Neuroscience
Tracking down motion perception
Neurobiologists have determined the number of circuits needed to see movements.
Jun 22, 2011
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Neuroscience
One region, two functions: Brain cells' multitasking key to understanding overall brain function
A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago.
Mar 6, 2013
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
How to prevent injuries when playing pickleball
The game of pickleball is surging in popularity across the country. It can be played at any age and skill level. While many might assume that pickleball is a slower, lower-impact sport, experts at Mayo Clinic say it's important ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Is #TheDress white and gold or blue and black? Rice expert on visual perception weighs in
On Feb. 26, a picture of a cocktail dress originally uploaded to the blog Tumblr swept the Internet and managed to divide the population over a simple question: What color is the dress? Some viewers saw gold and white while ...
Mar 4, 2015
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Neuroscience
Balancing mitochondrial dynamics in Alzheimer's disease
(Medical Xpress)—Many diseases are multifactorial and can not be understood by simple molecular associations alone. Alzheimer's disease (AD)is associated with toxic transformations in two classes of protein,amyloid beta ...
Surgery
Study shows surgery reverses pseudoparalysis in patients with rotator cuff tears
Research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego shows arthroscopic superior capsule reconstruction (SCR), a surgical approach to treat irreparable rotator cuff ...
Mar 19, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why Super Mario runs from left to right
There may be a fundamental bias in the way people prefer to see moving items depicted in pictures according to research.
Mar 13, 2015
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Efficient and precise motion capture system to aid in physiotherapy and athletics
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a motion capture technology called Precise Marker-less, which would aid doctors and physiotherapists in their consultations and diagnoses ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Back pain killing your sex life? Groundbreaking study reveals best positions to save your spine
(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to popular belief, spooning is not always the best sex position for those with a bad back, according to new research from the University of Waterloo.
Sep 9, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Showing people slow motion video of crime found to distort perceived intent
(Medical Xpress)—A trio of researchers with the University of Chicago, the University of San Francisco and the University of Virginia has found via experimentation that people watching video of actions by other people in ...
