Pavlov's flies: Researchers identify fruit fly memory mutants
...ith food several times over many days, the Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) found that eventually, his dogs would display dinnertime behavior (drooling, excitement) on just the sound of the bell. In a fascinating and entertaining essay (available on request) that accompanies the published study, Tully...New finding has implications for scientists designing mobile audio interfaces
...according to Sharon Oviatt, Ph.D., an experimental psychologist who led the study at Oregon Health & Science University's OGI School of Science & Engineering. "Human speech is always a variable," said Oviatt, who co-directs the Center for Human-Computer Communication in the Department of Computer Science and Engi...First proof that polycystic ovarian syndrome is more than twice as common in lesbian women
...nes. A clinician, nurse and counsellor or clinical psychologist took details of their medical and sexual histories in three separate sessions. The researchers found that the prevalence of PCO was 32% in heterosexual women and 80% in lesbian women, and that the prevalence of PCOS was 14% in heterosexual women and ...Neurons involved in drug addiction relapse identified
...e a relapse, says primary author Mark West, PhD, a psychologist at Rutgers University. West's co-authors include Udi E. Ghitza, Anthony T. Fabbricatore, Volodymyr Prokopenko and Anthony P. Pawlak. West is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, an organization of more than 32,000 basic scientists and clinician...Women who drink may be at greater risk of cardiovascular complications than men
...ave suspected," said Nancy C. Bernardy, a research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD in White River Junction, Vermont. "The use of drugs, such as alcohol and nicotine, has a greater adverse impact on women than on men." This phenomenon - where women need to drink a lesser amount of alcohol than men ...University of Chicago scientist wins prestigious Balzan Prize
...nners were British historian Eric Hobsbawm, French psychologist Serge Moscovici and German astronomer Reinhard Genzel. "The past awardees in genetics and evolution were giants in my field," Li said, "so, it was a big surprise to me when I received the notice from the president of the Balzan Foundation." "Wen-Hsiu...Moderate alcohol consumption after meals can decrease levels of insulin
...e's cardiac health," said Anna Kokavec, a research psychologist affiliated with La Trobe University in Bundoora, Australia and first author of the study. "However, only a limited number of studies have assessed the effect of consuming readily available alcoholic products on major processes in the human body." Ea......Karl Christoph Klauer, the DFG has distinguished a psychologist who developed new techniques and methods for performing tests, capturing data and carrying out analyses in various research areas. His integrative approach was most clearly illustrated by his work on propositional conclusions. This involves the so-ca...Do we perceive using 'mindsight'?
...e of conscious visual perception, according to the psychologist who discovered it. He has dubbed the phenomenon "mindsight". Ronald Rensink, based at the University of British Columbia in Canada, showed 40 people a series of photographic images flickering on a computer screen. Each image was shown for around a ...Brain signal predicts working memory prowess
... with higher capacity, report University of Oregon psychologist Edward Vogel, Ph.D., and graduate student Maro Machizawa, in the April 15, 2004 Nature. Analogous to a computer's RAM, working memory is the ever-changing content of our consciousness. It's been known for years that people have a limited capacity to...Memory fails you after severe stress
...cognising their interrogator. Elizabeth Loftus, a psychologist at the University of California at Irvine, says the study is unique because the stresses were intense and real. "I think people will pay attention to this," she adds. Wells agrees: "What it illustrates is that stress does not help memory."...EURYI Award given for the first time to 25 young European researchers
...ute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, and German psychologist and 2001 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prize recipient Thomas Mussweiler at the University of Wrzburg. Invitations to conduct research abroad have been extended from the British Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine to German-Swedish physicist Je...