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• Blood markers identify women at risk for postpartum depression

  27-07-2015 21:04
  The hormone oxytocin, sometimes called 'the love hormone,' may be a factor in postpartum depression, when a mother has a lower than normal level. A blood marker now may help identify the risk, investigators now report.
  
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• It don't mean a thing if the brain ain't got that swing

  27-07-2015 19:08
  Like Duke Ellington's 1931 jazz standard, the human brain improvises while its rhythm section keeps up a steady beat. But when it comes to taking on intellectually challenging tasks, groups of neurons tune in to one another for a fraction of a second and harmonize, then go back to improvising, according to new research.
  
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• Insulin resistance increases risk for Alzheimer's disease, study finds

  27-07-2015 19:08
  A strong association between insulin resistance and memory function decline has been found by researchers who suggest that this link increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Neural efficiency hypothesis confirmed

  27-07-2015 16:47
  One of the big questions intelligence researchers grapple with is just how differences in intelligence are reflected in the human brain. Researchers have succeeded in studying further details relating to suspected functional differences in the brains of intelligent people. Among their findings: the authors suggest that it is impossible to "exercise" working memory. This has been a controversial issue among scientists in recent years because of contradictory findings in different studies.
  
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• Babies' brains show that social skills linked to second language learning

  27-07-2015 16:00
  Babies learn language best by interacting with people rather than passively through a video or audio recording. But it's been unclear what aspects of social interactions make them so important for learning. New findings demonstrate for the first time that an early social behavior called gaze shifting is linked to infants' ability to learn new language sounds.
  
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• Researchers identify neural signature of tunnel vision

  27-07-2015 15:25
  A new study measured brain activity while people watched clips from Alfred Hitchcock and other suspenseful films. During high suspense moments, the brain narrows what people see and focuses their attention on the story. During less suspenseful moments of the film clips, viewers devote more attention to their surroundings.
  
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• Will Gay Divorce Be Different From Traditional Divorce?

  27-07-2015 13:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - BusinessWill same-sex divorce differ from traditional divorce?
  
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• Scientists Find First Drug That Appears to Slow Alzheimer's Disease

  27-07-2015 13:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianSolanezumab blocks memory loss in patients with mild version of the disease, making it the first medicine ever to slow pace of damage to patients’ brains. Scientists appear to have broken a decades-long deadlock in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease after announcing trial results for the first drug that appears to slow the pace of mental decline. The drug, called solanezumab, was shown to stave off memory loss in patients with mild...
  
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• Obama in Kenya: "No Excuse" for Treating Women Poorly

  27-07-2015 13:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The Guardian‘Just because something is part of your past doesn’t make it right’, Obama says Rousing address in Nairobi also offers insight into his African heritage Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to Kenya on Sunday with a strong condemnation of female genital mutilation and other “bad traditions” that treat women as second-class citizens, in a speech that also a offered a poignant glimpse into his African heritage. Related: Barack Obama tells...
  
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• First Direct Evidence That Autism Is Not Rising

  27-07-2015 13:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthThe way autism is diagnosed in the United States has led to an apparent tripling in cases in recent years that does not reflect reality, researchers said Wednesday. Rather, more youths with intellectual or developmental disabilities are being reclassified as autistic, said the study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. The prevalence of autism in the United States was just one in 5,000 in 1975.
  
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• Exercise Is Good for Your Brain

  27-07-2015 13:30 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Google News - HealthRegular physical activity may stave off the risk for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment or dementia. The benefits of exercise have been well-established over the years. Now, there may...
  
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• Winning is a Matter of Attitude

  27-07-2015 12:13 via counsellingresource.com
  
  When a person truly wants to grow, nothing can stop them. But becoming a better person always starts with a change of outlook or perspective. Here are six general rules for nurturing a winning attitude.Tags: character disturbance, motivation, positive psychology, relationships, responsibility
  
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• Know it's a placebo? CU-Boulder study shows the 'medicine' could still work

  27-07-2015 09:00
  
  You don't think you're hungry, then a friend mentions how hungry he is or you smell some freshly baked pizza and whoaaa, you suddenly feel really hungry.
  
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• Diagnosis of psychiatric disorders not as important as outcomes

  27-07-2015 09:00
  
  Nailing the diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder may not be important in prescribing effective treatment, according to Mark Zimmerman, M.D., a clinical researcher at Rhode Island Hospital.
  
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• Sleep makes our memories more accessible, study shows

  27-07-2015 02:00
  Sleeping not only protects memories from being forgotten, it also makes them easier to access, according to new research. A new study tracked memories for novel, made-up words learnt either prior to a night's sleep, or an equivalent period of wakefulness. Subjects were asked to recall words immediately after exposure, and then again after the period of sleep or wakefulness.
  
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• Sleep sharpens power to recall memories, study finds

  27-07-2015 01:01
  
  Sleep almost doubles chances of remembering previously forgotten information, according to new research Last-minute “swotting” for an exam before going to bed might be a good tactic for students, according to research on the benefits of “sleeping on it”. Sleep almost doubles the chances of remembering previously forgotten information, scientists found. They believe it makes memories more accessible and sharpens our powers of recall.Continue reading...
  
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