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• Scientists identify brain circuitry responsible for anxiety in smoking cessation

  21-04-2015 19:21
  
  In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists have identified circuitry in the brain responsible for the increased anxiety commonly experienced during withdrawal from nicotine addiction.
  
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• Surprising contributor to Rett syndrome identified

  21-04-2015 19:20
  The immune system is designed to protect us from disease. But what if it was malfunctioning? Would it make a disease worse? That appears to be the case with Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, and possibly in other neurological disorders as well.
  
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• Mindfulness and antidepressants offer 'similar level of protection' against depression

  21-04-2015 17:00
  The largest trial yet of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy finds that this treatment works about as well as antidepressants for reducing depressive relapses.
  
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• Cannabis consumers show greater susceptibility to false memories

  21-04-2015 16:49
  
  Consumers of cannabis are more prone to experiencing false memories. One of the known consequences of consuming this drug is the memory problems it can cause. Chronic consumers show more difficulties than the general population in retaining new information and recovering memories. The new study also reveals that the chronic use of cannabis causes distortions in memory, making it easier for imaginary or false memories to appear.
  
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• To-do lists can be stress busters - if you can master them | Oliver Burkeman

  21-04-2015 16:45
  
  Most of us treat self-help books with a healthy dose of skepticism. But one written 14 years ago has the ultimate efficiency hack
  If anyone’s to blame for the modern-day cult of “personal productivity” – the ceaseless barrage of books and listicles promising tips for keeping your head above water in our hyper-busy era – then it’s probably David Allen. It’s been 14 years since Penguin published Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, with its inauspicious cover ima
  
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• University offering free online course to demolish climate denial | Dana Nuccitelli

  21-04-2015 15:59
  
  The University of Queensland’s course examines the science of climate science denialStarting April 28th, 2015, the University of Queensland is offering a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) aimed at “Making Sense of Climate Science Denial.”97% of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming; however, less than half of Australians are aware of humanity’s role in climate change, while half of the US Senate has voted that humans aren’t causing global warming. This fr
  
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• First infant MRI study finds babies feel pain 'like adults'

  21-04-2015 15:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Research shows the brains of babies "light up" in a similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, suggesting they feel pain much like adults do.
  
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• Antidepressant use in pregnancy associated with anxiety symptoms in 3-year-olds

  21-04-2015 14:43
  Three-year-old siblings exposed to antidepressants in pregnancy show increased anxiety symptoms compared to their unexposed siblings, researchers report. The study shows the importance of considering the potential long-term effects on child development when addressing the safety of antidepressant use during pregnancy.
  
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• Aha! The Power of the Moment of Realization

  21-04-2015 13:17 via counsellingresource.com
  
  It's not so much the seeing as the doing that usually creates the most powerful "aha!" moments in our lives.Tags: CBT, in practice, relationships
  
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• Young women objectify themselves more when browsing Facebook and magazines

  21-04-2015 10:00
  Though it is widely believed that the media objectifies women, women further diminish themselves by constantly comparing their bodies to others'.
  
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• Study links brain anatomy, academic achievement, and family income

  21-04-2015 10:00
  Many years of research have shown that for students from lower-income families, standardized test scores and other measures of academic success tend to lag behind those of wealthier students.
  
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• SLU research finds text messages a good way to support mothers with postpartum depression

  21-04-2015 10:00
  Study author notes mom's mental health has an impact on the child's well beingThis is a sample of one of the supportive texts messages sent to study participants. Credit: Matthew Broom, M.
  
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• Nothing beats a good night's sleep for helping people absorb new information, new research reveals

  21-04-2015 10:00
  Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have found that successful long-term learning happens after classroom teaching, after the learners have slept on the new material.
  
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• Fruit fly studies shed light on adaptability of nerve cells

  21-04-2015 10:00
  An international team of researchers at German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have revealed in a collaborative study - published in...
  
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• Droperidol is safe for agitated ER patients, despite black box warning

  21-04-2015 10:00
  Droperidol is safe and effective for calming violent and aggressive emergency patients, and the negative effects that garnered a black box warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are...
  
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• Protecting students from homophobic bullying

  21-04-2015 09:00
  New study points to reasons why peers intervene to stop bullying at schoolStudents who are bullied because of sexual orientation have willing defenders in their classmates - motivated by...
  
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• Drop in abuse and overdose after opioids were made crush-resistant

  21-04-2015 09:00
  A new study reports a substantial drop in prescription opioid overdoses following the decision to make the high-dose opioid painkiller OxyContin crush-resistant.
  
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• Calm down dear: the dark side of ‘emotional intelligence’ | Dean Burnett

  21-04-2015 08:15
  
  British chess master Nigel short recently caused controversy by saying women’s brains aren’t ‘hard wired’ for chess. He also pointed out women have greater ‘emotional intelligence’. But this supposed praise reveals a great deal of cultural preconceptions and gender stereotyping, which suggests it’s not actually a compliment at all.Nigel Short, UK chess grand master, recently said that the reason there are so few women in the world of competitive chess because male brain is “hardw
  
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• Middle-aged adults lacking vivid memories: Living life in the third person

  21-04-2015 00:27
  
  Imagine living a healthy, normal life without the ability to re-experience in your mind personal events from your past. You have learned details about past episodes from your life and can recite these to family and friends, but you can't mentally travel back in time to imagine yourself in any of them. Cognitive scientists had a rare opportunity to examine three middle-aged adults who essentially live their lives in the 'third person.'
  
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• New guideline advises when to treat a first seizure

  21-04-2015 00:25
  A new guideline found that administering an antiepileptic medication immediately after a first seizure reduces the risk of having another seizure within two years.
  
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