In 1987 we described a novel illusion involving interactions between motion and chromatic signals in the visual system. A yellow square was displayed on an equiluminous grey background and a cluster of small black dots was superimposed on the square. When the cluster of dots was moved left right, the yellow square also appeared to move with it in the same direction an example of a class of illu...

BACKGROUND Depression is one of the most common psychiatric illnesses among perimenopausal women. Currently, drug treatments for the disorder tend to have higher risks than other forms of treatment. On the contrary, aerobic exercise can effectively relieve menopausal syndrome among perimenopausal women. Square dance, a kind of aerobic exercise favored by middle-aged women in China, could be a b...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether moderate obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) is associated with impaired conduit and microvascular endothelial function, and whether men or women are more susceptible to impairment of endothelial function related to moderate obesity. DESIGN AND METHODS 41 middle aged, non-diabetic moderately obese (BMI 34.7±4.0 kg/m2) and non obese (BMI 24.3±2.6 kg/m2) subjects of both sex...

BACKGROUND The main aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum cholesterol level and body mass index (BMI) in northern Iran. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study carried out on the 1995 subjects (997 males and 998 females) aged 25-65 years that were selected using multistage cluster sampling method. Plasma cholesterol was measured in the morning after a 12-hour fastin...

CONTEXT Implementation of the National Institutes of Health's 1998 guidelines, which recommended that health care professionals advise obese patients to lose weight, required baseline data for evaluation. OBJECTIVES To describe the proportion and characteristics of obese persons advised to lose weight by their health care professional during the previous 12 months and to determine whether the...

PURPOSE This study investigated the relationship between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender in Korean adults aged 45 years and older. METHODS The sample consisted of 11,291 participants in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2012. We used complex sample analyses, including strata, cluster, and sample weighting, to allow ge...

OBJECTIVES Questionnaire studies suggest that hearing is declining among young adults. However, few studies have examined the reliability of hearing questionnaires among young adult subjects. This study examined the associations between pure tone audiometrically assessed (PTA) hearing loss and questionnaire responses in young to middle aged adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional stud...