Neuroscience
Athletes perform better when exposed to subliminal cues
New research has found that athletes who are exposed to subliminal visual cues during endurance exercise will perform significantly better.
Jan 11, 2021
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News tagged with words
Neuroscience
Research unlocks new information about reading through visual dictionary in the brain
The uniquely human ability to read is the cornerstone of modern civilization, yet very little is understood about the effortless ability to derive meaning from written words. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Neuroscience
Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words
Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for people to learn how to read, a new study suggests.
Oct 22, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research reveals how we make sense of compound words
People process compound words—like snowball—and words that look like compound words but aren't—like carpet—in the same way, according to new University of Alberta research that has broad applications from rehabilitation ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Implicit measures' better assess vocabulary for those with autism than standard tests
Tests that assess vocabulary among individuals with the severest forms of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, are notoriously inaccurate. Conventional language assessments, which commonly ask them to match a spoken word with ...
May 21, 2019
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Medications
Research on Reddit identifies opioid addiction self-treatment risks
Using advanced machine-learning techniques, Georgia Tech researchers have examined nearly 1.5 million Reddit posts to identify risks associated with several of the most common alternative—and unproven—treatments" for ...
May 2, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People track when talkers say 'uh' to predict what comes next
Spontaneous conversation is riddled with disfluencies such as pauses and 'uhm's: On average, people produce 6 disfluencies every 100 words. But disfluencies do not occur randomly. Instead, 'uh' typically occurs before 'hard-to-name' ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Neuroscience
Learning new vocabulary during deep sleep
Sleeping is sometimes considered unproductive time. Could the time spent asleep could be used more productively—e.g., for learning a new language? To date, sleep research has focused on the stabilization and consolidation ...
Jan 31, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Wriggly, squiffy, lummox, and boobs: What makes some words funny?
Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly: the top 10 funniest words in the English language, according to a new study by University of Alberta psychology experts.
Nov 27, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists chase mystery of how dogs process words
When some dogs hear their owners say "squirrel," they perk up, become agitated. They may even run to a window and look out of it. But what does the word mean to the dog? Does it mean, "Pay attention, something is happening?" ...
Oct 15, 2018
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