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Computer Software Analyzing Facial Expressions Accurately Predicts Student Test Performance
Apr. 16, 2014 — Real-time engagement detection technology that processes facial expressions can perform with accuracy comparable to that of human observers, according to new research. The study used automatic ... full story -
Brain Anatomy Differences Between Deaf, Hearing Depend on First Language Learned
Apr. 15, 2014 — In the first known study of its kind, researchers have shown that the language we learn as children affects brain structure, as does hearing status. 'What we've learned to date about ... full story -
Neuroscientists Disprove Important Idea About Brain-Eye Coordination
Apr. 15, 2014 — By predicting our eye movements, our brain creates a stable world for us. Researchers used to think that those predictions had so much influence that they could cause us to make errors in estimating ... full story -
New Therapy Helps to Improve Stereoscopic Vision in Stroke Patients
Apr. 15, 2014 — Humans view the world through two eyes, but it is our brain that combines the images from each eye to form a single composite picture. If this function becomes damaged, impaired sight can be the ... full story -
Shared Decision Making Improves Patient Satisfaction During Radiation Therapy, May Help Alleviate Anxiety, Depression
Apr. 14, 2014 — Taking an active role in their radiation treatment decisions leaves cancer patients feeling more satisfied with their care, and may even relieve psychological distress around the experience. ... full story -
What Happens When We Try to Manipulate Our Voice to Attract a Mate? Her Voice Is Hot, His Is Not
Apr. 11, 2014 — Trying to sound sexier? Sorry, guys, it seems you just don't have what it takes. New research suggests that men cannot intentionally make their voices sound more sexy or attractive, while women ... full story -
Facial Selection Technique for Ads Can Increase Buyers by 15 Percent, Study Says
Apr. 11, 2014 — Merely changing the face of a model in an ad increases the number of potential purchasers by as much as 15 percent (8 percent on average), according to a study. The study shows that a technique to ... full story -
How Nerve Cells Flexibly Adapt to Acoustic Signals
Apr. 11, 2014 — Nerve cells flexibly adapt to acoustic signals, research has shown. Depending on the input signal, neurons generate action potentials either near or far away from the cell body. Nerve cells ensure ... full story -
Confirmation of Neurobiological Origin of Attention-Deficit Disorder
Apr. 11, 2014 — The neurobiological origin of attention-deficit disorder (ADD), a syndrome whose causes are poorly understood, has just been confirmed by a study carried out on mice. Researchers have identified a ... full story -
How the Brain Pays Attention: Identifying Regions of the Brain Dealing With Object-Based, Spacial Attention
Apr. 10, 2014 — A brain circuit that's key to shifting our focus from one object to another has been identified by neuroscientists. The new findings suggest that there are two types of attention that have ... full story -
Finding the Target: How Timing Is Critical in Establishing an Olfactory Wiring Map
Apr. 10, 2014 — A developmental window during which olfactory neurons of newborn mice can form a proper wiring map has been identified by researchers. They show that if incorrect neuronal connections are maintained ... full story -
There's No Faking It: Your Sexual Partner Knows If You're Really Satisfied
Apr. 10, 2014 — There is no point faking it in bed because chances are your sexual partner will be able to tell. A study found that men and women are equally perceptive of their partners' levels of sexual ... full story -
Proprioceptive Feedback Helps Rehab Patients Learning to Operate Robotic Prosthetic
Apr. 9, 2014 — Proprioception significantly improved prosthetic control in the absence of vision, new research has shown. When patients are fitted with a robotic prosthetic limb, they gain control over their ... full story -
Processing New Information During Sleep Compromises Memory
Apr. 8, 2014 — New research highlights the important role sleep plays in strengthening and maintaining the accuracy of a memory and hints at why the brain shuts out sensory information during periods of deep sleep. ... full story -
Language Structure: You're Born With It
Apr. 8, 2014 — Humans are unique in their ability to acquire language. But how? A new study shows that we are in fact born with the basic fundamental knowledge of language, thus shedding light on the age-old ... full story -
Logo Color Affects Consumer Emotion Toward Brands, Study Finds
Apr. 8, 2014 — The specific colors used in a company's logo have a significant impact on how that logo, and the brand as a whole, is viewed by consumers, research shows. The study revealed that blue logos ... full story -
Higher Blood Pressure Linked to Lower Tendency to Worry
Apr. 8, 2014 — Blood pressure modulates a person's tendency to worry and can be associated with a "tranquilizing" effect when elevated. This is indicated in a new study that reflects how we can ... full story -
Why Auditory Pitch and Spatial Elevation Get High Together: Shape of Human Ear May Have Evolved to Mirror Acoustics in Natural World
Apr. 8, 2014 — Have you ever wondered why most natural languages invariably use the same spatial attributes -- high versus low -- to describe auditory pitch? Or why, throughout the history of musical notation, high ... full story -
Patients With Paraplegia Regain Voluntary Movement After Spinal Stimulation
Apr. 8, 2014 — Four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles as a result of a novel therapy involving electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, according to a new study. All ... full storyMore: -
Faster Eye Responses in Chinese People Not Down to Culture, Study Suggests
Apr. 7, 2014 — New research has cast doubt on the theory that neurological behavior is a product of culture in people of Chinese origin. Scientists tested three groups -- students from mainland China, British ... full story
- Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
- Neuroscientists disprove important idea about brain-eye coordination
- New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
- What happens when we try to manipulate our voice to attract a mate? Her voice is hot, his is not
- Facial selection technique for ads can increase buyers by 15 percent, study says
- How nerve cells flexibly adapt to acoustic signals
- Confirmation of neurobiological origin of attention-deficit disorder
- How the brain pays attention: Identifying regions of the brain dealing with object-based, spacial attention
- Finding the target: How timing is critical in establishing an olfactory wiring map
- There's no faking it: Your sexual partner knows if you're really satisfied
- Processing new information during sleep compromises memory
- Language structure: You're born with it
- Logo color affects consumer emotion toward brands, study finds
- Higher blood pressure linked to lower tendency to worry
- Why auditory pitch and spatial elevation get high together: Shape of human ear may have evolved to mirror acoustics in natural world
- Patients with paraplegia regain voluntary movement after spinal stimulation
- Faster eye responses in Chinese people not down to culture, study suggests
- Deep brain stimulation may improve cognition in dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases
- Movies synchronize brains: Brain activity patterns show remarkable similarities across different people
- Online survey reveals new epidemic of sleeplessness in Britain
- Smoking may dull obese women’s ability to taste fat, sugar
- Women do not apply to 'male-sounding' job postings
- Noisy brain signals: How schizophrenic brain misinterprets the world
- Infants are sensitive to pleasant touch
- Pigeons share our ability to place everyday things in categories
- New test makes Parkinson's-like disorder of middle age detectable in young adulthood
- Attention changes in the course of a dog's life mirror those of humans
- Weaker gut instinct makes teens open to risky behavior
- Computer maps 21 distinct emotional expressions -- even 'happily disgusted'
- EEG study shows how brain infers structure, rules when learning
- Smokers' bitter taste buds may be on the fritz
- Rates of blindness and partial sight have plummeted in developed world
- Fundamentals of facial recognition: Specialized brain mechanisms for recognizing faces?
- From mouse ears to human's? Gene therapy to address progressive hearing loss
- New bodily illusion: Would you believe your hand could turn into marble?
- Humans can distinguish at least one trillion different odors
- What singing fruit flies can tell us about quick decisions
- Computers see through faked expressions of pain better than people
- Cognitive function and oral perception in independently-living octogenarians
- School hearing tests do not detect noise exposure hearing loss
- App developed to measure emotional intelligence
- Eyes are windows to the soul -- and evolution
- Potential Use Of MRI Magnetic Fields to Diagnose, Treat Balance Disorders, Dizziness
- Social feedback loop aids language development
- Family 'taxi' might be ideal place to develop child's interest in music
- Study describes first maps of neural activity in behaving zebrafish
- Physical activity, occasional drinking found to be associated with decrease in vision impairment risk
- Nanopores underlie our ability to tune in to a single voice: Inner-ear membrane uses tiny pores to mechanically separate sounds
- Suppressing unwanted memories reduces their unconscious influence on behavior
- Only one fifth of people with hearing problems wear a hearing aid
- Rats' brains may 'remember' odor experienced while under general anesthesia, study suggests
- Emotion detectors could make driving safer
- New stroke research combines brain stimulation, gait training
- These boosts are made for walkin': Visual system amplifier directly activated by locomotion
- We must forget to avoid serious mental disorders, and forgetting is actively regulated
- Human brains 'hard-wired' to link what we see with what we do
- A brain signal for psychosis risk
- Outside the body our memories fail us
- How light affects our brain's performance: Photic memory for executive brain responses
- Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns: Before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to conversations
- Areas of the brain process read and heard language differently
- Computer science students help singers learn their vowels
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Some people really just don't like music
- Learning how to listen with neurofeedback
- Brain circuits multitask to detect, discriminate the outside world
- Determination might be a very human expression
- What bat brains might tell us about human brains
- Off with your glasses: Visual crowding linked to retina, brain processing
- New evidence confirms link between IQ, brain cortex
- Motion-sensing cells in eye let brain 'know' about directional changes
- Muscle-controlling neurons know when they mess up, according to research
- New therapy helps improve audio, visual perception in stroke patients
- Tears and fears: How do emotions change our political attitudes?
- World-class orchestras judged by sight not sound
- Internal logic: Eight distinct subnetworks in mouse cerebral cortex
- Mouse brain atlas maps neural networks to reveal how brain regions interact
- Our memory for sounds is significantly worse than our memory for visual or tactile things
- Research maze puts images on floor, where rodents look
- Photopharmacology: Optoswitches turn pain off and sight on
- Language of love: Matching conjunctions, pronouns could spell a match better than good looks and fast cars
- Does your iPod make you socially isolated? Study suggests it might
- Stereotactic radio surgery procedure comes to New Mexico
- New research helps explain how social understanding is performed by the brain
- Pointing is infants' first communicative gesture
- Stimulation glove for stroke patients helps improve tactile perception, motor function
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