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Not drink driving is often against the lore: QUT study
June 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Cultural “lore” outweighs criminal law when Indigenous drivers in regional and remote communities get behind the wheel drunk, a new study by Queensland University of Technology has found.
Norepinephrine aids brain in sorting complex auditory signals
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
The neuromodulator norepinephrine has an unexpected, direct action on auditory processing of complex signals, specifically bird songs in the zebra finch, new research suggests.
Why parrots are great vocal imitators
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Scientists have uncovered key structural differences in parrot brains that may help explain why this group of bird species can mimic speech and songs so well. These brain structures went unrecognized in studies published in the past 34 years. The resul…
Psychodynamic psychotherapy works
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A paper published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic by a group of German investigators analyzes the data collected on the effectiveness of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Photo selection study reveals we don’t look like we think we look
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Be careful when choosing your next passport photo or profile image as a new study suggests we are so poor at picking good likenesses of our face that strangers make better selections.
New Zealand blackcurrants good for the brain
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
New Zealand blackcurrants are good for keeping us mentally young and agile, researchers report, a finding that could have potential in managing the mental decline associated with aging populations, or helping people with brain disorders such as Parkins…
How our brains can form first impressions quickly
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A study of how people can quickly spot animals by sight is helping uncover the workings of the human brain. Researchers found that one of the first parts of the brain to process visual information — the primary visual cortex — can control this fast r…
Low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation effective for major depressive disorder
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
The results of a study assessing safety and efficacy of sTMS therapy with the NEST device in adult patients with Major Depressive Disorder have been published.
Word recognition ‘could be the key’ to early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
June 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Scientists say they have a better understanding of why people with Alzheimer’s struggle to recognise and understand words – and their research has the potential to be developed into a test which…
