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• Alzheimer's disease works differently in patients with and without Down Syndrome, study shows

  25-06-2015 22:16
  A study revealed differences in the way brain inflammation -- considered a key component of AD-- is expressed in different subsets of patients, in particular people with Down syndrome (DS) and AD.
  
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• What controls blood flow in the brain?

  25-06-2015 19:09
  Scientists present the strongest evidence yet that smooth muscle cells surrounding blood vessels in the brain are the only cells capable of contracting to control blood vessel diameter and thus regulate blood flow. This basic anatomical understanding may also have important implications for phenomena observed in stroke and migraines.
  
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• Personality tests would make the military more efficient and effective... and NATO are starting to listen

  25-06-2015 17:00
  Armies would be more efficient and effective if they used personality tests to decide whether recruits are suitable for combat or better fitted to roles behind the lines.
  
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• Economic recessions may have an impact on suicide and self-harm rates

  25-06-2015 17:00
  Two new studies publishing in the International Journal of Epidemiology have examined associations between economic downturns and rates of suicide.
  
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• A supportive close friendship helps boys and girls overcome adversity

  25-06-2015 15:00
  A single supportive close friendship can help young people from low-income backgrounds to thrive in challenging circumstances, according to a new University of Sussex study.
  
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• Therapy affects the brain of people with Tourette Syndrome

  25-06-2015 14:16
  In addition to its effect on chronic tics, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can change the brain function of people with Tourette syndrome, new research confirms. Tourette syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder mainly characterized by motor and vocal tics in affected people. A tic is generally defined as a semi-voluntary movement or vocalization with no specific purpose.
  
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• Researchers question what happens in the brain when we think

  25-06-2015 14:15
  New research questions the prevailing doctrine on how the brain absorbs and processes information. The idea that the brain has a mechanism to maintain activity at the lowest possible level is incorrect.
  
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• How does the brain recognize faces from minimal information?

  25-06-2015 14:15
  Our brain recognizes objects within milliseconds, even if it only receives rudimentary visual information. Researchers believe that reliable and fast recognition works because the brain is constantly making predictions about objects in the field of view and is comparing these with incoming information. Only if mismatches occur in this process do higher areas of the brain have to be notified of the error in order to make active corrections to the predictions. Now scientists have confirmed this hy
  
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• Fructose produces less rewarding sensations in the brain

  25-06-2015 14:13
  Fructose not only results in a lower level of satiety, it also stimulates the reward system in the brain to a lesser degree than glucose. This may cause excessive consumption accompanied by effects that are a risk to health, report researchers. Various diseases have been attributed to industrial fructose in sugary drinks and ready meals.
  
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• Redrawing the language map of the brain

  25-06-2015 14:09
  For 140 years, scientists' understanding of language comprehension in the brain came from individuals with stroke. But now they have redrawn that brain map based on new research with individuals who have a rare form of dementia that affects language, Primary Progressive Aphasia. Scientists discovered language comprehension is in a different neighborhood, providing a more precise brain target for future therapies to restore language.
  
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• Benjamin Aiken LLC Announces Opening of Private Psychotherapy Practice in Denver

  25-06-2015 14:00 via pr.com
  Benjamin Aiken, MA, NCC, MBA, announces the opening of his private psychotherapy practice serving adolescents, adults, and senior adults in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of downtown Denver. New clients and client referrals are now being accepted.A Unique, Integrated Approach to HelpingBen’s strengths-based and action-oriented approach to helping adolescents, adults, and senior adults is centered on a [PR.com]
  
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• Study examines cesarean section delivery and autism spectrum disorder

  25-06-2015 13:00
  The initial results of a study suggested that children born by cesarean section were 21 percent more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder but that association did not hold up in...
  
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• Not drink driving is often against the lore: QUT study

  25-06-2015 10:00
  Cultural "lore" outweighs criminal law when Indigenous drivers in regional and remote communities get behind the wheel drunk, a new study by Queensland University of Technology has found.
  
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• World's Largest Charity Launches Anti-Slavery Center

  25-06-2015 09:05 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Reuters - World NewsUnited Way Worldwide, the world's largest charity, has launched a center to combat modern-day slavery and is pushing to make the eradication of human trafficking a priority for the next U.S. president.
  
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• Study Finds That Small Nonverbal Acts Can Reduce Racial Bias

  25-06-2015 09:05 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyNew research finds observing a white American engage in small nonverbal acts such as smiling more often, making eye contact for longer periods of time, and standing in closer proximity to a black American makes the observer less prone to racial biases.
  
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• Sense of Justice Evident in Children As Young As 3

  25-06-2015 09:05 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CNN - Top StoriesIf you want to learn the building blocks of empathy and a sense of justice, just look to the nearest 3-year-old.
  
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• Moroccan Gay Men to Serve Four Months for Their Pose in Photo

  25-06-2015 09:05 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianImprisonment of Rabat sightseers follows topless activists’ arrest for kissing in same spot at Hassan tower and rise in sensitivity towards LGBT activity. Two Moroccan gay men have been sentenced to four months each in jail after they were arrested for standing too close to one another as they posed for a photograph in front of a historic site in Rabat. Lahcen, 38, and Mohsine, 25, whose surnames the Guardian is not publishing in order to...
  
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• How Do Men React When Their Masculinity Is Threatened?

  25-06-2015 09:05 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailySocietal norms dictating that men should be masculine are powerful. A new study finds that men who believe they fall short of those ideals might reassert their masculinity in small but significant ways.
  
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• Experts Deem Climate Change a "Medical Emergency"

  25-06-2015 09:05 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthThe threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last 50 years of gains in development and global health, experts warned on Tuesday. Extreme weather events such as floods and heat waves bring rising risks of infectious diseases, poor nutrition and stress, the specialists said, while polluted cities where people work long hours and have no time or space to walk, cycle or relax are bad for the heart as well...
  
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• Insomnia, anxiety, break-ups … musicians on the dark side of touring

  25-06-2015 09:00
  
  Long hours in vans and solitary hotel rooms. Screaming fans when you’re on stage, then back home to feed the cat. Musicians talk about the psychological dangers of life on tourWhile many may envisage the life of a touring musician to be that of a glorified jetsetter, the reality is far from idyllic. A recent study by charity Help Musicians UK found that over 60% of musicians have suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. Singer Alanna
  
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