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Orienting

  The Less Online Content - The Better, Study Says
...Kimberlee Pepple, conducted the study where volunteers were given a task to choose three pictures from six and 24 selection of thumbnails. Researchers then studied participants' heart rates to define orienting response while they were looking at the pictures. Scientists noticed that when a person was interested, his or her heart rate slowed down. This reaction was seen in respondents who had to select the picture from...
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  Schizophrenia Mouse Grown to Find a Key to Mental Health
... in the brain. The short form of DISC1 protein was introduced to the normal one thus changing the regular state. Mice that grew up with a modified gene were noticed to be more anxious, were not orienting good enough to find food, and couldn't swim long enough. They also had trouble with smell and were indifferent which is characteristic for schizophrenia patients. Screening showed changes in mice's brains as one ...
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