Can we resist another person’s gaze?

Can we resist another person’s gaze?

Adaptive adjustments of strategies are needed to optimize behavior in a dynamic and uncertain world. A key function in implementing flexible behavior and exerting self-control is represented by the ability to stop the execution of an action when it is no longer appropriate for the environmental requests. Importantly, stimuli in our environment are not equally relevant and some are more valuable...

Cultural background modulates how we look at other persons’ gaze

The current study investigated the role of cultural norms on the development of face-scanning. British and Japanese adults' eye movements were recorded while they observed avatar faces moving their mouth, and then their eyes toward or away from the participants. British participants fixated more on the mouth, which contrasts with Japanese participants fixating mainly on the eyes. Moreover, eye ...

Another negative chemoprevention trial: what can we learn?

In general, progress in translating preclinical chemoprevention studies to the clinic has been limited to hormone-responsive tumors (breast, prostate), and to date, has not been widely adopted. Either the toxicities have been too great for general usage despite a definitive positive clinical trial (e.g., 13-cisretinoic acid for suppressing oral leukoplakia or preventing secondary head and neck ...

How can we use one fracture to locate another ?

Should We Consider another Booster Dose of Measles Vaccine?

Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  In recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country. Objective: To find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccination ...