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• Auditory brainstem implant: Hearing experts break sound barrier for children born without hearing nerve

  13-02-2015 20:50
  
  Medical researchers are breaking sound barriers for children born without a hearing nerve. Hearing loss manifests in various forms, most of which can be partially restored through hearing aids and cochlear implants. Those devices cannot help a small population of individuals who do not have a cochlear, or hearing, nerve -- these people are unable to perceive sound, no matter how loud, outside of feeling vibration. The ABI is considered revolutionary because it stimulates neurons directly at the
  
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• The truth about romantic love

  13-02-2015 20:42 via wsj.com
  
  There is a difference between love in popular culture and the more sober picture of romantic love in high art.
  
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• Type 2 diabetes linked to worse performance on cognitive testing

  13-02-2015 17:23
  Type 2 diabetes is associated with worse performance on cognitive tests measuring abilities involved in the control of emotions, behaviors and thought, says a new study.
  
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• Why it's (still) okay to sleep with your teddy

  13-02-2015 16:05
  
  What do children really think about their special teddies and what does it reveal about them as adults? My teddy is called Mr. T. He is scarred from my childhood voyages—bald patches from sparks in the copper mines of Papua New Guinea, an unravelling nose from being pecked by a giant parrot in Bali, a slight crustiness from having been dropped off a boat in the Spice Islands. On each of those adventures I was only slightly bigger than he was but insisted on bringing him everywhere. Nobody real
  
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• Would you pay for a little peace and quiet?

  13-02-2015 16:00
  
  What does it say about the world that there’s money to be made in giving people a few minutes to hear themselves think?On the worst kind of New York day – soon after heavy snow, when everything’s covered in a slurry of mud, slush and litter – I stepped off a busy street into the lobby of a building I’d not visited before. I gave my name to the doorman, who murmured in recognition, and made my way down a corridor. I typed a code into a keypad and the door of a suite clicked op
  
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• Research defines more behaviors that reveal romantic attraction

  13-02-2015 15:00
  
  If you want to know whether people are flirting with you, look at what they say and do.
  
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• Promising results for new Alzheimer's therapy

  13-02-2015 14:15
  Scientists have evaluated a new Alzheimer’s therapy in which the patients receive an implant that stimulates the growth of a certain type of nerve cell. The results suggest that the introduction of a nerve growth factor can prevent neuronal degradation in Alzheimer’s patients.
  
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• Friday the 13th: why is it ‘unlucky’? | Dean Burnett

  13-02-2015 13:02
  
  Today is Friday the 13th. Again. Cultures all over the world consider this an unlucky date, despite the fact that there’s no logical or scientific reason to support this notion. So why do people believe Friday the 13th is unlucky? And why won’t this notion go away?Today is Friday the 13th. That’s bad luck for a February, what with it having fewer days as it is, but it’s not the first time this has happened and it won’t be the last. There are three Friday the 13ths occurring this year.
  
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• Depression: a barrier to communication in couples?

  13-02-2015 12:00
  
  A massive 6.7% of the US population are affected by depressive disorders. As well as pessimism, irritability, pain and exhaustion, depression is also proven to affect communication and ability to...
  
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• Will your partner stay or stray?

  13-02-2015 11:00
  
  Both men and women may be genetically inclined to be either promiscuous or faithful according to new research from Northumbria and Oxford Universities.
  
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• Instructional DVD reduces MRI scan patients' anxiety and improves scan quality

  13-02-2015 11:00
  
  A DVD designed to help people prepare for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan, including guidance on how to relax, led to more successful scans.
  
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• Depression and anxiety may be the first manifestations of a medical disease

  13-02-2015 11:00
  
  In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Fiammetta Cosci and other italian investigators have analyzed the data available on depression and anxiety as early manifestations of...
  
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• Can dignity affect survival of terminally ill patients?

  13-02-2015 11:00
  
  A report in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by a group of Portoguese investigators headed by Antonio Barbosa applies a new psychotherapeutic approach, dignity therapy, to...
  
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• Limiting social isolation improves stroke outcomes in aged mice

  13-02-2015 10:00
  
  Housing aged mice in pairs enhances their recovery after stroke, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2015.
  
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• UH Psychology Professor Wins Prestigious Research Prize

  13-02-2015 09:00 via pr.com
  Arturo Hernandez Receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award [PR.com]
  
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• Review finds 'significant link' between cannabis use and onset of mania symptoms

  13-02-2015 09:00
  
  Researchers from the University of Warwick have found evidence to suggest a significant relationship between cannabis use and the onset and exacerbation of mania symptoms.
  
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• Babies can identify complex social situations and react accordingly

  13-02-2015 09:00
  Scientists suggest 13-month-olds use their understanding about others' perspectives and social evaluation skills to make sense of social interactionsIn the study, Luo and Choi manipulated...
  
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• How mindfulness training affects health

  13-02-2015 00:35
  Over the past decade, there have been many encouraging findings suggesting that mindfulness training can improve a broad range of mental and physical health problems. Yet, exactly how mindfulness positively impacts health is not clear. Researchers have developed a model suggesting that mindfulness influences health via stress reduction pathways.
  
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