Psychology researchers have developed a new personality test that is both faster to take and much harder to manipulate by those attempting to control the outcome. “The test draws on the ‘Big Five’ approach to personality assessment, so it’s a new method for personality testing, rather than a new paradigm,” says Adam Meade, a professor of psychology...
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First in-home test of brain-computer communication by ALS patients offers promise amidst challenges
Laboratory studies have shown the potential for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), who cannot move or speak, to communicate using a brain-computer interface (BCI). In the first study of independent in-home use by a group of these patients, the brainwave-based BCI system was found to be reliable; and of the eight individuals who completed...
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Anorexia more stubborn to treat than previously believed, analysis shows
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that primarily effects young people during their adolescence. While anorexia is relatively uncommon, affecting about 1 percent of the population, it can be lethal. Indeed, despite its relatively early onset, anorexia can last for several decades for more than half of those afflicted. It can lead to many associated psychiatric...
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Great minds may think alike, but all minds look alike
Though humans differ widely in their congenital abilities, a newly-discovered brain learning mechanism has led researchers to reveal an origin of the identical spectrum of strong and weak links that compose all brains The brain is a complex network containing many billions of neurons. Each neuron is connected to thousands of others via links (synapses)...
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Amphetamines don’t improve motor recovery after stroke
A pilot clinical trial exploring the benefit of d-amphetamine combined with physical therapy for stroke patients found no evidence that the regimen improved post-stroke motor recovery. A blood clot forming in the carotid artery. Credit: copyright American Heart Association The results, published in the Aug. 27, 2018 issue of JAMA Neurology, are “another step to...
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Four out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage
Munich, Germany – Aug. 26, 2018: Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation but no history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack have previously unknown brain damage, according to the first results of the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF) presented today at ESC Congress 2018.1 “Our results suggest that clinically unrecognized brain damage...
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Clock drawing cognitive test should be done routinely in patients with high blood pressure
Munich, Germany – UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 27 Aug 2018: A clock drawing test for detecting cognitive dysfunction should be conducted routinely in patients with high blood pressure, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018. IMAGE: CLOCKS CREDIT: EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Patients with high blood pressure who have impaired cognitive function are at...
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Heteractis magnifica sea anemones can help fight the Alzheimer’s disease
They contain neuroprotective peptides that slow down the inflammation process and the deterioration of neurons causing the development of Alzheimer’s Heteractis magnifica sea anemones contain neuroprotective peptides that slow down the inflammation process and the deterioration of neurons causing the development of Alzheimer’s. There is currently no treatment for this disease. IMAGE: A MAGNIFICENT SEA ANEMONE RIDING THE CURRENT AT MADIVARU MANTA POINT. The Kunitz-type...
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Study provides an early recipe for rewiring spinal cords
NIH-funded preclinical results suggest returning nerve cells to a younger state could aid in repair NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively prevents damaged neurons from regrowing. In a study of rodents, scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health showed they...
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Study by blood doctors a breakthrough for hemophiliacs
A Wits University hematologist is the lead author in research set to revolutionize the treatment of hemophilia, a genetic blood disorder UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND Patients with haemophilia bleed spontaneously or following trauma. The most common sites of bleeding are into joints, but bleeds can also happen into any tissue in the body including the muscles, brain,...