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Exercise Benefits Memory, Mental Health

May 26th, 2012
Exercise Benefits Memory, Mental HealthResearchers at Dartmouth College have found that exercise can benefit memory, as well as help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Over the past few ...

Old Rats Learn New Tricks, and Rewire the Brain

May 25th, 2012
Rewiring in the Brain Possible Even As We AgeNew research with rats shows that changes in sensory experiences can rewire the brain at any age. The study also ...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids Heal

May 25th, 2012
 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Traumatized Kids HealA new study had found a widely used psychological intervention dramatically reduces psychological distress experienced by child victims of war and sexual ...

Moral Compass Shifts As Roles Change

May 24th, 2012
Moral Compass Shifts As Roles ChangeA person's sense of right or wrong may change depending on what role they are playing at the time, according to a new study that ...

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 ...

Alcohol Dosage May Speed or Slow Dementia

May 23rd, 2012
Alcohol Dosage May Speed or Slow DementiaAs the world ages and medical costs escalate, a very real concern is the future cost of care for people with ...

War Atrocities May Be Fueled by Racism

May 23rd, 2012
War Atrocities Fueled by Racial PrejudiceNew research suggests war stress may not be the reason soldiers mutilate enemy corpses or take body parts as trophies. Investigators from the Economic and ...

Industry Slants Drug Benefits in Presentations to MDs

May 23rd, 2012
Industry Slants Drug Benefits in Presentations to MDsIn an era of evidence-based clinical care, a new study finds that research presented to psychiatrists during their annual ...

Temporal Context Impacts Discrimination

May 22nd, 2012
Temporal Context Influences DiscriminationA new study suggests timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination – at least in the case of higher education. The finding comes from an experiment in which ...
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