Psychology & Psychiatry
How likely are you to take a bullet?
How likely are you to take a bullet for somebody? University of Queensland researchers have helped develop a way of predicting the strength of your convictions.
Feb 18, 2016
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Neuroscience
Deconstructing brain systems involved in memory and spatial skills
In work that reconciles two competing views of brain structures involved in memory and spatial perception, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have conducted experiments that suggest the ...
Apr 2, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychology researchers extend knowledge of visual misperception
Using abstract images instead of real photographs, University of Georgia researchers are one step closer to understanding visual misperceptions and discovering just why people experience a phenomenon known as boundary extension.
Sep 13, 2013
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Medical research
Geometry plays a role in GPCR transmembrane signaling
A recent study in The Journal of General Physiology characterizes the movement of rhodopsin, a GPCR and member of a large family of transmembrane receptors responsible for many cellular responses and involved in many human ...
Sep 26, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research explores common visual error of 'boundary extension'
(Medical Xpress) -- Helene Intraub, professor of psychology at the University of Delaware, and then-undergraduate researcher Mike Richardson first published their paper on the phenomenon of "boundary extension" in 1989, describing ...
Mar 9, 2012
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Neuroscience
Mapping the brain
The brain of a mouse measures only 1 cubic centimeter in volume. But when neuroscientists at Harvard’s Center for Brain Science slice it thinly and take high-resolution micrographs of each slice, that tiny brain turns ...
Aug 26, 2011
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Medical research
New report examines the use of animals containing human material in biomedical research
(Medical Xpress) -- A new report looking at the use of animals containing human material (ACHM) in biomedical research has identified areas of sensitivity - including cognition, reproduction and creating visual characteristics ...
Jul 27, 2011
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UK scientists want human-animal tests monitored
(AP) -- British scientists say a new expert body should be formed to regulate experiments mixing animal and human DNA to make sure no medical or ethical boundaries are crossed.
Jul 22, 2011
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