Eye-opener: Pupils enlarge when people focus on tasks
Working memory is one of the brain's executive functions, a skill that allows humans to process information without losing track of what they're doing.
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Working memory is one of the brain's executive functions, a skill that allows humans to process information without losing track of what they're doing.
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Making decisions that impact the lives of others involves considering the options available and selecting ones that will provide optimal benefit to them. This happens on a broad scale, from getting a gift for a friend to ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Re-perfusing the lungs of an organ donor with a technique called normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) after the heart has irreversibly stopped beating could potentially increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants, ...
Apr 12, 2024
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A team of researchers led by Kim Hong Ji and Woo Choong-Wan at the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), in collaboration with Emily FINN at Dartmouth College, has unlocked ...
Apr 11, 2024
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From completing puzzles and playing music, to reading and exercising, growing up Dolly Seeburger loved activities that demanded her full attention. "It was in those times that I felt most content, like I was in the zone," ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Health care cost and access are not the only barriers women face in getting lifesaving mammograms, a new government report finds.
Apr 9, 2024
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Fatigue plays a crucial role in safeguarding against overexertion by inducing feelings of tiredness and causing temporary reductions in physical and mental performance. However, according to a recent study in Computers in ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Putting away items on a shelf is something we do without giving it much thought—right? In fact, various skills need to be coordinated to accomplish even simple tasks: Hand-eye coordination, memory, problem solving and attention ...
Apr 5, 2024
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How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body parts? The sense is known as proprioception, and it is something like a "sixth sense," allowing us to move freely without constantly watching our limbs.
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In 2020, the most recent year with data on cancer cases, 452 people under the age of 55 received a colorectal cancer diagnosis in Colorado, up from 367 a decade earlier—a 23% increase.
Mar 20, 2024
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