News tagged with movement
Researchers find cells move in mysterious ways (w/ Video)
Our cells are more like us than we may think. They're sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether ...
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Why England's soccer team keeps losing on penalties
A new study may explain why the England soccer team keeps losing in penalty shootouts - and could help the team address the problem in time for the World Cup 2010. Research by the University of Exeter shows ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Charles Darwin: More than the origin
Although Charles Darwin is most well-known for his book On the Origin of Species, in which he described the process of natural selection, he greatly contributed to many specific fields within biology. As ...
Dec 09, 2009 |
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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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Study shows new brain connections form rapidly during motor learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- New connections begin to form between brain cells almost immediately as animals learn a new task, according to a study published this week in Nature. Led by researchers at the University of Cal ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 29, 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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Dreams may have an important physiological function
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dreams have long been assumed to have psychological functions such as consolidating emotional memories and processing experiences or problems, but according to a Harvard psychiatrist and sleep ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Scientist develops lab machine to study glacial sliding related to rising sea levels
Neal Iverson opened his laboratory's walk-in freezer and said the one-of-a-kind machine inside could help scientists understand how glaciers slide across their beds. And that could help researchers predict ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Well-traveled wasps provide hope for vanishing species
They may only be 1.5mm in size, but the tiny wasps that pollinate fig trees can travel over 160km in less than 48 hours, according to research from scientists at the University of Leeds. The fig wasps are transporting ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Research shows Tai Chi exercise reduces knee osteoarthritis pain in the elderly
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who engage in regular Tai Chi exercise improve physical function and experience less pain. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 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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Watching me, watching you
(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Leg movement training in preterm infants demonstrates positive changes in motor skills
Preterm infants who receive leg movement training display feet-reaching behaviors similar to that of full-term infants, according to a randomized controlled trial reported in the October issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the sc ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Cheap, quick bedside 'eye movement' exam outperforms MRI for diagnosing stroke in patients
In a small "proof of principle" study, stroke researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better than an MRI to distinguish ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Eye Movements May Help Detect Autism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents will attest that infants convey their needs and interests in a variety of ways, many times without ever making a sound. For researchers in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 14, 2009 |
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