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Research finds new explanations for dyslexia

The dyslexic brain may have problems in forming perception categories for// printed letters and sounds, says a new study. This may lead to the dyslexics finding it difficult to filter out visual disturbances that may obscure the pattern of letters in front of them. The research by the scientists from Univer...

New ways developed to understand dyslexia

...yslexic children may be suffering from problems of perception than anything else. Dyslexia is one type of speci...on send by neurons are what causes the problems of perception in dyslexic children. They are unable to filter the sound and the sight from the ‘noise’ that seems ...

Perceived stress decreases vaccine response

... and low antibody levels. It was the participants' perception of stress that counted. Previous evidence suggests that such psychological influences are also at work when people have vaccines against hepatitis B, influenza and rubella....

Men happy to take contraception

...n. However, he hopes the survey will disprove the perception that there is no need for male contraception....

Reduced POD linked to fatal asthma attacks

Asthmatic patients with reduced perception of dyspnoea (POD) may be at increased risk of experiencing a life-threatening exacerbation of their condition.// It was found that patients with low POD had significantly more emergency department visits, hospitalisations, fatal asthma attacks and d...

The phenomenon of sexual attraction

...from the University of Vienna has found that men's perception of a woman's attractiveness is altered by the chemical signals she sends out. They exposed 76 men to synthetic vaginal pheromones without their knowledge. They then showed them a series of photographs of women and played tapes of their voices. The ...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...s altered throughout. Their general level of smell perception matched that experienced by women not taking contraceptives who were in the pre-menstrual, or luteal phase, just before a woman begins her period. In all the researchers looked at 60 women aged 18 to 40, and asked them to try to identify six distin...

The feel of pain

...ated before - there are two distinct phases in the perception of pain.While certain brain areas "lit up" when the painful sensation itself was experienced, this was preceded by stimulation in separate but nearby areas when the "pain warning" light was switched on. Stimulation of the brain's "pain anticipation"...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...ced it's a problem," said Paradise. There's been a perception that children with liquid in the ear have impaired hearing, which could impact language and neurological development. "Two and 3-year-old children are learning sounds and words and we wonder if some children are going around hearing muffled sounds,"...

Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

...y bypass operations and assessed the patient’s own perception of his/her own health status. Following surgery those who had a better perception of their own health status, recovered better the researchers say. Dr. G. M. Lindsay, of the Univer...

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