What is Unity, Cialdini ’ s 7th Principle?
Nearly everyone in behavioral marketing and influence marketing was surprised when Dr. Robert Cialdini, the “godfather” of persuasion science and the creator of the celebrated Six Principles of Influence, introduced a seventh principle, Unity. In fact, in 2014 I asked Cialdini if, thirty years after completing his seminal book, Influence, he’d add on another one or [...] The post What is Unity, Cialdini’s 7th Principle? appeared first on Neuromarketing. (Source: Neuromarketing)
Source: Neuromarketing - March 24, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience and Marketing Books Neuroscience Research cialdini influence persuasion robert cialdini six principles unity Source Type: blogs

Levels Is Making Metabolism and Blood Glucose Tracking Accessible To Everyone
Levels has done something truly transformative: the company made continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) accessible to the general population and every day consumer. In many circles, it seems the trend of bringing healthcare to the home and directly to the patient is continuing, but understanding metabolism and lifestyle habits through this new tech trend of smart, wearable devices adds another important component to enjoying improved health and well-being. If you imagine your body as a well-oiled machine that needs to be maintained, the sources of fuel and nutrition that you provide it are paramount for its efficiency an...
Source: Medgadget - March 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Medicine Sports Medicine CGM glucose Levels Source Type: blogs

Beyond bulky VR headsets: Voice recognition, eye tracking, and natural gestures in the era of the metaverse and the “Medi-verse”
Imagine you have moved to a new city and bought a condo advertised as “metaverse enabled.” Upon closing, along with the physical keys to your condo, you receive a unique cryptographic key to the community. You move into your neighborhood both physically and digitally. With the crypto key, you link your own personal metaverse profile to the condo. This merges your personal metaverse, including a digital catalog of all the objects in your home, to a digital map of the new space integrating all the sensors and devices that control the objects through the metaverse. As you move from your bedroom to the kitchen, the li...
Source: SharpBrains - March 21, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Cori Lathan Tags: Technology & Innovation AnthroTronix AR display eye-tracking healthcare delivery Medi-verse metaverse personal metaverse spatial computing stress relief voice recognition wearables Source Type: blogs

Empowering Stroke Survivors: Interview with Kirsten Carroll, General Manager at Kandu Health
Kandu Health, a digital health company based in California, has developed a platform to assist stroke survivors with aftercare. Healthcare for stroke patients is primarily focused on acute care to limit the damage caused by the stroke. However, the company has identified that stroke survivors are frequently underserved after hospital discharge, and in many cases are left to cope with the psychological and physical fallout of the stroke with minimal support. The e-health platform developed by Kandu Health connects stroke survivors with specialists who provide them, and their caregivers, with personalized guidance, educat...
Source: Medgadget - March 20, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Neurology Rehab kanduhealth stroke rehab Source Type: blogs

Empowering Stroke Survivors: Interview with Kirsten Carroll, CEO at Kandu Health
Kandu Health, a digital health company based in California, has developed a platform to assist stroke survivors with aftercare. Healthcare for stroke patients is primarily focused on acute care to limit the damage caused by the stroke. However, the company has identified that stroke survivors are frequently underserved after hospital discharge, and in many cases are left to cope with the psychological and physical fallout of the stroke with minimal support. The e-health platform developed by Kandu Health connects stroke survivors with specialists who provide them, and their caregivers, with personalized guidance, educat...
Source: Medgadget - March 20, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Neurology Rehab kanduhealth stroke rehab Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 20th 2023
This study also provides the potential for de novo generation of complex organs in vivo. T Cells May Play a Role in the Brain Inflammation Characteristic of Neurodegenerative Conditions https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/03/t-cells-may-play-a-role-in-the-brain-inflammation-characteristic-of-neurodegenerative-conditions/ Alzheimer's disease, and other forms of neurodegenerative condition, are characterized by chronic inflammation in brain tissue. Unresolved inflammatory signaling is disruptive of tissue structure and function. Here, researchers provide evidence for T cells to become involved in thi...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 19, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Neuro-Prediction & AI Confluence in Forensic/Criminal Justice System
Ekata Deb (Christ University), Neuro-Prediction& AI Confluence in Forensic/Criminal Justice System (2022): Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning are increasingly used in fundamental science and clinical neurology. Large multimodal datasets may be interpreted using AI techniques, offering impartial insights into... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 18, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Scientists Grow Electrodes Inside The Body
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a method whereby the body can ‘grow its own’ electrodes. The minimally invasive technique involves injecting a hydrogel that is laden with enzymes into target tissues. The enzymes interact with molecules that are present in the tissue to change the structure of the gel and allow it to become electrically conductive. The approach could facilitate a variety of advanced medical systems, from pacemakers to brain-computer interfaces. Excitingly, the technology avoids the need for invasive surgery or conventional stiff electrical components that are not well match...
Source: Medgadget - March 17, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Materials Neurology Neurosurgery bci bci brain computer interface Source Type: blogs

