Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Researchers identify best water treading technique to prevent drowning
Unless you're a water-polo player, the "egg-beater" technique may mean little to you.
Oct 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Traffic and mobile phone data predict COVID case counts in rural Pennsylvania
How much people moved around town predicted COVID-19 cases in a rural Pennsylvania county in 2020, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The researchers approximated movement during the initial stay-at-home ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Neuroscience
Novel computational model to predict 'change blindness'
Our brains have the remarkable ability to process details, but may sometimes fail to notice even marked differences. For example, in the images above, some people may not immediately spot the difference in size between the ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What happens in your brain when you make a decision? New research may soon shed light
You rush into the supermarket; your mother-in-law is coming for dinner. But which products end up in your shopping basket and why? Researchers have previously tracked eye movements to understand which products attract you ...
Oct 19, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Cervical myelopathy screening focusing on finger motion using noncontact sensor
Cervical myelopathy (CM) results from compression of the spinal cord in the neck and causes difficulty moving the fingers and unsteady gait. As patients with early-stage CM have minimal subjective symptoms and are difficult ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Medical research
Zebrafish could shed light into the mysteries of the human spinal cord and its influence on our body
University of Ottawa researchers believe zebrafish may provide clues to understanding how the human nervous system develops since this fish experiences new movements similarly to how babies do after birth.
Oct 12, 2021
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Medical research
Biomarkers could spell the end of anorexia nervosa
Researchers from the Swinburne Anorexia Nervosa (SWAN) Research Group have discovered what is believed to be the first biomarker for anorexia nervosa. Biomarkers are typically used in the detection and treatment of physical ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 stress may explain new tics in adults
Tics, the repetitive and uncontrollable movements or sounds associated with Tourette syndrome and related disorders, rarely develop out of the blue in adults. But pandemic-related stress could be triggering new tics that ...
Oct 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High dose of concentrated therapy produces several lasting benefits for children with cerebral palsy
Children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy, a movement disorder that affects use of one side of the body, showed improved use of the arm and hand after receiving a high dose of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) in ...
Sep 30, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Computer decodes continuous movement from brain signals
For the first time ever, the intention of a continuous movement was able to be read out from non-invasive brain signals at TU Graz. This success enables more natural and non-invasive control of neuroprostheses to be carried ...
Sep 27, 2021
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