Google-like process for mammogram images speeds up computer's second opinions
...e the most important and useful information on the words entered in the search. In a pilot study that will be presented in August at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Orlando, the approach enabled computers to maintain their high level of accuracy while perfo...With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech
...longer and more complex and their use of irregular words more frequent. The researchers' work was reported in the June issue of Ear and Hearing. Nicholas notes that many of the children who received cochlear implants at the youngest ages have nearly the same spoken language skills as children with normal ...Our grip on reality is slim, says UCL scientist
... tests volunteers either thought they had imagined words which they had actually been shown or said they had seen words which in fact they had just imagined - in over 20 per cent of cases. That is quite a lot of mistakes...Kids who blow bubbles find language is child's play
...ged 21 months the time when they are learning new words at a faster rate than at any other stage of their ...ikely to have problems with their understanding of words and speech in later life. In experiments, the children were divided into four groups, and those in t...Homeless young people warn researchers about the dangers of cash incentives
...hey talked about forms with complex terms and long words and said they didn't have the patience to answer a large number of questions on paper. They also disliked long consent forms and often asked researchers to summarise them verbally for them. "I'd rather someone asked me the questions and not make...Moderate alcohol intake associated with better mental function in older women
...ord fluency test asking them to generate a list of words beginning with a specific letter. Espeland, a professor of public health sciences and chairman of the Department of Biostatistical Sciences, said understanding whether alcohol affects specific areas of cognition may shed light on the mechanisms that ...MIT 'seeing machine' offers hope to blind
... developed a "visual language" consisting of short words that incorporate graphics and symbols that convey the meaning of words and make them easier to see and read. But although the SLO held promise as more than a diagnostic d...Some people would give life or limb not to be fat
...at measured how quickly the respondents associated words like "bad" and "lazy" with "fat people" compared with "thin people." Explicit weight bias was assessed by asking people to rate their preferences for thin and fat people, and the degree to which they believe that fat people are lazier than thin peopl...OHSU research reveals possible future target for delaying or stopping Alzheimer's
...her levels of beta amyloid," said Reddy. "In other words -- this model appears to be a vicious cycle where damage to brain cells increases and in fact feeds upon itself." Previous and concurrent research in human tissue taken from Alzheimer's patients also confirmed increased levels of beta amyloid in brai...What is the sound of one person talking? New speech collection tells all, syllable by syllable
... available. Other corpora involve speakers reading words directly from a text, but that is very different t...00 different words. Almost 80 percent of the total words spoken were one-syllable words. One and two-syllable words made up more than 90 percent of the total...Individuals with a family history of alcoholism: Will they too become alcoholics?
...Lovallo. "Participants first read a list of color words printed in ink that doesn't match the word. Next they recite just the color of the inks, which is much, much harder. The gambling task involves four decks of cards, each containing cards with both a gain and a loss. Participants are able to eventu...New hybrid virus provides targeted molecular imaging of cancer
...lled "theragnostic" approach, a combination of the words therapeutic and diagnostic." Next, the international collaborative research team plans to evaluate the safety and efficacy of other hybrid vectors in animal models. The ultimate goal is to adapt and optimize the AAVP-based targeting prototype for use...Rare form of Alzheimer's disease found in Camelford resident
...st for repeated headaches, difficulties in finding words and doing simple sums, and hallucinations, symptoms she had had for several months. Her condition progressively worsened and she died in April 2004. A post-mortem examination revealed little out of the ordinary. But her brain revealed a rare form of ...Study supports theory why brain-injured children often recover
... a child grows more language proficient, recalling words may involve less effort. It also supports earlier...t. The children listened through earphones as the words were read to them five seconds apart. The fMRI monitored their brain activity as they silently thoug...... of word puzzles. Each problem consisted of three words (for example, tank, hill, secret), and participants had to think of a single word that could form a compound or common phrase with each of the three words. People sometimes solve such problems with a sudden flash of insight the solution suddenly po...Controlling blood sugar in hospitalized patients saves lives
...trol. "Sliding scale insulin those are dirty words to an endocrinologist," Reynolds said. "It is reactive rather than proactive. Sliding scale insulin treatment puts a patient on a blood sugar level roller coaster, and it's a dangerous ride." Under the new guidelines, nurses and physicians will follo...An affordable future for eye tracking in sight
... to get used to it, but users can enter text at 20 words a minute once they become familiar with the system. That's very fast," says Rih. He adds that the application is hard to imagine if you don't see it in action. "But think of all the other potential applications for this technology that we just haven'...Brain imaging can predict effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for treating depression
...mptoms of depression were presented with emotional words and asked if those words applied to them. The participants with depression then completed 16 sessions of CBT over 12 weeks as...Scent of fear impacts cognitive performance
...ween the ages of 18 and 22 respond to 320 pairs of words that flashed for three seconds each on a computer ...cipants had to press a key to indicate whether the words were associated with each other (for example, arms and legs) or not (arms and wind). Some of the wo....... These are bad times for the NHS, she writes. The words "crisis" and "meltdown" are flying around and few people say these are exaggerations. Record spending has delivered record deficits and uncertain value for money. For the first time in anyone's memory, sizeable numbers of NHS staff are losing their j...