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• Brain Research Helps Explain Drunken Aggression

  19-02-2018 14:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Medical News TodayA new study examines what goes on inside the brains of intoxicated young men. The findings may help to reduce alcohol-related crime.
  
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• The Lesbian Pioneers Who Fooled Spain's Catholic Church

  19-02-2018 14:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesTheir wedding in 1901 remains the only known same-sex marriage in the church's history, the British Broadcasting Corporation's James Badcock reports.
  
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• Canadian High Court Says Sexual Assault Case Used Victim Stereotype

  19-02-2018 14:52 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Globe and Mail -NationalAlthough trial judges are entitled to deference on their findings of fact, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said the stereotyping was 'an error of law'.
  
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• Teens With Stroke at Birth Use Opposite Side of Brain for Language

  19-02-2018 14:45
  In a new study, researchers observed young people who had left-brain stroke damage at birth and found they are now using the right side of the brain for language — in the exact, mirror-opposite region to the normal language areas on the left side.
  At least one in 4,000 newborn babies experience a perinatal stroke, one that occurs right around the time of birth. But a stroke in a baby, even a big one, does not have the same long-term effects as an adult stroke. The findings help d
  
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• Brain Imaging Can Predict CBT Effectiveness for OCD

  19-02-2018 14:00
  Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have developed a new method to predict whether a person with obsessive compulsive disorder would benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy.
  Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a challenging, life-long mental health disorder marked by repetitive thoughts and actions that can seriously impair work performance, relationships, and quality of life. Examples of OCD include washing hands needlessly dozens of times of day, or spending s
  
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• Alzheimer’s Signs Reversed in Mouse Study

  19-02-2018 13:15
  Researchers have successfully reversed the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease, thereby improving the animals’ cognitive function.
  Investigators from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute discovered that gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1 eliminates the plaques.
  The study, which appears in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, raises hopes that drugs targeting this enzyme will be able to successfully treat Alzheimer’s dis
  
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• Social Media Can Help Start Healing Process

  19-02-2018 12:30
  In a new study, investigators at Drexel University examined how and why women decide to disclose pregnancy loss on Facebook. Their findings shed light on a shift in our social media behavior that is making it easier for people to come forward and share their painful, personal, and often stigmatized stories.
  “While many use Facebook to largely talk about happy and light topics and believe that to be the expected norm on this platform, some people make complicated decisions to talk about thi
  
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• Why don’t the Carillion bosses seem embarrassed?

  19-02-2018 12:21 via theguardian.com
  My father warned me about scoundrels in business. Now bad behaviour can be called out online, but international shame still doesn’t stop roguesAs my father had been seriously ripped off three times during his life in business by people he trusted, he often warned me about the surprising number of rogues and scoundrels swanning around, ready to use any vile trick to relieve me of my money.Just my father’s bad luck, I thought, until about a decade ago, when I came across one of these v
  
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• Blood and Urine Tests Developed to Diagnose Autism

  19-02-2018 02:15
  New blood and urine tests that can indicate autism in children have been developed by researchers in England.
  The researchers, who discovered a link between autism and damage to proteins in blood plasma, say the tests could led to earlier detection of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and earlier intervention.
  “We hope the tests will also reveal new causative factors,” said Dr. Naila Rabbani, Reader of Experimental Systems Biology at the University of Warwick, who led the study. &ldquo
  
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