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Direct current stimulation over brain's Wernicke area can be helpful in le
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Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study has found out that Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), which is a non-invasive way of stimulating the brain over the Wernicke's area, may lead to new assistive neurotechnologies for the rehabilitation of people with cognitive disorde
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Study reveals how efficient brain circuitry develops spontaneously
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Seoul [South Korea], January 19 (ANI): A KAIST team's mathematical modelling has revealed that efficient brain circuitry develops spontaneously by showing that the topographic tiling of cortical maps originates from bottom-up projections from the periphery.
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Study explains why some people report 'hearing the dead'
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Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): A study led by Durham University might explain why some people and not others eventually adopt spiritualist beliefs and engage in the practice of "hearing the dead."
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Sexual harassment claims made by attractive women considered more credible
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Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): Young conventionally attractive women who act in a feminine manner have a higher probability of being believed when making sexual harassment accusations, as revealed in a recent study.
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Study: Environmental allergens linked to acute itching in eczema patients
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Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): A new research has indicated that itching often doesn't respond to antihistamines because the itch signals are being carried to the brain along a previously unrecognized pathway that current drugs don't target.
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Diet, dentition and linguistics linked together by researchers
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Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): Speech patterns of Anthropologists used a novel data analysis of thousands of languages, in addition to studying a unique subset of celebrities, to reveal how a soft food diet contrasted with the diet of hunter-gatherers is restructuring dentition and chang
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Study reveals first-degree relative with kidney disease increases risk by
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): The family history of kidney disease was strongly associated with increased risk of chronic kidney disease, in a large population-based family study.
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How the brain paralyses you while you sleep
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Tsukuba [Japan], January 17 (ANI): A team of researchers has found neurons in the brain that link, narcolepsy, cataplexy, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder disorders. This discovery could provide a target for treatments.
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For parents with multiple children, more fragmented sleep reported by moth
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Montreal [Canada], January 17 (ANI): According to a new study, mothers with multiple children report more fragmented sleep than mothers of a single child. However, the number of children in a family doesn't seem to affect the quality of sleep for fathers.
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Study suggests walking could help reduce work related stress
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Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): A new study has found that working people who regularly take walks in forests or green spaces may have higher stress-coping abilities.
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Study on COVID-19 prevention and face masks
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Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): A new research has revealed that COVID-19 transmission can be substantially reduced by reducing infected aerosol and droplet emission in conjunction with hygiene, distancing, and contact tracing, mask-wearing, particularly by infectious individuals.
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Study: Cancer cells thrive due to Novel RNA factors
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Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): During recent research it was found that Nucleic circ2082 disrupts the microRNA assembly line in glioblastoma cancer cells, making it a potential upstream target for cancer treatment.
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