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How Comparable Different Stress Tests Are

February 15, 2021
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Bochum, Germany — Scientists use many different tests to investigate what happens in the brain in people experiencing stress. It is unclear to what extent the various methods with which subjects are...

Study Reveals Neurons Responsible for Rapidly Stopping Behaviours, Actions

February 4, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — For the first time in humans, investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified the neurons responsible for cancelling planned behaviours or actions–a highly adaptive skill that...

Specific Bacteria in the Gut Prompt Mother Mice to Neglect Their Pups

February 1, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — As scientists learn more about the microorganisms that colonize the body–collectively called the microbiota — one area of intense interest is the effect that these microbes...

The 16 Facial Expressions Most Common to Emotional Situations Worldwide

December 17, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles,...

Using Play to “school” Children’s Emotions

December 15, 2020
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Geneva, Switzerland — Being socially and emotionally competent from an early age is likely to help children win acceptance by their peers, build better relationships with teachers, and facilitate academic...

Psychosis Symptoms Linked to Impaired Information Spread in the Brain

November 24, 2020
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Paris, France — Altered white matter limits the brain’s conscious access to information, potentially contributing to delusions and other psychotic symptoms of mental health disorders, according...

Neuron-Based Gene Expression Study Reveals Insights on Fear and Its Regulation

October 27, 2020
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Belmont, MA — Fear and fear extinction learning (the gradual reduction of fear by repeated exposure to the feared object) are adaptive processes caused by molecular changes in specific brain circuits,...

Which OCD Treatment Works Best? New Brain Study Could Lead to More Personalized Choices

August 28, 2020
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Ann Arbor, MI — New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them – something that eludes more than a third...

COVID-19 Provides Rare Opportunities for Studying Natural and Human Systems

July 29, 2020
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Stanford, CA — Like the legendary falling apple that hit Isaac Newton and led to his groundbreaking insight on the nature of gravity, COVID-19 could provide unintended glimpses into how complex Earth...

Making Balanced Decisions

July 16, 2020
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München, Germany — Animals have an innate preference for certain scents and tastes. Attractive scents are linked to things like good food. Less attractive scents – that of spoiled food, for example...

Second COVID-19 Wave could be Avoided If Social Distancing and the Use of Face Masks are Maintained

June 23, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Individual behaviour has a significant effect on preventing a large second wave of COVID-19 infections. In fact, maintaining social distancing and other interventions such as the...

Poor Sleep Significantly Linked with Teenage Depression

June 18, 2020
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Reading, UK — Teenagers who experience very poor sleep may be more likely to experience poor mental health in later life, according to a new study. In a paper published in the Journal of Child...

Loneliness Alters Your Brain’s Social Network

June 16, 2020
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Washington, DC — Social media sites aren’t the only things that keep track of your social network — your brain does, too. But loneliness alters how the brain represents relationships, according...

Protecting Scientific Diversity

June 15, 2020
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Göttingen, Germany — In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are facing great challenges because they have to reorient, interrupt or even cancel research and teaching. A team of international...

Boys’ Poor Reading Skills might Help Explain Higher Education Gender Gap

June 9, 2020
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Columbia, MO — Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Essex in the United Kingdom found boys’ poor reading skills in adolescence, combined with the social attitudes about...

Do COVID-19 Apps Protect Your Privacy?

June 9, 2020
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Champaign, IL — Mobile apps are helping track the spread of COVID-19 to contain the outbreak, but the apps also raise concerns about personal privacy. Information sciences professor Masooda Bashir...

Child’s Brain Activity Reveals Their Memory Ability

May 26, 2020
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Washington, DC — A child’s unique brain activity reveals how good their memories are, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. When you scramble to remember a phone number as...

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