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Strong Emotions Put People In Sync

May 25th, 2012
Strong Emotions Put People In SyncExplaining the role and purpose of emotions has been a human preoccupation since Plato and Aristotle. Now, brain imaging suggests the experience of strong emotions ...

Genetic Tendency to Obesity Not the Last Word

May 25th, 2012
Genetic Tendency to Obesity Not the Last WordClassic weight control doctrine follows the logic that if you consume more calories per day than what your body ...

Healthy Brain Wiring Preserves Cognitive Skills

May 24th, 2012
Healthy Nerve Connections in Brain Preserve Cognitive SkillsThe benefits of being “well-connected” apply to more than social status and economic success – new study finds that maintaining nerve connections ...

Harnessing Unconscious Visual Preferences to Consumer Choices

May 24th, 2012
Harnessing Unconscious Visual Preferences to Consumer ChoicesWhen you pick up a pen out of a messy drawer or grab a coffee cup in the morning, you don't really ...

Depression Linked With More Internet Use

May 22nd, 2012
Can Internet Use Predict Depression?Someday your phone or laptop might truly be smart: It could diagnose your depression based on your Internet surfing patterns. According to researchers at Missouri University of ...

Direct Brain Stimulation Decreases Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

May 22nd, 2012
Transcranial direct stimulation may help some patients with schizophrenia, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Although still considered an experimental therapy , direct brain stimulation (DBS) has been in practice for several years and has been tried ...

Social Media and Cell Phones Aid Scientific Research

May 21st, 2012
Social Media and Cell Phones Aid Scientific ResearchA digital native is an individual born during the last 40 years. This cohort typically uses technology in many ...

Genetic Testing Has Not Resulted in Medical Overuse

May 21st, 2012
Genetic Testing Has Not Resulted in Medical OveruseThe availability of genetic testing to help individuals learn their risk for a particular disease has not resulted in an ...

Acid in the Brain Linked to Panic Disorders, Depression

May 20th, 2012
Recent studies suggest that increased acidity, or low pH, in the brain is linked to panic disorders, anxiety, and depression. But University of Iowa neuroscientist John Wemmie, M.D., Ph.D., says his work suggests that changes in acidity are important for normal brain activity ...

Winning the War Against PTSD

May 19th, 2012
A new study has found that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq is dramatically lower than predicted. A Harvard researcher credits new efforts by the Army to prevent PTSD, as well as ensuring that those ...
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