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Action video game playing is associated with improved visual sensitivity, but not alterations in visual sensory memory.

Appelbaum, Lawrence Gregory; Cain, Matthew; Darling, Elise F; Mitroff, Stephen (Atten Percept Psychophys, 2013-08)

Action video game playing has been experimentally linked to a number of perceptual and cognitive improvements. These benefits are captured through a wide range of psychometric tasks and have led to the proposition that action ...

Effects of chronic mild traumatic brain injury on white matter integrity in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

Cernak, I; Haswell, CC; Liu, C; Marx, Christine Elizabeth; Massoglia, D; McCarthy, G; MIRECC Work Group; ... (10 authors) (Hum Brain Mapp, 2013-11)

Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common source of morbidity from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With no overt lesions on structural MRI, diagnosis of chronic mild TBI in military veterans relies on obtaining an ...

Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka.

Akoroda, U; Bodinayake, Champica K; Chow, A; Chua, R; Devasiri, V; Gubler, DJ; Hou, Y; ... (14 authors) (PLoS One, 2013)

BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a 40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection (CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated ...

Rapid brain responses independently predict gain maximization and loss minimization during economic decision making.

Appelbaum, Lawrence Gregory; Huettel, Scott; Pearson, John Michael; San Martín, R; Woldorff, Marty G (J Neurosci, 2013-04-17)

Success in many decision-making scenarios depends on the ability to maximize gains and minimize losses. Even if an agent knows which cues lead to gains and which lead to losses, that agent could still make choices yielding ...

Recruiting young adults into a weight loss trial: report of protocol development and recruitment results.

Batch, Bryan Courtney; Bennett, Gary G; Bosworth, Hayden Barry; Corsino, L; Grambow, Steven C; Intille, S; Lin, Pao-Hwa; ... (10 authors) (Contemp Clin Trials, 2013-07)

Obesity has spread to all segments of the U.S. population. Young adults, aged 18-35 years, are rarely represented in clinical weight loss trials. We conducted a qualitative study to identify factors that may facilitate ...

Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.

Bartlett, John A; Crump, John Andrew; Galloway, RL; Kinabo, GD; Maro, Venance P; Massung, RF; Morrissey, AB; ... (12 authors) (PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)

INTRODUCTION: The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not approached fever in a comprehensive manner. In many areas, ...

Referring heroin users from compulsory detoxification centers to community methadone maintenance treatment: a comparison of three models.

Yan, L; Liu, E; McGoogan, JM; Duan, S; Wu, LT; Comulada, S; Wu, Z (BMC Public Health, 2013-08-13)

BACKGROUND: Both compulsory detoxification treatment and community-based methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) exist for heroin addicts in China. We aim to examine the effectiveness of three intervention models for referring ...

The impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on PTSD symptoms and psychosocial functioning among older adults.

Ogle, Christin; Rubin, David C; Siegler, Ilene C (Dev Psychol, 2013-11)

The present study examined the impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychosocial functioning in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults (N = ...