Were bigger brains really smarter?
...You do that many times a day, whenever you speak a sentence you've never spoken before." It is that combination of structured thought and improving its quality that, he believes, is what human levels of contemplative consciousness are all about....Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
... real words and pseudowords when they are not in a sentence or do not have meaning cues. Such children can have problems with fluent reading and spelling as well. The results of the new study provide further evidence that dyslexia has biological roots and is a learning disorder that requires specialized ins...Fox Chase study shows that weakened T-cell receptor signals change T-cell lineage
...ly cleared from normal laboratory mice are a death sentence for those lacking gamma-delta T cells. Despite their clear importance in resisting disease, the processes controlling the generation of gamma-delta T cells have remained mysterious until recently. As Robert Frost put it, Wiest pointed out: "Two ro...Research shows where brain interprets 'pitch'
...speech, like how raising our voice at the end of a sentence indicates a question, and cues the listener to the speaker's gender and age. Although a melody or conversation is not as essential to monkeys, pitch perception is crucial for nonhuman primates to interpret the source and meaning of prey and predator ...Tufts professor chews on the nutrition-oral health connection
...ental decay? Manywould probably have finished that sentence with the word, "obesity."Actually, both versions are correct, according to Carole A. Palmer, EdD,RD, professor of general dentistry at Tufts University School of DentalMedicine. In an article entitled, "Dental Caries and Obesity inChildren: Different...UT Southwestern scientist receives international award for pediatric research
...rian Hospital. "Conditions that were often a death sentence are now effectively treated, and often entirely prevented." The heart is the first organ to form and function in the embryo. Abnormalities in heart development result in congenital heart disease, the most common birth defect and the leading noninfec...Common food preservative might provide treatment for cystic fibrosis
...m of Pseudomonas aeruginosa essentially is a death sentence for cystic fibrosis patients because these bacteria are inherently antibiotic and white-cell resistant," said Dr. Hassett. Until the 1980s, most deaths from cystic fibrosis occurred in children and teenagers. Today, thanks to improved treatments, pe...EURYI to showcase the future of European science in Prague
... and of context of that word both the surrounding sentence as well as the topic of conversation in order to improve predictability , " said Ernestus. Dr. Ernestus, 37, gained her BA and MA in General linguistics, cum laude, from the Free University Amsterdam, and has since pursued her postdoctorate studies ...Lifting Chinese tiger trade ban a death sentence for wild tigers say WWF and TRAFFIC
...rading products made from tigers is likely a death sentence for the endangered cats, according to a new TRAFFIC report released today by World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFICthe wildlife trade monitoring program of WWF and IUCN. The report warns that Chinese business owners who would profit from the tiger trade ...One man's junk may be a genomic treasure
...d, or bracketed, by a boundary, much as words in a sentence are bracketed by punctuation marks. The researchers data suggest that repeated genomic sequences might be a widely used strategy used in mammals to organize functional domains. Without boundary elements, the coding portion of the genome is like a ...A decisive step toward a cure for insulin dependent diabetes
... 2007 A diagnosis of type I diabetes means a life sentence of medical follow-up. While treatments have become simpler and less restrictive in recent years, they are still a burden, especially for young patients. The latest study published in the journal Nature by Dr. Constantin Polychronakos, Director of the...