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• Photos Taken of the Last Women in China with Bound Feet

  17-06-2015 23:57 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianThe photographer Jo Farrell tracked down 50 surviving women whose feet had been bound. Many could no longer walk, and kept their disfigurement hidden. Her images reveal the survivors’ strength, determination – and hope. Jo Farrell’s most recent photography project began, by chance, in the back of a cab. Her career-long interest is in documenting disappearing cultural practices, and in 2005 she got chatting to a Shanghai taxi driver about...
  
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• Humans' built-in GPS is our 3-D sense of smell

  17-06-2015 23:52
  Like homing pigeons, humans have a nose for navigation because our brains are wired to convert smells into spatial information, according to new research.
  
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• Injectable Electronics Hold Promise for Neuroscience

  17-06-2015 22:45 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyAn international team of researchers has developed a method for fabricating nano-scale electronic scaffolds that can be injected via syringe. Once connected to electronic devices, the scaffolds can be used to monitor neural activity, stimulate tissues and even promote regenerations of neurons.
  
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• Early care can prevent a mental health crisis | Letters

  17-06-2015 20:45
  
  Following on from the Care Quality Commission report on crisis care for people with mental health problems, it is clear that children and young people are not receiving the care and support they need (A&E staff attitudes to patients in mental health crisis ‘often shocking’, 12 June). We know that if they receive effective help at an early stage they probably won’t reach a mental health crisis in the first place.Ten per cent of children and young people have a mental disorder, and many
  
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• Recalling positive memories reverses stress-induced depression

  17-06-2015 19:47
  In a remarkable demonstration of the curative power of memory, scientists have established that artificial reactivation of memories stored during a positive experience can suppress the effects of stress-induced depression. The research shows how positive and negative memories interact in mood disorders, and provides a specific brain circuit for future clinical interventions.
  
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• Network model for tracking Twitter memes sheds light on information spreading in the brain

  17-06-2015 19:46
  An international team of researchers is using data mapping methods created to track the spread of information on social networks to trace its dissemination across a surprisingly different system: the human brain.
  
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• Teens 'more likely to engage in risky sex' if they have weak working memory

  17-06-2015 18:00
  The link between cognitive ability and impulse control is explored in a new study that finds an association between weak working memory and increased levels of sexual impulsivity.
  
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• Individuals with social phobia have too much serotonin -- not too little

  17-06-2015 17:53
  Previous studies have led researchers to believe that individuals with social anxiety disorder or social phobia have too low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. A new study, however, shows that the situation is exactly the opposite. Individuals with social phobia make too much serotonin. The more serotonin they produce, the more anxious they are in social situations.
  
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• Teens with weak working memory 'more likely to engage in risky sex'

  17-06-2015 16:00
  The link between cognitive ability and impulse control is explored in a new study that finds an association between weak working memory and increased levels of sexual impulsivity.
  
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• How the brain learns to distinguish between what is important and what is not

  17-06-2015 15:17
  Traffic lights, neon-lit advertisements, a jungle of road signs: when learning to drive, it is often very difficult to distinguish between important and irrelevant information. How the brain learns the importance of certain images over others is being investigated by researchers. They show that learning the relevance of images considerably modifies neuronal networks in the brain. These changes might help our brain to process and classify the overload of stimuli in our environment more effectivel
  
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• Talking therapy shows promise for people with chronic low back pain

  17-06-2015 13:00
  New research from Royal Holloway, University of London has found that a new form of talking therapy is a credible and promising treatment for people with chronic low back pain who are also...
  
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• Panel urges innovative research to improve diagnosis and treatment of ME/CFS

  17-06-2015 13:00
  An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health concluded that ME/CFS is a complex, multifaceted disorder characterized by extreme fatigue and many other symptoms (including...
  
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• New UC study uncovers same-sex couples' opinions about marriage and cohabitation

  17-06-2015 13:00
  As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on same-sex marriage equality, a University of Cincinnati survey of same-sex couples finds that 90 percent of the respondents felt that the option to marry...
  
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• Not-so-guilty pleasure: Viewing cat videos boosts energy and positive emotions

  17-06-2015 10:00
  If you get a warm, fuzzy feeling after watching cute cat videos online, the effect may be more profound than you think.Bloomington, Ind.
  
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• Early behavior problems may be linked to 'aging' biomarkers in preschoolers

  17-06-2015 10:00
  Preschoolers with oppositional defiant behavior are more likely to have shorter telomeres, a hallmark of cellular aging, which in adults is associated with increased risk for chronic diseases and...
  
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• Tim Hunt's findings in lab disproved as stress expert says men cry more at work

  17-06-2015 09:00
  
  Contrary to Nobel laureate’s remark, quickly defended by London mayor Boris Johnson, Prof Ad Vingerhoets says his study found women wept less at work He was cited by Boris Johnson as the world’s leading expert on crying, whose evidence supports the claim that female scientists were more likely to weep at work than their male colleagues.But Prof Ad Vingerhoets has told the Guardian that his only comprehensive and completed study of crying in a work environment showed that men were more likely
  
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• Medical and health care challenges for lesbian and bisexual women highlighted in LGBT Health special

  17-06-2015 09:00
  More than one third of African American lesbian or bisexual women reported a negative experience with a heathcare provider and many of those women did not seek medical care the next time they were...
  
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• Do insect societies share brain power?

  17-06-2015 03:59
  The cooperative or integrative aspects of insect colonies, such as information sharing among colony mates, can reduce the need for individual cognition in these societies, a new study suggests. Researchers compared social vs. solitary wasp species and found evidence that social brain evolution could dramatically different in insects than in vertebrates -- where complex societies require bigger brains.
  
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• Redrawing the brain's motor map

  17-06-2015 01:21
  Neuroscientists have refined a map showing which parts of the brain are activated during head rotation, resolving a decades-old puzzle. Their findings may help in the study of movement disorders affecting the head and neck.
  
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• Eye's motion detection sensors identified

  17-06-2015 01:07
  Studying mice, scientists have identified a neural circuit in the retina that carries signals enabling the eye to detect movement. The finding could help in efforts to build artificial retinas for people who have suffered vision loss.
  
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