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June 2018
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Western In The News is an e-Newsletter that highlights stories with a Western focus that received significant media coverage. This service is provided by Western's media relations team.
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Western researcher Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo showed that our brains are pre-wired to perceive wrinkles around the eyes as conveying more intense and more sincere emotions. This eye-wrinkle feature, called the Duchenne marker, occurs across multiple facial expressions, including smiles, expressions associated with pain, and—as found by these researchers—expressions of sadness. Coverage of the study appeared in CBC, The Irish Times, Daily Mail and The Times of India.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CBC News
| The Irish Times
| Daily Mail
| The Times of India
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A team from Western’s Brain & Mind Institute led by Jody Culham may have figured out how a Scottish woman who has gone blind is still able to see – but only when objects are in motion.
A brain injury damaged a portion of the woman’s brain at the back of her head, including most of her occipital lobes, which process vision. Culham’s team believes the woman’s brain is trying to find another way to restore some vision. Coverage appeared in CTV News, National Post, ITV News and Fox News.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CTV News
| National Post
| ITV News
| Fox News
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A team of scientists led by researcher Madalena Kozachuk in Western’s Faculty of Science published research showing how X-ray could allow art curators to recover severely degraded images on daguerreotypes, the earliest form of photography that used silver plates. Coverage appeared in the Globe and Mail, Radio Canada International, CBC News and Global News.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Globe and Mail
| Radio Canada International
| CBC News
| Global News
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Western’s political scientists were kept busy following the June 7, 2018 Ontario election. Both national and international news outlets sought the expertise of Western researchers when reporting on the election results. Coverage appeared in publications such as The Guardian UK, National Post, National Public Radio (U.S.) and The Globe and Mail.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Guardian (UK)
| National Post
| National Public Radio
| The Globe and Mail
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Additional Coverage
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