Psychology & Psychiatry
How we view the future may hold keys to recovery from alcohol use disorder
A "slow" strategy may be the fast track for people recovering from alcohol use disorder.
Jan 25, 2022
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News tagged with tracking
Autism spectrum disorders
When mom talks, are infants with ASD listening?
Motherese is a form of simplified, exaggerated melodic speech that parents use to communicate with newborns and young toddlers. A horse becomes horsie; a dog becomes doggie; parents become mama and dada. The tendency to speak ...
Jan 3, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study: Our eyes and brain work together to create a 'pipeline' of meaning
Humans read by 'pre-processing' written words to create a pipeline of meaning, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
Sep 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New paper describes use of geographic monitoring for early COVID-19 cluster detection
In a new paper, researchers describe their development of a near-real time spatial assessment of COVID-19 cases to help guide local medical responses to clusters of outbreaks of the virus at the local level.
Jan 6, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Childhood intervention can prevent 'deaths of despair'
Mortality rates among young adults are rising in the U.S. due in part to "deaths of despair"—preventable deaths from suicide, drug overdoses and alcohol-related liver disease. An intensive childhood intervention program ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Neuroscience
Unhealthy behaviors trigger same brain responses as bad smells
Unhealthy behaviors trigger moral judgments that are similar to the basic emotions that contribute to our ability to survive. Two hypotheses are prevalent in the current scientific literature as to the identity of these emotions. ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Neuroscience
Eye-tracking tech helps aged care assessment
Memory loss among older Australians is on the rise as the Baby Boomer generation enters retirement—but a new technique tested by Flinders University researchers that investigates cognitive skills through eye-tracking technology ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Help is on the way: LSU team develops phone app to track COVID-19 medical equipment and supplies
With support from the Louisiana National Guard, students and staff at the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute have developed a tracking system for critical commodities and people traveling across the state. The development ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's: the 'switch-on moment' discovered
The past three decades saw a dramatic improvement in our understanding of what brings about Alzheimer's disease. Two proteins are thought to be responsible: amyloid and tau. The most widely accepted theory is that a critical ...
Apr 14, 2020
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism diagnosis more common in the US as racial gap closes
Autism has grown slightly more common in the U.S., but a gap in diagnosis of white and black kids has disappeared, according to a government report released Thursday.
Mar 26, 2020
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