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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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·March 9, 2020·5 min read

5.1 days incubation period for COVID-19

Researchers report the median time from exposure to symptoms for the COVID-19 virus is 5.1 days. 97.5% of people who develop symptoms of coronavirus will do so within 11.5 days of exposure. For every 10,000 people quarantined for 14 days, an estimated 101 would develop symptoms after release.

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·February 21, 2020·5 min read

Antidepressant harms baby neurons in lab-grown ‘mini-brains’

Using a mini-brain model, researchers report the popular SSRI antidepressant Paroxetine can induce brain cell developmental abnormalities that could lead to adverse effects in children.

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·October 25, 2019·3 min read

Babies understand counting years earlier than believed

Counting directs an infant's attention to numerical aspects of their environment, proving they recognize counting as numerically relevant years before acquiring the meaning of number words.

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·October 18, 2019·4 min read

In a First, Patient Controls Two Prosthetic Arms with His Thoughts

A bilateral implant and brain-machine interface technology allowed a patient with a high spinal cord injury to control prosthetic arms with the power of thought.