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• Hearing Impairment
  Hearing Loss
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  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
• Aviation
  Vehicles
  Intelligence
  Sleep Disorders
  Insomnia
  Fossil Fuels
   
  

  New Jetliner Technology Emphasizes Human Factors

  The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be the first of a new generation of commercial aircraft provided with a number of new technologies to increase comfort and reduce jet-lag. Human-factors engineers ... > 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
• Perception
  Memory
  Virtual Reality
  Optics
  Virtual Environment
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Vision Researchers Test Theory on Visual Orientation

  Vision researchers suspect that people who do not need maps to find their way may be remembering visual landmarks. To test this theory, the scientists are having volunteers navigate through a virtual ... > more
• Arthritis
  Consumer Behavior
  Electronics
  Technology
  Engineering
  HIV and AIDS
   
  

  Human-Factors Engineers Focus on User-Friendliness

  Human-factors engineers -- whose training includes psychology -- specialize in testing products for usability, for example checking whether a copying machine's legs get in the way, or measuring how ... > more
• Personalized Medicine
  Today's Healthcare
  Pharmacology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Medical Technology
  HIV and AIDS
   
  

  Psychiatrists Can Now Predict An Individual Patient's Response To A Drug

  The first in a new generation of gene microarrays, computer chips that chemically or electrically express DNA, can predict how a person's body will metabolize about 25 percent of drugs on the market, ... > 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
• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Dementia
  Healthy Aging
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Neurologists, Imaging Scientists Use Medical Physics to Spot Disease in Blood Vessels

  A new brain-imaging method allows physicians to diagnose Alzheimer's before its onset. A radioactive dye is injected in the blood and travels to the brain, where it attaches to plaque deposits of ... > more

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