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Research may shed light on impact of shift to virtual learning in pandemic Dylan Wagner, 11, works on a tablet Dev. 9 at the Growing Words Project in Cedar Rapids. This portion of the language processing study being conducted by the University of Iowa looks at how quickly subjects can switch between responses. (Liz Martin/The Gazette) Staff research assistant Sneh Jhaveri works Dec. 9 with Dylan Wagner, 11, at the Growing Words Project in Cedar Rapids. “When the project concludes, I’m excit...

Dartmouth reports fewer rapes in 2019 Modified: 12/28/2020 8:46:50 PM HANOVER — The number of rapes reported at Dartmouth College last year dropped by over 15%, according to annual statistics released this month by the college. Dartmouth College Title IX coordinator Kristi Clemens said the drop in reported rapes, from 39 in 2018 to 33 in 2019, is likely because the number of reports in 2018 was unnaturally high. “We saw increased reporting due to transition in our office as well as reportin...

Date Time Newly described condition causes loss of vertigo and imbalance in TBI patients A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time. A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time. In a clinical study led by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, out of 37...

Date Time How will we remember this holiday season? Henry L. Roediger, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences and James Wertsch, David R. Francis Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology, are Arts & Sciences faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis where, for more than 25 years, they have investigated the science and nature of memory in the contexts of history and culture. Q: How will the holiday season of 2020 live ...

Best-case scenario? Collectively, we wont December 24, 2020 SHARE Just as Americans in December, 2019 did not remember what happened during December 1918 or 1919, during the great “Spanish flu” pandemic, we think few will really remember our pandemic in 100 years. (Image: Shutterstock) Henry L. Roediger, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences and James Wertsch, David R. Francis Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology, ...

Florida International University 1970s Hope Jacobson 77, MS 85, EdD 98 was awarded the Bill Crutchfield Award For Outstanding and Distinguished Service from Special Olympics FL. She has been a volunteer with the organization since 1974 in a wide range of roles, including coaching athletes, teaching in the Athlete Leadership University (Academy), and fundraising and facilitating community-based programs. She also was a coordinator for Athlete Leadership Miami. Now retired from Miami-Dade County...

Only 27 congressional Republicans were willing to acknowledge the results of the November election in a Washington Post survey this month. A majority of Republicans in Congress backed a lawsuit filed by the attorney general of Texas to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Multiple news outlets reported that on Friday, President Donald Trump discussed invoking martial law and appointing a conspiracy theorist to investigate voter fraud. On Sunday, he asked the U.S. Supreme Court to ...

Loading video... VIDEO: Top panel, from top to bottom: Run, licking and brain activity during training. Animals had to increase activity in control region 1 (R1, blue) compared to control region 2 (R2,... view more  Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre We know that the brain can direct thoughts, but how this is achieved is difficult to determine. Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre have devised a brain machine interface (BMI) that allows mice to learn to guide a cursor using only t...

Brain Sciences and The same stimulus hurts differently The human perception of pain can vary greatly depending on the situation. So it is possible that the same pain stimulus feels more or less painful under different conditions. The bodys own pain control system is responsible for this. Researchers investigate this system with the research method called Conditioned Pain Modulation, or CPM for short. "This records how strongly a painful stimulus inhibits the experience of another painful stimu...

Researchers evaluate how masks disrupt facial perception ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 20:55 IST Beer-Sheva [Israel], December 21 (ANI): The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals the impact of this predicament and its potentially significant repercussions. The findings were just p...