Word: activationism
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How this succeeds isn't entirely clear, but the researchers used a simplified version of ACT with the kids. Typical ACT sessions with adults require difficult meditation strategies, but psychologist Rikard Wicksell, who led the Swedish team, says the researchers wanted to make sure their strategy was age-appropriate, so...
Indeed, for all the innovations it has engendered, the very goal of science remains unknown. What will happen when we learn all there is to know about the natural world? It’s possible that reaching that stage will destroy our humanity, causing us to march inexorably toward an...
Kahn began studying diabetes in 1970, when he started a fellowship at the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK). When Kahn began his research, it was known that insulin regulated blood sugar by binding to a specific receptor on cells. But Kahn?...
The study found that a hormone called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activates the cells’ replication. Receptors on the outskirts of the endothelial cells normally bind with VEGF and restrict its activation. The team found that two gene mutations are likely responsible for missing receptors.
When Banaji, along with cognitive neuroscientist Liz Phelps of New York University, conducted brain scans of subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging, they uncovered the reasons for the results. White subjects respond with greater activation of the amygdala--a region that processes alarm--when shown images of black faces than...