New breast cancer dictionary for doctors
...re then analysed and the meanings defined. Similar words were then grouped together into one concept and then the concepts were structured into groups of words that had a relationship. It was discovered that patients and doctors used very different words and ...Study finds emotional benefits from participation in computer support groups
...analysis program, which measured the percentage of words that were suggestive of learning or understanding ...derstand). A higher percentage of these insightful words were associated with improved emotional well-being and reduced negative mood in follow-up surveys. E...Increased cognitive control in Tourette's syndrome
...ction sequences. Verbal tics may involve repeating words or utterances (palilalia), producing inappropriate...ances (coprolalia), or the repetition of another's words (echolalia). Understanding the psychological processes and neural mechanisms that give rise to the e...Yale expands research using magnetic stimulation for schizophrenia
...eas, which ordinarily play key roles in perceiving words spoken by other persons, have also been found in other studies to be important in producing hallucinated "voices." For patients enrolled in the trial, TMS will be administered to these brain areas once per second for 16 minutes daily over a three-we...Confidence in memory performance helps older adults remember
...ive 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," says Lachman. "Thus, we find an increase with age in beliefs that memory declines are...Computer scientist sorts out confusable drug names
...gram called ALINE for identifying similar-sounding words in the world's languages. The program incorporates techniques developed in linguistics and bioinformatics," Kondrak said. "At the time some people criticized it because they felt it wouldn't ever have a practical application." PPC analyzed Kondrak's...Latest research shows how mantrams can even tackle post-traumatic stress disorder
...volves silently and continuously repeating calming words or phrases throughout the day - useful on a number...teers from southern California who took part chose words or phrases that reflected their religious beliefs. People without specific beliefs chose other sooth...Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
...ple who don't distinguish between similar-sounding words like "pin" and "pen." Nor would she have guessed t...d that flashed on the computer. Half of the spoken words matched the unmerged-dialect pronunciation of the word on the screen, and the other half matched the...Warning over unfair terms for patients in clinical trials
... language. But Professor Laurence argues that the words used in clinical trial contract documents concerni...to be observed, patients would be told frankly, in words lay people could readily understand, that they might be seriously injured but with merely discretion...Technology helps disabled kids find their voice
...n and communicate through speech by trying out new words and forming sentences," says Light. "f they can't do that due to problems such as autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy, then it is going to be difficult to learn how to read and write, make friends, and communicate their needs." Computer-based ...Stroke patients regain ability to communicate through use of speech generating device
...ialized computers that produce audible speech from words and images. The Lingraphica uses graphic icons to represent words that a user selects in order to hear them speak. These icons can be combined into phrases or sentenc...Professor's research with hand-held device brings speech to impaired and disabled individuals
... device is first used to program the barcodes with words or phrases; the barcodes can then be fixed to obje...e able to recover and pronounce significantly more words from listening to a bar-coded list than from a written list. "It may be an indication that the added...Let patients use their own terms to describe ethnicity
...of participants strongly preferred using their own words to describe themselves using a single term, for example, white, black or African American; Hispanic or Latino. Among the Latino/Hispanic and multiracial/multiethnic study participants, a majority preferred using their own terms to describe themselve...Dartmouth study finds how the brain interprets the intent of others
...nterpreting the goal of another person, even if no words are spoken," says Hamilton. "When you see another person reach for an object that they want, like a cookie, a bit of brain called the anterior intraparietal sulcus, which is found in the parietal lobe, is strongly activated." She explains that their ...Moderately heavy models may actually lower women's self-esteem
..., the participants were timed as they responded to words related to thinness and heaviness. Looking at moderately thin or extremely heavy models led to an increase in self-perception of thinness and an increase in self-esteem. By contrast, seeing extremely thin or moderately heavy models focused women's t...A fork in memory lane: UCSD research indicates hippocampus supports two aspects of recognition
...ecognition memory. They were given lists of common words to study and after a short interval (three minutes filled with chit-chat) were then given test lists composed of both new and old words. For each word on the recognition test, the subjects were asked to rate their confidence that the word was old or ...When we say the wrong thing...repairing the message
The minute the words are said, the regret sets in. Communication scie...ertain ways to repair the damage done once hurtful words are spoken. According to Jane R. Meyer from Kent State and Kyra Rothenberg from Case, most people of...You don't say: Patient-doctor nonverbal communication says a lot
...c tool increasing the physician's comprehension of words spoken or thoughts left unsaid. On the other hand...y someone gestures tells you the speaker's stance; words alone don't convey the full picture. Nonverbal behavior can be a duplication of the words or it can ...Emory study lights up the political brain
...umented a clear contradiction between the target's words and deeds, generally suggesting that the candidate... and then to rate the extent to which the person's words and deeds were contradictory. Finally, they were presented with an exculpatory statement that might ......ystem with different properties than that used for words or simple shapes. We are currently examining how this memory system develops in children, how it is affected by aging and how it interacts with attention and disorders of attention."...