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Neuroimaging Taste

New research published in PloS One demonstrates that our perception of taste can be influenced by visual images of food.  Neuroimaging studies identified previously unknown brain mechanisms of visual-gustatory sensory interactions involved with food enjoyment.

According to the researchers, there …

Poll: Has America Changed Since 9/11?

According to CBS News/New York Times poll released last week, more than four out of five Americans say the United States has fundamentally changed since the attacks of September 11, 2001, with about one in four saying Americans are more …

National survey reveals widespread mistaken beliefs about memory

A new national survey published in PLOS One reveals that a substantial majority of people in the U.S. think that memory is more powerful, objective and reliable than it actually is. Their ideas are at odds with decades of scientific …

Neuroactive probiotics

In the journal Bioessays, an article and accompanying essay, offer a new look at probiotics and how they can function mechanistically as delivery vehicles for neuroactive compounds. “Until recently the idea that probiotic bacteria administered to the intestine could influence …

PubMed Mobile Web App

Recently the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) launched a mobile friendly version of PubMed. According to NLM, there has been a significant increase in mobile browsing for medical content and they have already created several mobile medical web apps.…

Mobile Payments

It seems that no one carries cash today.  A recent article in the New York Times describes that there are merchants that are no longer taking cash. An example of this is demonstrated by some airlines that only take credit …