News tagged with body movements
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Hypothermia: Staying Safe in Cold Weather
(PhysOrg.com) -- Frigid weather can pose special risks to older adults. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has some advice for helping older people avoid hypothermia -- when ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology professors look at movement to study communication and cognition.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Current cigarette smokers at increased risk of seizures
A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School also found that long-term, ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Neuroscientist's discovery of new uses for old drug leads to patents, innovation award
University of South Florida neuroscientist R. Douglas Shytle's discovery of successful new clinical uses for mecamylamine, a drug once used to treat hypertension, has led to several issued patents on mecamylamine ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Speech Machine May Help Kids With Cerebral Palsy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research laboratory at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders is for the first time investigating speech movements in children with cerebral palsy, and the researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Autism study finds visual processing 'hinders ability' to read body language
The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Knee injuries may start with strain on the brain, not the muscles (w/ Podcast)
New research shows that training your brain may be just as effective as training your muscles in preventing ACL knee injuries, and suggests a shift from performance-based to prevention-based athletic training programs.
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Body movements can influence problem solving (w/Videos)
Swinging their arms helped participants in a new study solve a problem whose solution involved swinging strings, researchers report, demonstrating that the brain can use bodily cues to help understand and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 12, 2009 |
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