News tagged with false
New insights into how to correct false knowledge
The abundance of false information available on the Internet, in movies and on TV has created a big challenge for educators.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Forget your previous conceptions about memory
Memory difficulties such as those seen in dementia may arise because the brain forms incomplete memories that are more easily confused, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. The findings are published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Battle brewing over control of personal data online
Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Facebook Inc. and other Internet companies have made billions of dollars tracking people's online movements and using that data to target advertising based on their prediction of what a person might ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential electi ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2009 |
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CIA's 'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques Were Counterproductive
(PhysOrg.com) -- The author of a new report suggests the belief that harsh interrogation and torture techniques are effective is a form of folk neuroscience that is not supported by scientific evidence, and does not fit with ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Sydney study finds false memories are common
Memories can't be trusted and become contaminated when people discuss their memories of an event with others, according to a University of Sydney study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 09, 2010 |
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False memories of self-performance result from watching others' actions
Did I turn off the stove, or did I just imagine it? Memory isn't always reliable. Psychological scientists have discovered all sorts of ways that false memories get created, and now there's another one for the list: watching ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2010 |
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You can't trust a tortured brain: Neuroscience discredits coercive interrogation
According to a new review of neuroscientific research, coercive interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration to extract information from terrorist suspects are likely to have been unsuccessful and may have ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Forget everything you thought you knew about memory
Research may shed light on why dementia sufferers have memory difficulties.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Bad mood, better recall, researchers find
People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2009 |
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Wikipedia testing new method to curb false info
(AP) -- Wikipedia says it is testing a new method for curbing false information on pages devoted to individual people.
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Adult's gestures may prompt wrong answers from children during interviews
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who interview young children for criminal investigations and other inquiries could elicit false information through their own gestures, particularly if the child is inarticulate, research at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 04, 2010 |
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Online news portals get credibility boost from trusted sources
People who read news on the web tend to trust the gate even if there is no gatekeeper, according to Penn State researchers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Adults recall negative events less accurately than children
(PhysOrg.com) -- Emotions -- particularly those provoked by negative events -- can cause distorted, inaccurate memories, but less often in children than in adults, according to a new Cornell study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 21, 2010 |
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False killer whales use acoustic squint to target prey
Hunting in the ocean's murky depths, vision is of little use, so toothed whales and dolphins (odontocetes) rely on echolocation to locate tasty morsels with incredible precision. Laura Kloepper from the University of Hawaii ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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