Psychology & Psychiatry
Memories of good, bad deeds can alter perception of brightness
(Medical Xpress) -- From sacred religious texts to books to movies, light and darkness have always symbolized good and evil.
Mar 9, 2012
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
IVF in women over 38: The doctor's dilemma
It is a biological fact that female fertility declines with age - in assisted conception as in natural. Indeed, findings from a 12-year study reported today at the Annual Meeting of ESHRE by Dr Marta Devesa from the Hospital ...
Jun 16, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers use 'League of Legends' to gain insights into mental models
Psychology researchers have used the game League of Legends to advance our understanding of how people build "mental models—the mental tools that allow people to make use of complex systems. The researchers found that mental ...
May 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
Chips that mimic the brain
No computer works as efficiently as the human brain – so much so that building an artificial brain is the goal of many scientists. Neuroinformatics researchers from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have now made ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When stuck in a rut, it may be time to try ideas from others
When attempting to solve a problem, people often fall back on prior experiences that worked, sometimes without considering other solutions.
Oct 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research finds infants and toddlers can engage in imaginary play
A study from Monash University has found that infants and toddlers are capable of engaging in imaginary play, correcting previously held academic beliefs that they were unable to, and confirming the profound significance ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gaslighting relationship survivor survey highlights understudied form of emotional abuse
Researchers led by University of Toronto psychologist Willis Klein have investigated an understudied form of relationship abuse—gaslighting. In a paper titled "A qualitative analysis of gaslighting in romantic relationships," ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
When it comes to understanding fairness, young children get it
Most parents like to believe that their children are more intelligent and insightful than the average person realizes. When it comes to concepts of fairness, they might be right, according to Harvard researchers.
Sep 14, 2012
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Neuroscience
What can Google tell us about 'the memory web' in the brain?
A new study by researchers from the Centre for Systems Neuroscience at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the University of California Los Angeles, has helped to untangle 'the memory web' by shedding light ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Neuroscience
How we retrieve our knowledge about the world
In order to find our way in the world, we classify it into concepts, such as "telephone." Until now, it was unclear how the brain retrieves these when we only encounter the word and don't perceive the objects directly. Scientists ...
May 7, 2021
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