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Use proper names for body parts, don't force hugs: How to protect your kids from in-person sexual abuse
We know it can seem easier to bury your head in the sand, when it comes to the hideous issue of child sexual abuse.
Jun 10, 2020
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News tagged with body parts
Neuroscience
Brain mapping study suggests motor regions for the hand also connect to the entire body
Mapping different parts of the brain and determining how they correspond to thoughts, actions, and other neural functions is a central area of inquiry in neuroscience, but while previous studies using fMRI scans and EEG have ...
Mar 26, 2020
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Pediatrics
National Poll: Many parents delay talking to kids about inappropriate touching
Experts recommend starting conversations about inappropriate touching during the preschool years, but less than half of parents of preschoolers in a national poll say they've begun that discussion.
Mar 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
AI taps human wisdom for faster, better cancer diagnosis
A new system combining artificial intelligence (AI) with human knowledge promises faster and more accurate cancer diagnosis.
Mar 11, 2020
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Medical research
An artificial neural connection allows a new cortical site to control hand movements
Restoration of lost motor function after stroke is typically accomplished after strenuous rehabilitation therapy lasting for over months. However, new research published by a group led by Yukio Nishimura, the project leader ...
Jan 07, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
One hand and two hemispheres: How both sides of the brain get involved post-amputation
Psychologists have shown, for the first time, how our brains' plasticity and ability to adapt, extends across both sides of the brain.
Nov 22, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Whether a fashion model or not, some body image concerns are universal
When researchers from UCLA and the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wanted to test an app they created to measure body image perception, they went to the body image experts—fashion models.
Oct 29, 2019
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Neuroscience
Sensory and motor brain plasticity is not limited by location
The new function of unused cortical regions is not necessarily determined by the function of nearby cortical regions, according to new research in adults born without one hand, published in JNeurosci.
Oct 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
From spinal cord injury to recovery
Spinal cord injury disconnects communication between the brain and the spinal cord, disrupting control over parts of the body. Studying the mechanisms of recovery, Leuven researcher Aya Takeoka (NERF) found that a specific ...
Apr 08, 2019
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Neuroscience
What and where in the processing of body-part information
The brain tracks the location of body limbs in space. This is called proprioception or body localization. Additionally, the brain is aware of its ownership of body parts, and can can control extremities because they are sensed ...
Apr 04, 2019
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