Psychology & Psychiatry
Why attention spans seem to be shrinking and what we can do about it
No, the average human attention span is not shorter than a goldfish's.
Jan 24, 2024
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Genetics
Team explores role of 'stimulator of interferon genes' in body's innate immune system
When pathogens attack the body, the innate immune system goes to work protecting against the invading disease. The innate immune system is the first line of defense. It detects precisely what the virus or bacteria is and ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Neuroscience
Re-frame of mind: Do our brains have a built-in sense of grammar?
For centuries, a prevailing theory in philosophy has asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate. More recently, the same notion has also held sway in the field of neurobiology, where it is commonly held that neural ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Health informatics
Team develops new population risk prediction model for likelihood of ICU admission and survival
A significant obstacle to improving care and outcomes for intensive care unit (ICU) patients is the unexpected nature of becoming seriously ill. Which groups of patients are likely to become severely ill, and will they survive ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Colon cancer screenings are more effective than previously understood: Study
Screening for colon cancer reduces cancer rates by substantially more than previous analyses of randomized trials suggest, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist that takes a new look at data from five trials.
Dec 19, 2023
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Medical research
Psychedelic drugs: Follow the money as investors seek to replace Prozac, Zoloft and other drugs
The golden road to pharmaceutical riches can quickly become a rocky wilderness trail. Chemical compounds that hit a target in the lab often fall short in human studies.
Dec 13, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Digital camera and AI algorithm can now detect facial palsy
Computer scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool using artificial intelligence and a digital camera to detect facial palsy with 98% accuracy, including the patient's gender and age.
Nov 30, 2023
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Cardiology
Measuring long-term heart stress dynamics with smartwatch data
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method using data from wearable devices such as smartwatches to digitally mimic an entire week's worth of an individual's heartbeats. The previous record covered only ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Blinking on a quiz show offers clues to human response under stress
Quiz shows, where contestants answer rapid-fire questions in a high-stress, high-stakes environment, are an integral part of TV programming—and now they are demonstrating that they have research value.
Nov 16, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study unveils similarities between the auditory pathway and deep learning models for processing speech
The human auditory pathway is a highly sophisticated biological system that includes both physical structures and brain regions specialized in the perception and processing of sounds. The sounds that humans pick up through ...
