Month: December 2021

Distortion of mental body representations

Our body is central to our sense of self, and distorted body representations are found in several serious medical conditions. This paper reviews evidence that distortions of body representations are also common in healthy individuals, and occur in domains including tactile spatial perception, proprioception, and the conscious body image. Across domains, there is a general […]

Published on December 22, 2021

WHO: Too Soon to Say If Omicron More Transmissible Than Delta

The World Health Organization (WHO) does not yet have enough data on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus to say if it is more transmissible than the Delta variant, an official said on Wednesday. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the […]

Published on December 22, 2021

UK Reduces COVID-19 Self-isolation to 7 Days for Most in England

The British government said that from Wednesday it was reducing the COVID-19 self-isolation period to seven days from 10 days for people in England who get a negative result on a lateral flow test two days in a row. With the omicron variant spreading rapidly in Britain and… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David […]

Published on December 22, 2021