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• Cures for PTSD often remain elusive for war veterans

  04-08-2015 20:27
  Our nation's veterans continue to suffer emotional and psychological effects of war -- some for decades. And while there has been greater attention directed recently toward post-traumatic stress disorder, and more veterans are seeking help, current psychotherapy treatments are less than optimal, according to a new narrative review.
  
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• Are people more homophobic than they admit?

  04-08-2015 17:59
  
  When it comes to true feelings, people don't always admit their prejudices.
  
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• Warning about the dangers of measles may sway vaccine skeptics

  04-08-2015 17:00
  
  Many people worry about the safety of vaccines - particularly the MMR vaccine. But a new study suggests a nonconfrontational approach that could alleviate these concerns.
  
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• How does being 'on-call' impact employee fatigue?

  04-08-2015 17:00
  
  With the growing demands of consumerism and the need to assist customers on the clock, today's employees are working anything but nine to five.
  
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• Waiting for pleasure

  04-08-2015 16:03
  Researchers have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification. They demonstrated that the hippocampus (associated with memory) and the nucleus accumbens (associated with pleasure) work together in making critical decisions of this type, where time plays a role.
  
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• Missing piece surfaces in the puzzle of autism

  04-08-2015 13:40
  A new gene that plays a crucial role during early development in humans and whose under-expression may induce certain autistic traits has been uncovered by scientists. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which affect 7.6 million people is a major challenge. Characterized by heterogeneous symptoms and a multifactorial origin, this complex condition evolves during brain development. The scientists thus chose to study adult olfactory stem cells as indicators
  
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• Dogs process faces in specialized brain area, study reveals

  04-08-2015 13:37
  Having neural machinery dedicated to face processing suggests that this ability is hard-wired in dogs through cognitive evolution, and may help explain dogs' extreme sensitivity to human social cues.
  
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• Trauma experiences change the brain even in those without PTSD

  04-08-2015 12:00
  
  Findings will inform a study of UK war veterans' brains that aims to answer a question left to future researchers in 1922 by a post WW1 inquiryTrauma may cause distinct and long-lasting effects...
  
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• How the finch changes its tune has implications for humans

  04-08-2015 12:00
  
  UCSF researchers discover mechanism for learning in adult songbirdsLike top musicians, songbirds train from a young age to weed out errors and trim variability from their songs, ultimately...
  
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• Web interventions for alcohol misuse

  04-08-2015 09:00
  
  A systematic evidence review published in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that low-intensity electronic interventions may slightly reduce alcohol consumption among adults and college students, but...
  
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• Why reading a book is good for your relationships

  04-08-2015 05:04
  
  People who read for pleasure have better social social skills, better parent-child communication, lower rates of depression and dementia and improved overall wellbeing.
  
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• When a child's picky eating becomes more than a nuisance

  04-08-2015 04:30
  Research suggests that picky eating can also be a sign for hypersensitities that can occasionally cause social anxiety and depression.
  
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• Cyberbullying on rise, particularly for teen girls

  04-08-2015 04:30
  
  Study shows cyberbullying is increasing, most sharply with girls as victims and abetted by the prevalence of smartphones among teenagers.
  
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