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Benefit Vs. Risk of Facial Recognition Technology
May 8, 2013 — Law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition software as a crime-fighting tool. Now businesses are looking to use the technology to reach customers. But a professor questions whether ... > full story -
Chronic Pain Sufferers Likely to Have Anxiety
May 8, 2013 — Patients coping with chronic pain should also be evaluated for anxiety disorders, according to new ... > full story -
Providing Workplace Wellness Centers Could Backfire
May 8, 2013 — People who signed up for a workplace wellness center but then used it infrequently experienced declines in their mental quality-of-life, finds a new ... > full story -
Brain, Not Eye Mechanisms Keep Color Vision Constant Across Lifespan
May 8, 2013 — Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related ... > full story -
Laughter Perception Networks in Brain Different for Mocking, Joyful or Ticklish Laughter
May 8, 2013 — A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These different kinds of laughter also spark ... > full story -
Missing Link in Signals Contributes to Neurodegeneration
May 8, 2013 — In many neurodegenerative diseases the neurons of the brain are over-stimulated and this leads to their destruction. After many failed attempts and much scepticism this process was finally shown last ... > full story -
Brain Anatomy of Dyslexia Is Not the Same in Men and Women, Boys and Girls
May 8, 2013 — Using MRI, neuroscientists have found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups. Their study is the first to directly ... > full story -
Enhanced Motion Perception in Autism May Point to an Underlying Cause of the Disorder
May 8, 2013 — Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to a fundamental cause of the developmental disorder, ... > full story -
Early Math and Reading Ability Linked to Job and Income in Adulthood
May 8, 2013 — Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research. The childhood abilities predict socioeconomic status in adulthood over and ... > full story -
Hit a 90 Mph Baseball? Scientists Pinpoint How We See It Coming
May 8, 2013 — How does San Francisco Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval swat a 95 mph fastball, or tennis icon Venus Williams see the oncoming ball, let alone return her sister Serena's 120 mph serves? For the first ... > full story
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