Wednesday, February 01, 2006

depression Subtle brain changes in patients with Type 1 diabetes. Although people with diabetes are twice as likely as the general population to develop depression, the cause of this increased risk is not well understood. Now, a research collaboration has documented for the first time subtle changes in the gray matter of the brain of type 1 diabetes patients compared to control subjects who did not have diabetes. [Science Blog -] 5:43:08 PM    comment

decision making Words Affect Our Reality - On The Right. [Slashdot] "After comparing reaction times for hues of blue-green -- colors with distinct names in one language but not another -- they concluded, in a just-published paper, that the Whorf hypothesis holds for the right visual field, but not the left." 3:55:44 PM    comment