Medical research
Scientists seek ways to finally take a real measure of pain
Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8?
Jan 10, 2019
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Health
Change your smoke detector batteries when you change your clocks
When daylight savings ends on Sunday, November 5, use the extra hour you gain to check the smoke detectors in your home, says Art Sanford, MD, a Loyola Medicine burn surgeon.
Nov 6, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study finds group discussion improves lie detection
Though many people believe they can recognize when someone is lying, detecting deception is difficult. Accuracy rates in experiments have proven to be only slightly greater than chance, even among trained professionals.
Jun 11, 2015
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Knee sound based detector for osteoarthritis prediction
University Malaya researchers have developed a non-invasive, radiation-free, early stage detection system called the Knee Sound Detector to determine the seriousness of the knee joint condition for osteoarthritis patients. ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lie detectors and the lying liars who use them
As society becomes more and more dependent on machines to make important decisions, the use of technology for lie detection is becoming increasingly popular. But as much as we would like to rely on technology to give us definitive ...
Jul 18, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The unconscious mind can detect a liar—even when the conscious mind fails
When it comes to detecting deceit, your automatic associations may be more accurate than conscious thought in pegging truth-tellers and liars, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
Mar 24, 2014
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Health
As ban on printed 3-D guns ends, extension sought
(AP)—As the technology to print 3-D firearms advances, a federal law that banned the undetectable guns is about to expire.
Nov 17, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Men, women lie about sex to match gender expectations
People will lie about their sexual behavior to match cultural expectations about how men or women should act – even though they wouldn't distort other gender-related behaviors, new research suggests.
May 28, 2013
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Neuroscience
Predicting repeat offenders with brain scans: You be the judge
(Medical Xpress)—Despite the well known inaccuracies of polygraph lie detectors, they remain in widespread, if selective, use by the criminal justice system. While they are far from truth machines, if the person who is ...
Neuroscience
Neuroprosthesis gives rats the ability to 'touch' infrared light
Researchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light, normally invisible to them, by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes ...
Feb 12, 2013
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