Study reveals why eyes in some paintings seem to follow viewers
...ll. "When we look at a picture, you have these two perceptions simultaneously, but it is difficult to make sense of that conceptually. That's why this issue has fascinated people for hundreds of years." In fact, many researchers have continued to follow the theories of La Gournerie, a French researcher who propo...Genes can influence both alcohol consumption and dependence
...ld is hopeful that his research may help to change perceptions of alcoholism. "Naturally enough," he said, "public attention focuses on the most extreme forms of alcohol dependence and literary and dramatic portrayals of alcoholics' shape or reinforce this view. However, people with less extreme forms of alcoh...From science fiction to reality: Nanomedicine brings fresh hope to the medical world
...a strong challenge in the shape of negative public perceptions with growing reports about the possible toxic effects of exposure to nanoparticles. Concerns about the potential ill effects of engineered nanomaterials such as carbon buckyballs and nanotubes through inhalation, ingestion, or absorption through the ...Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it's good to talk
...n site maintenance. They also try to explain their perceptions about landscapes as 'living' entities. But archaeologists who take part in pagan conferences tend to provide information rather than seek it, and the result is frustration for the groups. Picture presentations of sites such as Stonehenge invariably ...Brace therapy for osteoarthrisis, legal issues in TBI research, prosthetic fitting
... pg 225 Counseling focused on self-image, world perceptions may help individuals with schizophrenia form closer relationships with family and friends, say researchers. In this study, 40 patients in a postacute phase of schizophrenia completed the Attributional Style Questionnaire, the Positive and Negative Sy......ting infection.) These results confirm scientists' perceptions about the rising distress of threatened populations and thus reflects a real underlying pattern in nature. That disease did not increase in all taxonomic groups suggests that increases in disease are not simply the result of increased study and that ...Whites, African-Americans better rate medical care experiences when seeing same-race physicians
...hen the verbal content of the visits was the same, perceptions of the visit were more positive in race-concordant visits, suggesting that patient and physician attitudes and expectations, rather than the actual words used to communicate, may have affected patients' experiences," Cooper says. Teaching communicati...UC Riverside to convene conference on genetically modified organisms, Oct. 14-17, 2003
...consequences of new technologies, and how people's perceptions of the risks involved may influence the development and implementation of new technologies. "With regard to the role of GMOs in the global economy, GMOs may allow food to be grown much more inexpensively, and they may become economically important in...Few Filipino farmers know of the benefits of golden rice
...nologies in their communities," he says. "The risk perceptions of barrio leaders have potentially significant implications for the acceptance of transgenic crops." The barrio leaders' low awareness and knowledge levels suggest that the biotech debate is still predominantly an urban, elitist discourse, says Chong...Perceptions about the threat of bioterrorism could impair the nation's response
...vestigation was designed to identify not only risk perceptions about bioterrorism and emerging infections but to understand how receptive ICPs are to training and how they prefer to receive the information. "We asked the practitioners where they would go for information if there were a crisis and a majority said...Sex and gender scientists explore a revolution in evolution
... a revolution in the biology of sex relates to our perceptions of ourselves - and our sexual politics. People, like fish, can change sex midlife - the method is surgical, but the expression is one of gender identity. We also have a variety of sexual orientations - straight, lesbian, gay and bisexual. There are m...Teen girls with common hormonal disorder more concerned about fertility than peers
...plications. In the study, concerns over fertility, perceptions of PCOS and clinical severity of illness were not associated with earlier sexual intercourse, Trent said. Healthy teen girls were more than twice as likely to have had sexual intercourse compared to girls with PCOS, but the average age of the first s...Survey of Chesapeake Bay watershed residents may save the bay
...re to assess residents' level of knowledge about, perceptions of, attitudes towards, and behaviors in relation to pollution and environmental quality of the Chesapeake Bay region. A secondary goal of the survey was to track changes in public perception regarding water quality issues since the Chesapeake Bay Pr...Revolutionary new theory for origins of life on Earth
...s. The new theory radically departs from existing perceptions of how life developed and it will be published in Philosophical Transactions B, a learned journal produced by the Royal Society. Since the 1930s the accepted theories for the origins of cells and therefore the origin of life, claim that chemical reac...UMass team to study bioremediation of acid, heavy metals from collapsed mind
...he teacher-scholars will be used to evaluate their perceptions of the nature of science, engineering, and scientific research. Their K-12 classes will be observed to determine whether their experiences have changed the way in which they understand and teach science, and the effects on their students' learning....Scientists discover ancient protein and DNA sequences in the same fossil
...nding this work to additional fossils could change perceptions of evolutionary theory. Results of the study are published in the December issue of GEOLOGY, published by the Geological Society of America. Christina Nielsen-Marsh of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, along with colleagues at the University of ...Alzheimer's, nutrition, smallpox, and other 'Human Health Frontiers' addressed by AAAS speakers
...and substance abuse, and begun to transform public perceptions of those diseases. "We have begun to understand mental phenomena in many different ways," said Alan I. Leshner, CEO of AAAS and former director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse. Using visual images and graphs, Leshner demonstrated the tremen...New physical activity opinion survey demonstrates perceptions do not meet reality
...opinion survey of adults and teenagers about their perceptions of physical activity and physical education. In sp...er day on most if not all days. "It appears perceptions do not meet reality," said NASPE President Kim Graber, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois, Urbana/...Braille reading strategies may enhance stimulation of the brain responsible for vision
...ystem because of the intense dependence on tactile perceptions when reading by touch. A hypothesis presented stated that expansion of the representation for the Braille reading finger in the somatosensory cortex given prior evidence of remarkable plasticity in this cortex Methodology Sixteen blind, profici...Depressed heart attack survivors unlikely to change behavior
...ing to make a difference. Efforts to change their perceptions may enhance compliance." Post-heart attack depression is a significant clinical problem that affects 15 to 20 percent of patients, Bush says. One of his earlier studies showed that patients with even low levels of depression had increased death rat...