Archive: 12/16/2008
Old and young brains rely on different systems to remember emotional content
Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 16, 2008 |
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People with blindness from cataract are poorer than those with normal sight
A new study conducted in three developing countries—Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh—finds that people with cataract-induced visual impairment are more likely to live in poverty than those with normal sight. The study ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 16, 2008 |
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The 'Dirty War Index:' A new tool to identify rates of prohibited or undesirable war outcomes
Researchers in this week's PLoS Medicine present a new tool called the "Dirty War Index (DWI)" based on the laws of war, a tool which identifies rates of prohibited or highly undesirable ("dirty") war outcomes, such as tor ...
Dec 16, 2008 |
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