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Visual Search Function: Where Scene Context Happens in Our Brain
May 21, 2013 — Though a seemingly simple and intuitive strategy, visual search function -- a process that takes mere seconds for the human brain -- is still something that a computer can't do as accurately. Over ... > full story -
Child Maltreatment Increases Risk of Adult Obesity
May 21, 2013 — Children who have suffered maltreatment are 36 percent more likely to be obese in adulthood compared to non-maltreated children, according to a new study. The authors estimate that the prevention or ... > full story -
Doctors Prescribe More Analgesics to Women Than to Men Just for Being Female, Spanish Study Shows
May 21, 2013 — Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A new study affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between ... > full story -
Clouds in the Head: New Model of Brain's Thought Processes
May 21, 2013 — A new model of the brain's thought processes explains the apparently chaotic activity patterns of individual neurons. They do not correspond to a simple stimulus/response linkage, but arise from the ... > full story -
Genetic Predictors of Postpartum Depression Uncovered
May 21, 2013 — Researchers say they have discovered specific chemical alterations in two genes that, when present during pregnancy, reliably predict whether a woman will develop postpartum ... > full story -
Asthma Symptoms Impair Sleep Quality and School Performance in Children
May 21, 2013 — The negative effects of poorly controlled asthma symptoms on sleep quality and academic performance in urban schoolchildren has been confirmed in a new ... > full story -
How to Best Manage Workaholics: New Study Offers Insight
May 21, 2013 — Workaholics tend to live in extremes, with great job satisfaction and creativity on the one hand and high levels of frustration and exhaustion on the other hand. Now, a new study offers managers ... > full story -
Early-Life Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure Linked to Hyperactivity
May 21, 2013 — Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new ... > full story -
Mediterranean Diet Seems to Boost Aging Brain Power
May 20, 2013 — A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to new ... > full story -
Practice Makes Perfect? Not So Much, New Research Finds
May 20, 2013 — Turns out, that old "practice makes perfect" adage may be overblown. New research finds that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why people differ in level of skill in two widely ... > full story
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