New research comparing music conductors and non-musicians shows that both the conductors and the non-musicians “tuned out” their visual sense while performing a difficult hearing task. As the task became harder, however, ...
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Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy might actually be “seizure-protective,” said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature Ne ...
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University of Manchester researchers have identified a genetic variant in a region on chromosome 6 that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting 387,000 people in the ...
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Despite previous research suggesting that older adults are more distractible, new research shows they are no more distractible than younger adults when asked to focus their attention on their sense of sight or sound, or when ...
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College students who drink alcohol mixed with so-called “energy” drinks are at dramatically higher risk for injury and other alcohol-related consequences, compared to students who drink alcohol without energy drinks, ...
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An international team of scientists today announced the results of a systematic effort to map the genetic changes underlying lung cancer, the world’s leading cause of cancer deaths. Appearing in the November 4 advance online ...
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The British Trust for Ornithology has begun collecting data from thousands of volunteers for a new atlas of the birds of the British Isles.
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U.S. researchers say warmer water and higher wind speeds have contributed to Lake Superior's near record low-water levels.
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