Medical research
That's sick! Humans identify infected peers from a photo
Human beings can spot a sick person, on a photo, a mere two hours after he or she was infected by a germ, researchers said Wednesday.
Jan 3, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exploring the effect of the presence of familiar people in interpersonal space
When we communicate with other people face-to-face, we do so by maintaining a certain physical distance from each other. This space surrounding our body while interacting is called the interpersonal space (IPS), and maintaining ...
Apr 3, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research sheds light on delusions of external control in schizophrenia
The feeling that your own actions are controlled by external forces is a common feature in schizophrenia. A research team at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, the University of Tübingen and the Center for ...
May 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
Could meditation strengthen your immune system?
Meditation done at an intense level may bring a significant boost to the inner workings of your immune system.
Dec 23, 2021
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Immunology
Study explains why some creams and cosmetics may cause skin rashes
Allergic reactions in the skin can be caused by many different chemical compounds in creams, cosmetics, and other consumer products, but how they trigger the reaction has remained somewhat mysterious.
Jan 3, 2020
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Neuroscience
The sleeping brain remains attentive to its environment
By exposing sleepers to complex sounds, researchers from the CNRS and ENS Paris1, in collaboration with Monash University (Australia), have just demonstrated that our brain can track the sounds in its environment while we ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New brain research suggests that schizophrenia is an extreme version of a common personality type
Researchers have found that the signals in people's brains differ depending on a particular aspect of an individual's personality, termed Schizotypy, a discovery that could improve the way schizophrenia is characterised and ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find
When people get together in groups, unusual things can happen—both good and bad. Groups create important social institutions that an individual could not achieve alone, but there can be a darker side to such alliances: ...
Jun 12, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diminishing fear vicariously by watching others
Phobias—whether it's fear of spiders, clowns, or small spaces—are common and can be difficult to treat. New research suggests that watching someone else safely interact with the supposedly harmful object can help to extinguish ...
Sep 16, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Young adults reminisce about music from before their time
Music has an uncanny way of bringing us back to a specific point in time, and each generation seems to have its own opinions about which tunes will live on as classics. New research suggests that young adults today are fond ...
Sep 9, 2013
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