Researchers gave 17 individuals auditory memory tasks that required them to recognize a pattern of tones when it was reversed, while being recorded on MEG and EEG. Credit: Philippe Albouy The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds,...
This is an infographic of the most important contributors to cancer from the environment.Credit: Public Health Ontario Between 3,540 and 6,510 new cancer cases in Ontario each year result from environmental factors, says a new report from Cancer Care Ontario...
"You win some, you lose some." Using the word "you" suggests it could happen to anyone. Credit: © Jakub Jirsák / Fotolia Researchers say it may seem contradictory that a means of generalizing to people at large is used when reflecting...
Asthma costs the UK health service at least £1.1 billion each year, researchers have estimated. The findings are the result of the most comprehensive study of the state of asthma in UK to date. Researchers found that at least three people...
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A UC San Diego study links online social interactions to longevity. Credit: © Monkey Business / Fotolia Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it's complicated. A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated...
Using brain stimulation researchers could increase honest behavior. Credit: © christianchan / Fotolia Honesty plays a key role in social and economic life. Without honesty, promises are not kept, contracts are not enforced, taxes remain unpaid. Despite the importance of honesty...
Image Credit: Flickr/Katja Schulz Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that a change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Niño of 2015, fuelled the Zika outbreak in South America. The findings were revealed using a new...
The prevalence of prescription opioids increased from 0.9 percent during 1995-1999 to 5.2 percent during 2010-2015 in male drivers, and from 1.4 percent to 7.3 percent in female drivers. (Stock image) Credit: © naypong / Fotolia The percentage of fatally injured...
Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, scientists have discovered. The study indicates that babies begin absorbing language while still in the womb, earlier than previously thought. Credit: ©...
John Lednicky, Ph.D.Credit: Image courtesy of UF Health University of Florida researchers have identified a patient in Haiti with a serious mosquito-borne illness that has never before been reported in the Caribbean nation. Known as "Mayaro virus," it is closely related...
First generation cephalosporins -- antibiotics introduced as a treatment against bacterial infections in 1963 -- now show promise for tuberculosis (TB) therapy, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the most deadly infectious...