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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...
Drug-related Preference In Cocaine Addiction Extends To Images
When given a choice between viewing pictures of cocaine and a variety of other images, cocaine addicted individuals, as compared to healthy, non-addicted research subjects, show a clear preference for...
Researchers find link between nicotine addiction and autism
Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used...
Predicting the future for patients with severe traumatic brain injury
'How will our loved one come out of this?' After an accident that results in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), the answer to this simple question can change everything for...
'Super' aged brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age
Maybe you have an 85-year-old grandfather who still whips through the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning or a 94-year-old aunt who never forgets a name or a face. They don't...
Early warning signs of Alzheimer's disease
Where are the keys? What did I go into the kitchen for? Should I be worrying about my -- you know, that thing, memory? Or is this just what happens...
Novel imaging technique reveals brain abnormalities that may play key role in ADHD
A study published today in the online advance edition of The American Journal of Psychiatry for the first time reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD, which...
Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses
A research paper, by Dr Stuart Fraser of Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, has found that many Ethnic Minority owned Businesses (EMBs) in the UK struggle to...
No honeymoon replays: People don't want to taint special memories
That unforgettable honeymoon has a special place in your memory -- so specialthat you might be reluctant to try to repeat it. A new study in the Journal ofConsumer Research...
Effective global regulation
Government ownership of banks - something unthinkable until very recently for the 'Anglo-Saxon' model of capitalism -- became a reality early in 2008. This was a policy response...
CNET: Tech Frustration By Gender, Age
When faced with a technology breakdown, levels of optimism and frustration vary depending on age and gender, according to a new study.
A Cascade of Influences Shaping Violent Teens
Neither genetic nor environmental factors alone fully explain why some children become aggressive, according to a new study.
Interview: Fired up about fungi
Russell Cox discusses his fiery introduction to chemistry and his work on polyketide biosynthesis
Court orders overbilling doctor to repay N.B. government
The New Brunswick government has scored its first legal victory in forcing a doctor to repay overbilled money to the medicare system.
British Science Minister Claims Sixth Sense
Lord Drayson apparently thinks he can foresee the future.
Classical music: Elgar helps calm zoo elephants
The rousing, patriotic sweep of Elgar's Nimrod, the mournful tones of Nessun Dorma and the urgent eight-note allegro con brio opening to Beethoven's fifth – they have all been helping...
Gadget survey finds many bugs can't be fixed
(AP) -- Gadget makers love to sell us on all the things their devices can do, whether it's letting us chat with distant friends at any time or watch...
Janet B. Hardy dies at 92; doctor led study of young mothers and their babies
Dr. Janet B. Hardy, a Johns Hopkins University pediatrics professor who led a pioneering study of mothers and children that provided a wealth of information on teen pregnancy, medical concerns...
Seniors wield canes for better health
Nifty After Fifty gyms teach how to use walking sticks for fitness and self-defense. ...
Older adults' sexual desires don't have to fade
New studies on the sex lives of 57- to 85-year-old Americans find that such activity doesn't have to fade with age, but it helps to stay healthy and positive. ...
Obama seen likely to renew funds for birth control clinics
Among a slew of executive orders Barack Obama is said to be drafting, observers believe one may lift a ban on US funding for overseas family planning groups that even...
Tim Adams reviews some of the most influential social psychology books
2000: The Tipping PointMalcolm Gladwell
Invisible bear makes cyclists safer in London
A video clip featuring an 'invisible' moonwalking bear that has stealthily grown to be an internet hit has been revealed as a
Nick Cohen: Darwin's no help on the origins of greed
The posters outside the Natural History museum's Darwin exhibition have a wary feel. They show the old boy shushing at the passers-by with a forefinger over his lips and a...
Deaths uncounted in China's tainted milk scandal
LITI VILLAGE, China (AP) -- Li Xiaokai died of kidney failure on the old wooden bed in the family farmhouse, just before dawn on a drizzly...
Can Blu-ray save Christmas for Hollywood?
(AP) -- Movie studio executives on Friday presented the best-case scenario for a winter holiday surge in the purchase of high-definition Blu-ray players as their best hope to keep...
Bad Health and a Thief Put a Woman in Crisis
Lucy Rodriguez was left with no cash, no MetroCard and no way to renew her prescriptions after a mugger robbed her of her Social Security check and identification.
VIDEO: "Robo Legs" Unveiled
New "robo legs" make walking and climbing stairs easier. "I felt like I had springs in my legs," said a reporter who had tested the high-tech apparatus.