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• People who feel younger at heart live longer

  17-12-2014 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Research found people who felt younger than their age
  
  lived longer than those who felt their age or older.
  
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• Master regulator gene, long tied to autism disorders, can stimulate other genes involved in early brain development

  17-12-2014 20:10
  Chemical modifications to DNA’s packaging — known as epigenetic changes — can activate or repress genes involved in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and early brain development, according to a new study. Biochemists found that these epigenetic changes in mice and laboratory experiments remove the blocking mechanism of a protein complex long known for gene suppression, and transitions the complex to a gene activating role instead.
  
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• Why some antidepressants may initially worsen symptoms

  17-12-2014 19:14
  New research helps explain a paradoxical effect of certain antidepressants -- that they may actually worsen symptoms before helping patients feel better. The findings may help investigators fix the problem as well as create new classes of drugs to treat depression.
  
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• Social anxiety disorder: how to cope during the holiday season

  17-12-2014 17:00
  Social anxiety disorder is hard to deal with at any time of year, but even more so during the holiday season. In this feature, we look at the best ways to cope with the condition.
  
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• Hugs help protect against stress, infection, say researchers

  17-12-2014 16:13
  
  Researchers tested whether hugs act as a form of social support, protecting stressed people from getting sick. They found that greater social support and more frequent hugs protected people from the increased susceptibility to infection associated with being stressed and resulted in less severe illness symptoms.
  
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• Adults are right to let Bambi break the bad news | Philippa Perry

  17-12-2014 15:53
  
  Children’s films are emotional workouts that gently teach the hardest truth: that most things may never happen – this one willWhy does death feature in children’s films and stories as much as it does? Even if death isn’t the main storyline, as in Cinderella, the gloom of Cinders having lost her mother and being largely unprotected in the world is pretty scary.A group of researchers watched 45 of the top-grossing children’s animated films, and compared them with the most popular action
  
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• Bugs life: The nerve cells that make locusts ‘gang up’

  17-12-2014 15:06
  
  A team of biologists has identified a set of nerve cells in desert locusts that bring about 'gang-like' gregarious behavior when they are forced into a crowd. The findings demonstrate the importance of individual history for understanding how brain chemicals control behaviour, which may apply more broadly to humans also.
  
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• Imaging scan records brain activity during epileptic a

  17-12-2014 13:41
  An imaging scan called SPECT records brain activity during epileptic seizures. The scan pinpoints where seizures originate, and helps in the planning of surgery to remove the part of the brain responsible for seizures.
  
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• 4 Myths About Suicide

  17-12-2014 13:04 via counsellingresource.com
  
  Here are some of the things I've learned from those who are suicidal and their families.Tags: depression, in practice, relationships, suicide
  
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• Pediatric bone marrow transplant patients at higher risk of cognitive decline

  17-12-2014 09:00
  
  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study identifies small group of patients at risk for intellectual decline after bone marrow transplantation; results set stage for new strategies to preserve IQ...
  
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• Mindfulness of Emotions Becomes Tangible with Feeling Magnets

  17-12-2014 09:00 via pr.com
  Feeling Magnets Inc. launches its first product based on the latest research around emotions to coach people to build a healthy relationship with their feelings. [PR.com]
  
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• Breakthrough in reducing LGBT prejudice, persuading voters

  17-12-2014 09:00
  
  It's possible to lastingly persuade conservative voters to support a controversial issue like marriage for same-sex couples-and at a greatly accelerated rate compared to their neighbors-according to...
  
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• 'Microlesions' in epilepsy discovered by novel technique

  17-12-2014 03:18
  
  Using an innovative technique combining genetic analysis and mathematical modeling with some basic sleuthing, researchers have identified previously undescribed microlesions in brain tissue from epileptic patients. The millimeter-sized abnormalities may explain why areas of the brain that appear normal can produce severe seizures in many children and adults with epilepsy.
  
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• What Makes Patriots Perpetrators of Torture?

  17-12-2014 01:26 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Social Psychology Network NewsCIA employees are the “best and brightest,” but some also engaged in the acts. What made them do it?
  
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• Virtual Bodyswapping May Reduce Prejudice Toward Others

  17-12-2014 01:26 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: ScienceDailyResearchers explain how they have used the brain's ability to bring together information from different senses to make white people feel that they were inhabiting black bodies and adults feel like they had children's bodies. The results of such virtual bodyswapping experiments are remarkable and have important implications for approaching phenomena such as race and gender discrimination.
  
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• Domestic Abuse of Pregnant Women Linked to Children's Nightmares

  17-12-2014 01:26 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyDomestic violence can affect children even before they're born, indicates new research. The study is the first to link abuse of pregnant women with emotional and behavioral trauma symptoms in their children within the first year of life. Symptoms include nightmares, startling easily, being bothered by loud noises and bright lights, avoiding physical contact and having trouble experiencing enjoyment.
  
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