create biases in perception, studies show.
Feb 17, 2022
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