Our sense of who we are is thought to be influenced by things like our childhood experiences, our interactions with others, and now, researchers say, our bodies. A study appearing August 26 in the journal iScience shows that, ...
Aug 26, 2020
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Imagine if every time you looked at a face, one side of the face always appeared distorted as if it were melting, resembling a painting by Salvador Dalí. This is the case for people who have a rare condition known as hemi-prosopometamophosia ...
Aug 17, 2020
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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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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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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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A new system combining artificial intelligence (AI) with human knowledge promises faster and more accurate cancer diagnosis.
Mar 11, 2020
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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 7, 2020
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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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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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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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