People use separate brain mechanisms to make ambiguous and risky choices
...ve long debated -- that different attitudes toward perceived risk and ambiguity in decision-making situations may reflect a basic distinction in brain function, the researchers said. Such fundamental knowledge of neural functioning will contribute to an understanding of why people make risky choices, and how s...Confidence in memory performance helps older adults remember
...ruit and flowers. Middle-aged and older adults who perceived greater control over cognitive functioning were more likely to categorize the words and had better recall performance, Lachman notes. "It's no surprise that age-related losses or lapses in memory can challenge our deeply embedded sense of control," s...Study finds patients agree on ideal physician behaviors
...posites of desired physician behaviors, especially perceived insensitive or disrespectful behavior. The study suggests that training new and practicing physicians about interpersonal skills could have far-reaching effects for patients. The quality of a patient's relationship with a physician can affect not onl...There's more than meets the eye in judging the size of an object
...t receives information from the eyes processes the perceived size, rather than the actual size, of an object. "...rs used a similar illusion, one that looked at the perceived difference in the size of an object at different distances. For their experiment they placed two id...Corrective cosmetics may not boost quality of life for women with severe facial blemishes
... blemish negatively affected how most of the women perceived the quality of their lives. But the women who wore foundations to conceal their blemishes reported having a lower health-related quality of life than did the seven women who said that they did not wear this kind of makeup. The women who didn't wear m...Brandeis study to probe under-representation of women in top positions in academic medicine
... women, the study aims to serve as a model for the perceived marginalization of other groups in academic medicine. The lack of advancement to top leadership roles for minority and generalist faculty will also be examined. A National Advisory Group of leaders in academic medicine will provide advice and guida...Low-income patients reduce heart risk via Internet
... actual CVD risk than male counterparts, but their perceived risk of heart disease was significantly higher than the men. Women were also more knowledgeable about the disease. Men who lived in the inner city tended to have the lowest perception of risk and the least knowledge about cardiovascular disease, desp...Is society losing control of the medical research agenda?
... medical research has remained strong, despite the perceived crisis in academic medicine, say the authors. Yet industry funds an increasing proportion of this research, especially randomised controlled trials, most of which are now funded exclusively by industry. They suggest that the role of industry should b...Experts call for balance in addressing under treated pain and drug abuse
... JD, PhD, add additional dimensions to the current perceived state of imbalance, while Will Rowe, Executive Director of the American Pain Foundation, a patient advocacy organization, provides perspective on patient's rights. Victories and Defeats in Pain Care Dr. Heit and others worked with the DEA to develo...Penn study shows smokers assume false sense of safety from ads for low nicotine Quest cigarettes
... quitting history, beliefs about Quest cigarettes, perceived vulnerability to the health effects of smoking, and the "need for cognition" or how much people like to think critically about information. Researchers found that as many as 45% of smokers made false inferences about the tar content of Quest cigare...Prostate treatment decisions based on perception more than fact
...a prostate cancer treatment primarily based on its perceived ability to control the tumor," conclude the authors....Loneliness linked to high blood pressure in aging adults
... when other factors such as depressive symptoms or perceived stress are taken into account, said Louise Hawkley...e asked a series of questions to determine if they perceived themselves as lonely. They were asked to rate their connections with others through a series of to...March/April 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
...tudy identified 14 factors that shape how EHRs are perceived and used in medical practice: 1) spatial effect o...technological forces that influence how physicians perceived their use of an EHR. The author's assert that seen from the perspective of examination room encounte...Life or death can depend on teenage cancer patients taking their treatments properly
...topping treatment because symptoms had cleared, or perceived ineffectiveness of treatment, for why they had stopped taking their drugs. "Adolescents have been described both as 'abusers of non-prescribed drugs' and 'non-users of prescribed drugs'. The challenge for today's clinicians is to identify and then h...Scent of fear impacts cognitive performance
...in identifying word relatedness independent of the perceived qualities of the smells," Chen said. "The effect may arise from a learned association, including greater cautiousness and changes in cognitive strategies." "Human olfaction is a young, vibrant field," Chen said, noting that the behavioral study of t...Do the obese know they are obese? Apparently not, according to a new study
...r, when researchers asked participants about their perceived weight status, that is, if they would consider themselves NOW to be underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese. Seventy-one percent of normal weight and seventy-three percent of overweight adults classified themselves correctly, compared to on...Marketing products as remedies can promote risky behavior
... out of risky behavior." Notably, remedies are not perceived this way by the consumers who are not attracted to risky behaviors in the first place. According to the study the first to investigate remedies as a class of products with implications for risk perception these consumers see remedies as further evi...Survey: Perceptions of male culture may deter women from a career in surgery
... female medical students vs. 20.4 percent of males perceived sex discrimination in surgery Among all respondents, 21.6 percent of men and 4.4 percent of women were deterred by the diminishing rewards of surgery 49 percent of men and 28.0 percent of women cited workload considerations 66.7 percent of men vs....Nearly half of public health employees unlikely to work during pandemic
...o report to work was strongest among employees who perceived an importance in their work and responsibilities during a pandemic. This perception was lowest among technical and support workers. Less than one-third of all public health workers felt they would have an important role in the response to a pandemic....... journal BMC Public Health reveal that the staff's perceived importance of their role in the response to a pand...to work was most significantly associated with the perceived importance of one's role in the response. Less than a third of respondents felt that they would have...