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Brain's Magnetic Fields Reveal Language Delays In Autism
Faint magnetic signals from
brain activity in children
with autism show that those
children process sound and
language differently from
nonautistic children.
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Cleanliness Makes People Less Severe In Moral Judgments
New research in
Psychological Science has
found that the physical
notion of cleanliness
significantly reduces the
severity of moral judgments,
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Virtual Ears And The Cocktail Party Effect
New research has helped
understanding of the
so-called 'cocktail party
effect' -- how our brains
develop the ability to
pinpoint and focus on
particular sounds among a
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Forgotten But Not Gone: How The Brain Re-learns
Thanks to our ability to
learn and to remember, we
can perform tasks that other
living things can not even
dream of. However, we are
only just beginning to get
... > full story
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Subtitles Do Not Guarantee Hearing-impaired Viewers A Total Comprehension Of Television Messages
December 2, 2008 — Researchers have studied the level of comprehension of subtitled television programs by groups of students who have a severe or profound hearing impairment. The results demonstrate that deaf children ... > full story -
Human Approach To Computer Processing
December 2, 2008 — A more human approach to processing raw data could change the way that computers deal with information, according to ... > full story -
Expressing Emotions In E-mail So As Not To Be Misinterpreted
November 28, 2008 — How do people use emoticons, subject lines, and signatures to define how they want to be interpreted in email? The authors find that "a shift to email interaction requires a new set of interactional ... > full story -
Why C Is Not G: Dyslexia Treatment Clues From Research On How We Identify Letters
November 26, 2008 — The next time you are reading a book, or even as you read this article, consider the words that you are seeing. How do you recognize these words? A new study reveals that the most important features ... > full story -
How Is Our Left Brain Is Different From Our Right?
November 25, 2008 — Scientists found that synaptic size and shape in the center of the spatial memory (i.e. hippocampus) were asymmetrical between synapses receiving input from the left and right hemisphere. Differences ... > full story -
Major Teaching And Learning Research Program
November 25, 2008 — The largest research initiative into education related topics ever undertaken in the United Kingdom, presents its major conclusions after nine years of investigations across all sectors of education, ... > full story -
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Brain Abnormalities That May Play Key Role In ADHD
November 24, 2008 — A new study reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD. Researchers used a new tool, large deformation diffeomorphic mapping, allowing them to examine the shape of the basal ... > full story -
Oh, What A Feeling! Regaining Ability To Interpret Emotions After Severe Brain Injury
November 22, 2008 — People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and voice tone in ... > full story -
Certain Skills Are Predictors Of Reading Ability In Young Children
November 20, 2008 — Differences found between pre-kindergarten reading-disabled children and their typically reading peers diminish in various measures by pre-first grade, with the exception of phonological awareness ... > full story -
The Psychology Of Deja Vu
November 19, 2008 — All of us have experienced being in a new place and feeling certain that we have been there before. A new report published in Current Directions in Psychological Science describes recent findings ... > full story
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