Neuroscience
Exploring the surprising role of motor system neurons
Motor system neurons not only control movement, but stimulate it. This is the surprising discovery made by the UCLouvain Cognition and Action Laboratory.
Apr 19, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study shows how your moral behavior may change depending on the context
When it comes to making moral decisions, we often think of the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Yet, why we make such decisions has been widely debated. Are we motivated by feelings of guilt, ...
Apr 19, 2019
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Health
The myth of 'no place like home' when it comes to end of life
She died at home, but it wasn't the romantic scene found in movies, where the family held her hand and she simply closed her eyes. In reality, there was a night when she had diarrhea 12 times. In reality, every time she had ...
Apr 3, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Number of COVID-19 infections missed by lateral flow tests 'substantial enough to be of clinical importance'
The proportion of people with current COVID-19 infection missed by the Innova lateral flow test (LFT) is substantial enough to be of clinical importance, particularly when testing people without symptoms, warn experts in ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
How the brain makes decisions
Some types of decision-making have proven to be very difficult to simulate, limiting progress in the development of computer models of the brain. EPFL scientists have developed a new model of complex decision-making, and ...
May 25, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why your best idea may be your second favorite
Michelangelo reportedly said the job of every sculptor is to discover the statue inside the stone, then work around it. Liberate the form.
Dec 13, 2019
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Neuroscience
Heading for a fall: Neuroscientists reveal how overconfidence can lead to poor decision making
The link between overconfidence and poor decision making is under the spotlight in an international study by scientists from Monash University and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig.
Aug 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why mourning a pet can be harder than grieving for a person
Many pet owners know that our connections with animals can be on an emotional par with those we share with other humans—and scientific research backs this up.
Dec 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US COVID-19 deaths poorly predicted by official U.S. health forecaster model
An international group of renowned statisticians from the University of Sydney, Northwestern University and the University of Texas have collaborated to fully investigate the predictive performance of the COVID-19 model developed ...
Apr 14, 2020
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Health
Five years after abortion, study finds nearly all women say it was the right decision
Five years after having an abortion, over 95 percent of the women in a landmark UC San Francisco study said it was the right decision for them.
Jan 13, 2020
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