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• Perception
  Diseases and Conditions
  Hearing Loss
  Hearing Impairment
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Physiologists Investigate The Role Of Perception In Motion Sickness

  The cause of motion sickness is being investigated by a researcher with a new idea: that the cause is movement, not perceptual differences. A series of motion-sickness-inducing tests shows that those ... > more
• Epilepsy
  Epilepsy Research
  Medical Technology
  Neuroscience
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Brain Tumor
   
  

  Neurologists Use New Brain Scanning Device To Better Control Seizures

  Doctors are now using a new kind of brain scan called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which measures brain activity in real time. In some cases, MEG can pinpoint the source of an epileptic seizure much ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Fish
  Sea Life
  Genes
  Parkinson's
  Breast Cancer
   
  

  Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility

  Researchers are using the sea urchins to study and understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. Although they are invertebrates, the creatures ... > more
• Medical Technology
  Today's Healthcare
  Computer Science
  Medical Imaging
  Kidney Disease
  Technology
   
  

  Computer Scientists Devise Tool For Visualizing Single Organs

  With MRI or CT scans, clinicians have to identify and extract the anatomy out of cross-sections views of the body. Computer scientists have created a new interactive tool that can examine scans and ... > more
• Hearing Impairment
  Hearing Loss
  Tinnitus
  Disability
  Perception
  Acoustics
   
  

  Cochlear Implants Work Better If Done On Both Ears

  Unlike other acoustical devices such as hearing aids, which just amplify sounds, cochlear implants mimic what happens inside the ear, changing sound waves into electrical signals sent to the brain. ... > more
• Perception
  Medical Technology
  Intelligence
  Medical Imaging
  Psychology
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  MRIs Peek into the Brains of Synesthesia Patients

  Cognitive neuroscientists have now documented hundreds of cases of synesthesia -- the condition in which one sense triggers the response of a different one. Using functional magnetic resonance ... > more
• ADD and ADHD
  Intelligence
  Mental Health
  Memory
  Nature of Water
  Perception
   
  

  Doppler Sonography Helps Psychologists Measure Attention Levels

  Psychologists are finding out that even when people try to focus on a task they tend to lose concentration within 40 minutes, and sometimes as little as 10 minutes. The studies are based on a new ... > more
• Intelligence
  Psychology
  Perception
  Nutrition Research
  Behavior
  Consumer Behavior
   
  

  Psychologists Link Hitting Skills to Vision

  Cognitive psychologists have discovered that baseball skills correlate with how a player sees the ball: Athletes who see the ball bigger than it is tend to perform better. In the experiments, ... > more
• Virtual Environment
  Educational Psychology
  Transportation Science
  Disability
  Teen Health
  Diet and Weight Loss
   
  

  Simulating Impaired Reflexes Teaches Effects of Drunk Driving

  Health educators can now give students a realistic taste of the perils of drunk driving, using a DUI simulator. Special go-carts delay the reaction of the brake and gas pedals and exaggerate the ... > more
• Perception
  Nutrition Research
  Organic
  Dogs
  Opium
  Genetics
   
  

  Exhibit Delves into Science of Taste and Smell

  An exhibit at San Francisco's Exploratorium explains the science of cooking and eating, and in particular how we taste food. Our sense of taste comes from a combination of smell receptors in the nose ... > more

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