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Memory Function Varies After Damage To Key Area Of The Brain
Scientists have discovered dramatic differences in the memory performance of patients with damage to the hippocampus, an area of the human brain key to memory.
Seeing Red -- In The Number 7
Hypnosis can induce synaesthetic experiences -- where one sense triggers the involuntary use of another according to a new study in Psychological Science.
UK Teen Suicide Rates On The Decline
Suicide rates in those aged 10-19 in the UK declined by 28 percent in the seven year period from 1997-2003, shows a study recently published in the Journal of Child...
Photo Safeguards Confidential Information
These days you can take a photograph with almost every mobile phone. However, using this sort of photo to protect confidential data and send it safely is something new. Scientists...
Interview: Richard Dawkins - 'People say I'm strident'
One evening in 2006, at a colleague's house, I met a friend of her teenage daughter. He was intellectually curious, and obviously bright - but implacably loyal to his parents'...
Seeing a brain as it learns to see
A brain isn't born fully organized. It builds its abilities through experience, making physical connections between neurons and organizing circuits to store and retrieve information in milliseconds for years afterwards.
Turtle Doves Commit Adultery
A biologist has shown that bastard doves can fend for themselves. Despite having a strange coo, hybrid offspring are still able to defend their territory. This is necessary for further...
Different Psychosocial Factors Predict Adoption, Maintenance Of Physical Activity Program
A new study offers some new insight into the role of social and environmental influences on physical activity behaviors.
Effective Anti-tobacco Ads Should Either Scare Or Disgust Viewers, Study Reveals
Researchers examined the effects of two types of content commonly used in anti-tobacco ads -- tobacco health threats that evoke fear and disturbing or disgusting images. The researchers found that...
Been There, Done That: Brain Mechanism Predicts Ability To Generalize
A new study reveals how the brain can connect discrete but overlapping experiences to provide a rich integrated history that extends far beyond individually experienced events and may help to...
Murray Darling faces economic crisis
Communities of the Murray Darling Region are facing serious social and economic difficulties as a result of the drought, a new report has revealed.
Tech To Snoop On Texting, Cell Phone Calls
CNET's Natali Del Conte filled in viewers on TechGuard, which is geared to parents seeking to monitor their kids, and enables blocking, and on Loopt, which enables parents to track...
Food That "Fools You" Into Losing Weight
Want to lose weight? Try eating. That's one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.
US scientists 'erase mice memory'
US scientists say they have erased memories from mice, raising hopes the technique could help humans overcome traumatic events.
High-dose hormone treatment might reduce risk for PTSD
Cortisol helps our bodies cope with stress, but what about its effects on the brain? A new study by Cohen and colleagues, appearing in the October 15th issue of Biological...
USC to train social workers to deal with military families
The new program is being launched in response to a growing demand among service members for mental health care as well as a rising suicide rate. ...
Robots and sensors to help elderly stay independent
Someday soon, older adults may not need to move into nursing homes because they'll have a household of technological wonders to keep an eye on them when they become frail.
Show and Tell: Professor Works to Inspire School Children from His Hometown
In his native Newark, N.J., Joseph Freeman, director of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Laboratory at Virginia Tech, has been working with Diana Freeman, his mother and a science teacher at...
Could brain abnormality predict drug addiction?
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are to use MRI technology to discover whether abnormalities in the decision-making part of the brain could make some people more likely to become...
Investment rekindles interest in science
Upturn in England’s student science demand sees £350 million plan heralded a success
On Health Plans, the Numbers Fly
Senators Barack Obama and John McCain often cite rough estimates when talking about their health care plans.
Andrew Brown: research shows how naturally we believe in ghosts
Is superstition, or supernaturalism, something that children have to be taught?
Indian government accused of 'gaps' in GM trial regulation
The Indian government has come under fire over alleged flaws in regulating trials on genetically modified crops.
Gaming fixation could be linked to Ont. boy's disappearance: parents
The parents of an Ontario boy who has been missing for over a week said Tuesday they believe their son's obsession with a video game had something to do with...
Saturday Interview: A Plan to Improve Health Care and Limit Costs
Scott Serota, president and chief executive of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, recently discussed its new goals.
Obama Attacks McCain on Health Care and Medicare, in Some Ways Inaccurately
A new advertisement mischaracterizes John McCain’s Medicare plan by stitching together vague language from a news report with calculations by a partisan policy group.
Reaching an Autistic Teenager
A school in Georgia believes that it’s not too late for boys like Sam Gross to make emotional connections. All you need is a lot of energy and, sometimes, a...
Experts call for campaign to boost nation's mental health
A "five-a-day"-style campaign to boost the mental health of the nation is needed to