Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A brain game may predict your risk of infection
If your alertness and reaction time is see-sawing more than usual, you may be more at risk of a viral illness.
Jan 3, 2023
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News tagged with reaction time
Neuroscience
Short term memory problems can be improved with laser therapy, according to new study
Laser light therapy has been shown to be effective in improving short term memory in a study published in Science Advances.
Dec 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do you act before you think or think before you act?
Will you read this news release now or decide to read it later? "Precrastination," defined as the tendency to expend extra effort to get things done as soon as possible, could explain what you will do.
Oct 5, 2022
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Medical research
Research finds Daylight Saving Time clock changes affect road safety
Researchers found that, after Daylight Saving Time (DST) is introduced, drivers' behaviors are riskier, and their reaction time and ability to read situations are compromised.
Sep 27, 2022
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Neuroscience
New study IDs what brings our senses and thoughts together
Our ability to think, decide, remember recent events and more, comes from our brain's neocortex. Now University of California, Irvine neuroscientists have discovered key aspects of the mechanisms behind these functions. Their ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Don't look at me like that: Integration of gaze direction and facial expression
Does eye contact always attract attention? Not in every case, as a research team at the University of Würzburg's Institute of Psychology has recently shown. Why not? Because context matters.
Sep 19, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Efficient fall detection based on smart insoles
Fall detection is a typical application of both medical expert systems and wearable expert systems. There are four primary types of falls, i.e., left-sided horizontal, right-sided horizontal, supine, and prone, whereas most ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Addiction
Legalization of marijuana linked to increased traffic crashes, fatalities
States that legalized recreational marijuana saw a subsequent increase in traffic crashes and fatalities, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Jul 19, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research probes how people control unwanted thoughts
When trying to avoid an unwanted thought, people often reactively reject and replace the thought after it occurs. But proactively avoiding an association in the first place can be much more efficient, and help prevent the ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cross-disciplinary team explores nervous system workings related to PTSD, other mental health disorders
A first-of-its-kind study published recently in the journal Brain Stimulation measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve. ...
Jul 5, 2022
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