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New research led by the University of Kent has found that adolescents and older adults pay less attention to social cues in real-world interactions than young adults.
The findings published by
Nature Human Behaviour show that social attention undergoes age-related change, which has potential implications for how successfully we can interpret social interactions in daily life and throughout the lifespan.
Interpreting the facial expression, tone of voice and gestures of others is a vital element of social interaction that allow us to make rapid inferences about others mental states, such as their intentions, emotions, desires and beliefs. Successful social interaction prompts perspective-taking and empathy along with other essential social skills, and plays an important role in enhancing our wellbeing.
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IMAGE: Researcher Mete Civelek, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine s Department of Biomedical Engineering and UVA s Center for Public Health Genomics. view more
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Researchers at the University of Virginia have shed light on how our genes affect our risk for coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease. In addition to identifying gene variants that influence risk, they found that one gene in particular appears to have a protective effect.
Doctors may be able to use the findings to identify people at high risk and to develop better treatments and preventative interventions.
UVA researchers identify genes that influence risk for common form of heart disease
Dec 10 2020
Researchers at the University of Virginia have shed light on how our genes affect our risk for coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease. In addition to identifying gene variants that influence risk, they found that one gene in particular appears to have a protective effect.
Doctors may be able to use the findings to identify people at high risk and to develop better treatments and preventative interventions.
Current drugs for coronary artery disease treat the risk factors, such as cholesterol or hypertension. Our studies used a genetic approach to identify the mechanisms in the wall of the blood vessels where the disease actually develops.”