News tagged with nature reviews neuroscience
Brain scans could be marketing tool of the future
Using advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Review provides new insights into the causes of anorexia
New imaging technology provides insight into abnormalities in the brain circuitry of patients with anorexia nervosa (commonly known as anorexia) that may contribute to the puzzling symptoms found in people with the eating ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 21, 2009 |
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8 hours -- or else
Americans are sleeping less than ever, according to a new National Sleep Foundation poll. Some people are losing sleep because of the economy. Some are staying up too late and getting up too early. Some have disorders such ...
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Study finds statistical error in large numbers of neuroscience papers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sander Nieuwenhuis and his associates from the Netherlands have done a study on one particular type of statistical error that apparently crops up in an inordinately large number of papers published in neuroscience ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Physicist builds advanced microscope
Stephanie Meyer, a physicist specializing in optics, is bringing new capabilities to the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus by building an advanced, super resolution microscope able to see some of the innermost ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Searching the brain for social networks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people tend to make inappropriate comments in social situations? Why do some people misread cues about how others feel about them?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2011 |
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'Bilingual' neurons may reveal the secrets of brain disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the University of Montreal and McGill University have discovered a type of "cellular bilingualism" – a phenomenon that allows a single neuron to use two different ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Society for Neuroscience to create BrainFacts.org
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has been awarded $1.53 million in funding over six years to create and maintain BrainFacts.org, a unique nonprofit online source for authoritative public information about the progress and pr ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Uncovering the neurobiological basis of general anesthesia
The use of general anesthesia is a routine part of surgical operations at hospitals and medical facilities around the world, but the precise biological mechanisms that underlie anesthetic drugs' effects on the brain and the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 30, 2010 |
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The unhealthy ego: What can neuroscience tell us about our 'self'?
With Election Day right around the corner, political egos are on full display. One might even think that possessing a "big ego" is a prerequisite for success in politics, or in any position of leadership. High achievers–CEO's, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Research brings cure for Parkinson's disease a step closer
An international collaboration led by academics at the University of Sheffield, has shed new light into Parkinson's disease, which could help with the development of cures or treatments in the future.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Is anxiety contagious? Surprising research finds common stress levels in social groups
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anxiety, or the reaction to a perceived danger, is a response that differs from one animal or human to another -- or so scientists thought. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are challenging ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Liver defect likely cause of DHA deficiency in Alzheimer's patients
UC Irvine researchers have discovered that markedly depleted amounts of an omega-3 fatty acid in brain tissue samples from Alzheimer's patients may be due to the liver's inability to produce the complex fat, also contained ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 08, 2010 |
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