Study explores how emotions in facial expressions are understood

(University of East Anglia) New research by academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals how well fearful facial expressions are perceived in peripheral vision.Although human vision has the highest resolution when we look directly at something, we see a much wider view of the visual world in our lower resolution peripheral vision. In fact, detecting signals of potential danger in our periphery - especially moving ones - is something our visual system is well adapted for.

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New study finds pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises

(MediaSource) More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in their throwing arm during the season. To better understand the cause of these injuries, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center conducted a new study to determine when and why overuse injuries were occurring.

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Federal home visiting program can be improved to better meet needs of families

(University of Missouri-Columbia) Compared with other countries, the United States often falls short on many maternal and child health outcomes. A federal program known as Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) is designed to give pregnant women and families resources to help them raise healthy children. However, a team led by researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine examined an aspect of the initiative and found areas that could be strengthened.

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Gun violence research gets $50 million support fund

(RAND Corporation) Funding for research about guns and gun violence has been sparse since the passage of the Dickey Amendment, which limited government support for such work. Today philanthropists announced plans to create a $50 million fund to support research about gun violence. The Houston-based Laura and John Arnold Foundation has committed $20 million to the effort and will seek an additional $30 million from other philanthropic groups. The nonprofit RAND Corporation will help administer the fund.

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Wait for it: Serotonin and confidence at the root of patience in new study

(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) Serotonin keeps mice hanging on if they are sure of getting rewards, but not sure when.

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Sweden commits to open science with new open-access publishing deal

(Frontiers) A new national agreement between Frontiers and the National Library of Sweden allows Swedish researchers to publish their articles in Frontiers' Open Access journals through a simplified process that covers publishing fees. The first Nordic agreement of its kind, it underscores the commitment of the Swedish research community to make research freely available in an unrestricted manner to researchers, students and all citizens worldwide.

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The genes from Icelanda's first settlers reveal the origin of their population in detail

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) In just over 1,000 years, Icelanders have gone through numerous changes in their gene pool, to the extent that Icelanda's first settlers, who came to the island from Norway and the British and Irish isles between the years 870 and 930, are much more similar to the inhabitants of their original home countries than to Iceland's present-day inhabitants.

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