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• A patient's budding cortex -- in a dish? Networking neurons thrive in 3-D human 'organoid'

  29-05-2015 20:47
  Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the outer mantle -- the key working tissue, or cortex -- of the brain of the person from whom they were derived. Strikingly, these 'organoids' buzz with neuronal network activity. Cells talk with each other in circuits, much as they do in our brains.
  
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• Alzheimer's culprit causes memory loss even before brain degeneration

  29-05-2015 19:18
  A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, according to new research.
  
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• Social work researchers create easier, accurate way to analyze TSCC trauma results

  29-05-2015 19:18
  A social work research team has proposed and tested an alternative method to using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children in assessing trauma in children -- especially those in the juvenile justice system.
  
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• Altered pain processing in patients with cognitive impairment

  29-05-2015 19:15
  People with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment (CI) have altered responses to pain, with many conditions associated with increased pain sensitivity, concludes a new research review.
  
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• Stanford researchers tie unexpected brain structures to creativity -- and to stifling it

  29-05-2015 14:00
  Investigators at Stanford University have found a surprising link between creative problem-solving and heightened activity in the cerebellum, a structure located in the back of the brain and more...
  
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• A good night's sleep helps modify deeply rooted attitudes

  29-05-2015 13:00
  Long-held social biases can be reduced during sleep, a new report suggests. It adds further support to recent research that has shown that memories can be selectively reactivated and strengthened...
  
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• Banning legal highs: the biggest obstacle is the human brain | Dean Burnett

  29-05-2015 12:58
  
  There has been considerable confusion and concern around new government plans to ban legal highs. Scientifically, the only solution is to ban the human brainNew government plans to crack down on and ban “legal highs” have a lot of people confused and worried. For a start, the government is essentially planning to make legal highs illegal, and thus creating a logical paradox. Anything covered by the new laws would become illegal, so would not a “legal” high, so wouldn’t be covered by th
  
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• How we make emotional decisions

  29-05-2015 12:00
  Some decisions arouse far more anxiety than others. Among the most anxiety-provoking are those that involve options with both positive and negative elements, such choosing to take a higher-paying job...
  
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• Sleep quality influences the cognitive performance of autistic and neurotypical children

  29-05-2015 11:00
  One night of poor sleep significantly decreases performance on intelligence tests in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and also in neurotypical children (without ASD).
  
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• Parents feel racial socialization may help minority children succeed in school

  29-05-2015 10:00
  UC Riverside-led study identifies racial socialization strategies used by minority parents to support success and resilience in young childrenA child's ability to succeed academically is one of...
  
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• Even when we're resting, our brains are preparing us to be social, UCLA reports

  29-05-2015 10:00
  Even when we're resting, our brains are preparing us to be social, UCLA psychologists reportA new study by UCLA neuroscientists sheds light on why Facebook is such a popular diversion for people...
  
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• Research links impulsivity and binge eating

  29-05-2015 09:00
  Do you get impulsive when you're upset? If so, this could be putting you at risk for binge eating.
  
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• Fox News, or MSNBC

  29-05-2015 09:00
  Study by researchers at UCSB shows that as people non-consciously categorize others by political affiliation, they ignore race -- but not age or genderBeatles versus Rolling Stones.
  
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• Western Women Who Join Islamic State Defy "Jihadi Bride" Stereotype

  29-05-2015 06:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Reuters - World NewsWestern women joining Islamic State are increasingly from comfortable backgrounds and often well educated with romantic notions of adventure often quickly dispelled by the harshness of life as a "Jihadi bride", according to a British research report.
  
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• The Psychology of Getting Kids (and Spouses) to Eat Better

  29-05-2015 06:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CBS News - HealthwatchResearchers test which works better, positive messages about healthy foods or warnings about what not to eat.
  
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• Spare Rib: 21 Years of Radical Feminist Magazine Goes Online

  29-05-2015 06:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianDigital archive of all 239 editions of publication charting grassroots feminist movement aims to reach new generation of readers. Spare Rib, the radical magazine charting the grassroots feminist movement for 21 years from the early 1970s, summed up an era and a movement. Now its often challenging debates during an important period for women’s liberation, can be accessed online thanks to an ambitious project by the British Library. All 239...
  
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• Sony Hack Exposed Gender Inequality in Hollywood, Says Clooney

  29-05-2015 06:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianThe Tomorrowland star says talks over unequal pay are the ‘only good thing that came’ out of the leaked emails. While criticising last year’s Sony hack as “an abomination”, George Clooney has also said it was a positive force in bringing about a renewed conversation about the pay gap between men and women in Hollywood...
  
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• Gender and Racial Bias Can Be "Unlearned" During Sleep

  29-05-2015 06:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianPlaying auditory cues during sleep partially undid biases, raising possibility of using the technique to make permanent behavioral changes. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the overlords use “sleep teaching” to condition children to submit to their sinister moral values. Now scientists have found a more noble purpose for the technique in a study that suggests deep-rooted biases about race and gender could be “unlearnt” during a short nap...
  
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• 1 in 20 People Has Hallucinated, International Survey Finds

  29-05-2015 06:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - ScienceAbout 1 in 20 people in the general population has experienced at least one hallucination in their lifetime that wasn't connected to drugs, alcohol or dreaming, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed information from more than 31,000 people in 18 countries who were interviewed as part of a mental health survey from the World Health Organization. Participants were asked whether they had ever heard voices or seen things that didn't exist,...
  
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