Psychology & Psychiatry
Milestone developments at four years old help children tell lies, play hide-and-seek and read maps
At the age of about four, children reach important milestones in brain development.
Mar 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
Photo or the real thing? Mice can inherently recall and tell them apart
A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when it triggers memories of the pictured object like a vacation photo. 2D visual stimuli, such as pictures seen in print media, television or online, is often how humans acquire ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists reveal how we truly see ourselves by generating 'mental selfies'
Never has there been a time when we were so obsessed with appearance than our current 'selfie' age. Many argue that the obsession with selfies and manipulation of images may turn some of us into narcissists, while others ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Data available for training AI to spot skin cancer are insufficient and lacking in pictures of darker skin
The images and accompanying data available for training artificial intelligence (AI) to spot skin cancer are insufficient and include very few images of darker skin, according to research presented at the NCRI Festival and ...
Nov 10, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More to pictures than meets the eye: study
When an image of a person appears within a photo, that individual is perceived as being less real and having "less mind," according to new research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Aug 2, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why babies do not always remember what they have learned
If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood: what they've learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they're acitive and vice versa. This was shown in a study conducted by developmental psychologists ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What jigsaw puzzles tell us about child development
They've been used as an educational toy for hundreds of years and are thought to develop skills such as hand-eye coordination and problem solving.
Jul 29, 2020
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Neuroscience
Study shows some infants can identify differences in musical tones at six months
There's a common belief that musicians are born with a natural ability to play music, while most of us have to work twice as hard to hear the difference between musical notes. Now, new research from neuroscientists at York ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hollywood shuts down, Broadway goes dark to curb virus cases
The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and eliminating live audiences from television ...
Mar 12, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mirror-sensory synesthetes show more empathic and altruistic behaviour
About one in fifty people has it: mirror-sensory synesthesia. This means they can feel it in their own bodies when they see others get hurt or touched, like seeing someone cut one's finger or getting a hug. New research by ...
Nov 21, 2019
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