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·September 9, 2021·6 min read

Eyeglasses for School Kids Boosts Academic Performance

Providing free or low-cost vision care and eyeglasses to children helped improve academic performance and behavior, researchers report.

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·August 16, 2021·5 min read

Blind People Can’t See Color but Understand It the Same Way as Sighted People

Findings upend the long-standing belief that blind people lack deep knowledge of visual phenomena.

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·July 14, 2021·5 min read

Mini-Brain Study Shows How Environmental Risk Factors Can Amplify Genetic Risks for Autism

Using human stem cells to develop a brain organoid model, researchers were able to show exposure to a common pesticide synergizes with an autism-linked gene mutation. The study provides clear evidence that genetics and environment may combine to disrupt neurodevelopment.

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·July 8, 2021·3 min read

Brain Mechanism That Automatically Links Objects in Our Minds Identified

Combining machine learning with neuroimaging data, researchers identified a brain region that appears to govern contextual associations.

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·July 8, 2021·5 min read

Handwriting Beats Typing and Watching Videos for Learning to Read

Adults learning to read a novel language can better cement their lessons with handwriting, a new study reports. Writing by hand reinforces both aural and visual learning, providing a perceptual-motor experience that unifies what is being learned about the letters.

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·October 4, 2020·4 min read

Babies’ Random Choices Become Their Preferences

Study reveals our assumptions about choice may be wrong. Findings suggest we like things because we choose them, not the other way around.

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·June 22, 2020·4 min read

A man who can’t see numbers provides new insight into awareness

The study of a man with a neurodegenerative disease that has robbed his ability to see certain numbers sheds light on how the brain processes information without any visual awareness of the stimuli.

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·June 8, 2020·4 min read

‘Philosophy experiment’ tests our ability to see the world as it is

Study provides an answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether people can see the world objectively. In terms of visual perception, the answer is no.

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·May 12, 2020·4 min read

What we can’t see can help us find things

To spot a missing item, people are 20% faster at locating what they are looking for if they factor in latent physical traits, like hardness or softness.

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·April 30, 2020·5 min read

Persistent and worsening insomnia may predict persistent depression in older adults

Older people who experience a worsening in insomnia symptoms are thirty times more likely to be diagnosed with major depression than those whose sleep patterns improved.

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·March 24, 2020·3 min read

COVID-19: Now is not the time to ease social distancing measures

Despite talk of re-opening the country to boost the economy, public health officials are urging the public to remain at home and socially distance to slow the spread of COVID-19. They warn that if we don't, the spread will get worse, and death rates will rise.

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·March 15, 2020·3 min read

Antibodies from COVID-19 survivors could be used to treat patients and protect those at risk

Johns Hopkins University researchers propose using antibodies from the plasma or serum of those who have recovered from COVID-19 to help boost the immunity of newly infected patients and for those at risk of contracting the disease. Researchers say the antibodies may bind to and neutralize SARS-CoV-2. The technique has been proven successful in prior outbreaks, including the SARS epidemic and the 1918 flu pandemic.

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Johns Hopkins University

Eyeglasses for School Kids Boosts Academic Performance

Blind People Can’t See Color but Understand It the Same Way as Sighted People

Mini-Brain Study Shows How Environmental Risk Factors Can Amplify Genetic Risks for Autism

Brain Mechanism That Automatically Links Objects in Our Minds Identified

Handwriting Beats Typing and Watching Videos for Learning to Read

Babies’ Random Choices Become Their Preferences

A man who can’t see numbers provides new insight into awareness

‘Philosophy experiment’ tests our ability to see the world as it is

What we can’t see can help us find things

Persistent and worsening insomnia may predict persistent depression in older adults

Antibodies from COVID-19 survivors could be used to treat patients and protect those at risk

Tinnitus Linked to Auditory Nerve Loss

Enhanced TMS Shows Promise as Depression Treatment

Heartbeat’s Influence on Brain Activity

Reshaping the OCD Brain: How Therapy Alters Neural Connectivity

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