ChatGPT in conversation with a language scientist (Hickok)
Some interesting failures in this conversation with ChatGPT, not just about the facts of language& brain but some glaring logical failures, like that people with complete damage to Wernicke ' s area would perform significantly worse than chance on a test of word comprehension. On questioning, it impressively " recognized " the error but then the bug re-emerged on the very last question.---------------------Which of the following is true about the neural basis of speech perception? a) it ' s bilateral in the STG. b) it ' s strongly left hemisphere dominant. c) it is dependent on Broca ' s area. d) it is the ability to p...
Source: Talking Brains - March 17, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs

Ten resources, brain teasers and illusions to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2023
We invite you to celebrate Brain Awareness Week (March 13–19th, 2023) by learning more about that key yet often-overlooked organ and by putting it to good use via some fun brain teasers and illusions 🙂 Can you connect these pairs of words? Try these quick teasers to challenge your working memory Three classic optical illusions, explained Test your cognitive skills with these proverbs Math teaser: Will you finish your thesis on time? What do you see? And, can you unsee it? Study examines common cognitive biases such as this one and ways to mitigate them About Brain Awareness Week: Every March, Brain Awareness We...
Source: SharpBrains - March 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning Brain Teasers brain-awareness-week cognitive biases cognitive-skills fun brain teasers optical-illusions quick teasers Working-memory Source Type: blogs

Slideshow: Circles of Life
Every year on March 14, many people eat pie in honor of Pi Day. Mathematically speaking, pi (π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference (the distance around the outside) to its diameter (the length from one side of the circle to the other, straight through the center). That means if you divide the circumference of any circle by its diameter, the solution will always be pi, which is roughly 3.14—hence March 14, or 3/14. But pi is an irrational number, which means that the numbers after the decimal point never end. With the help of computers, mathematicians have determined trillions of digits of pi. To celebrate Pi ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Molecular Structures Cellular Imaging Cool Images Microbes Research Organisms Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 13th 2023
In this study, we report the extensive and progressive accumulation of misfolded proteins during natural aging/senescence in different models, in the absence of disease. We coined the term age-ggregates to refer to this subset of proteins. Our findings demonstrate that age-ggregates exhibit the main characteristics of misfolded protein aggregates implicated in PMDs, including insolubility in detergents, protease-resistance, and staining with dyes specific for misfolded aggregates. Misfolded protein aggregates with these characteristics are thought to be implicated in some of today most prevalent diseases, including Alzheim...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Color-Evasive Cognition: The Unavoidable Impact of Scientific Racism in the Founding of a Field - Ayanna K. Thomas, Maxine McKinney de Royston, Shameka Powell, 2023
 Color-Evasive Cognition: The Unavoidable Impact of Scientific Racism in the Founding of a Field - Ayanna K. Thomas, Maxine McKinney de Royston, Shameka Powell, 2023  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09637214221141713Cognitive psychology has traditionally focused on investigating principles of cognition that are universal across the human species. The motivation to identify " cognitive universals " stems from the close relationship between biology and human cognition and from the theoretical architecture presupposed by the information-processing model. In this article, we argue that the underlying theoret...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 11, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs

Detecting Unusual Score Patterns in the Context of Relevant Predictors-Joel Schneider on a neuropsych assessment issue
Anytime Dr. Joel Schneider drops an article that provides " smart " routines/software to help solve some of the persistent and complex problems in cognitive test interpretation, I make sure to pay attention.  Progress is and can be made. Detecting Unusual Score Patterns in the Context of Relevant Predictors | SpringerLink  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40817-022-00137-x Abstract Neuropsychological assessment requires integrating new information with what is already known about an examinee. In constructing a case conceptualization, it can be helpful to quantify how unusual a pattern of scores is ...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - March 8, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs

Inhibiting the NLRP1 Inflammasome Reduces the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype
A sizable portion of the chronic inflammation of aging is produced by the growing presence of senescent cells in tissues throughout the body. Senescent cells secrete a mix of pro-growth, pro-inflammatory signals (the senescence-associated secretory phenotype, SASP), useful when present in the short-term in the context of wound healing and suppression of cancer risk resulting from cell damage. When sustained over the long-term, however, this signaling becomes highly disruptive to tissue structure and function. The inflammatory mechanisms inside senescent cells that produce pro-inflammatory components of the SASP include the...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs