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• Evidence for cognitive training efficacy in TBI

  10-09-2015 22:42
  Results of a randomized clinical trial of a cognitive intervention to improve learning and memory in individuals with traumatic brain injury have been published. The treatment protocol, the modified Story Memory Technique, was found to improve memory in adults with moderate to severe TBI, providing the first Class I evidence for the efficacy of this intervention in the TBI population.
  
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• Readers Recommend: songs about obstacles | Peter Kimpton

  10-09-2015 21:00
  
  Rivers to roadblocks, brick walls to tall orders, whether literal, metaphorical, psychological or cultural, raise up songs about barriers for this week’s playlist
  Your musical mission this week? To get across to the other side. What’s standing in your way? Bars? The sound barrier? Neither, but to make it you must traverse the special RR obstacle course of topical songs and sounds. And we’re off …Standing at the first obstacle is a huge object. It is actually a very big a
  
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• Brain cells get tweaked 'on the go'

  10-09-2015 20:44
  A new molecular 'switch' has been discovered that controls the properties of neurons in response to changes in the activity of their neural network. The findings suggest that the 'hardware' in our brain is tuneable and could have implications that go far beyond basic neuroscience -- from informing education policy to developing new therapies for neurological disorders such as epilepsy.
  
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• Depression study seeks to predict treatment response

  10-09-2015 19:22
  Treating depressed individuals and figuring out who will and won’t respond to antidepressants is mostly trial and error, but a new study may shed some light on predicting the response of a group of depressed individuals age 60 and older.
  
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• Neuroanatomical signature for schizophrenia found

  10-09-2015 19:19
  The right anterior insula of brain may play a role in schizophrenia as well as other Axis I disorders such as bipolar disorder, depression, etc. across ethnic groups despite differences in symptoms, suggest findings of a new study.
  
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• Major complication of Parkinson's therapy explained

  10-09-2015 19:19
  Researchers have discovered why long-term use of levodopa treatment commonly leads to a side effect that can be as debilitating as Parkinson's disease itself.
  
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• Problematic relationship: Small brain models distort contact intensity between neurons

  10-09-2015 19:18
  Even the most powerful computers in the world can only simulate one percent of the nerve cells due to memory constraints. For this reason, scientists have turned to downscaled models. However, this downscaling is problematic, as shown by a recent study.
  
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• Squabbles at work may be result of office design

  10-09-2015 16:00
  
  Your likelihood of squabbling with co-workers could be due to the design of your office, according to researchers in Sweden.
  
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• New research confirms how to take better workday breaks

  10-09-2015 16:00
  
  Baylor University management professors measure break effectiveness, debunk common mythsMost people take breaks during their workdays. Coffee breaks. Lunch breaks. Short chats with coworkers.
  
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• Postnatal mental health: Are women getting the support they need?

  10-09-2015 14:00
  
  "I really did not feel like I fitted the box." New research indicates the need for postnatal support that encompasses all mental health issues, not only postnatal depression.
  
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• New directions in mental health care for older adults - update from Harvard Review of Psychiatry

  10-09-2015 14:00
  
  The aging of the population, shifting diagnostic criteria, and new health care policy initiatives are some of the factors driving changes in mental health treatment for older Americans, according to...
  
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• How can one assess the effectiveness of hypnosis?

  10-09-2015 14:00
  
  Although hypnosis has existed for hundreds of years, today it is still difficult to clearly judge its usefulness in the medical domain.
  
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• Tutoring relieves math anxiety, changes fear circuits in children, Stanford study finds

  10-09-2015 12:00
  
  Anxiety about doing math problems can be relieved with a one-on-one math tutoring program, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
  
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• Review looks at treatments for severe premenstrual syndrome

  10-09-2015 12:00
  
  As an aid to clinical decision-making, a new review looks at the evidence on proposed treatments for premenstrual dysphoric disorder - a severe form of premenstrual syndrome.
  
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• Vision Test Effective at Detecting Concussion on the Sidelines

  10-09-2015 10:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA test of rapid number naming detected concussion 86 percent of the time among youth, collegiate and professional athletes, a meta-analysis concludes. When combined with rapid assessments of balance and cognition, the testing battery was able to detect 100 percent of concussions that occurred among athletes in the studies that measured this outcome.
  
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• Low Heart Rate in Teen Boys Linked to Violent Crime

  10-09-2015 10:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthBoys with a low resting heart rate in their late teens run a higher risk of turning to a life of violent crime when grown, a study suggests. Experts say that low resting heart rate (RHR) is either an indicator of a chronically low level of psychological arousal, which may lead some people to seek stimulating experiences, or a marker of weakened responses to aversive and stressful stimuli, which can lead to reckless behavior.
  
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• What Has the United Nations Done for Women?

  10-09-2015 10:41 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianMore girls in schools, fewer mothers dying in childbirth: the UN reports progress in female rights, but the pay gap, forced marriage and domestic violence persist It was a milestone for the world’s women: a global summit aimed at transforming the lives of half of humanity. Equality, reproductive rights, maternal health, political representation, social repression, forced marriage, FGM, rape and domestic violence: the message from Beijing in...
  
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• Women's Prospects Limited by Law in 155 Countries, Reports World Bank

  10-09-2015 10:38 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianAbout 155 countries have at least one law that limits women’s economic opportunities, while 100 states put restrictions on the types of jobs women can do and 18 allow husbands to dictate whether their wives can work at all, according to a World Bank report that paints a stark picture of the enduring obstacles women face in achieving economic empowerment.
  
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• Lone Wolf Terrorists Often Reveal Plans Before Committing Violence

  10-09-2015 10:38 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianResearchers also find lone wolves tend to be older, less educated and have higher rates of mental illness and prior criminal history than extremist group members Most “lone wolf” terrorists broadcast their plans to commit violence and tend to be older, less educated and more prone to mental illness than members of extremist groups, new research has shown. Around 25% of lone wolf incidents in the United States since 2001’s September 11...
  
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• Start School Day at 11 AM to Let Students Sleep In, Says Expert

  10-09-2015 10:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianSchool start times should be put back to as late as 11am to combat a sleep-deprivation crisis among young people, a scientist has suggested. Paul Kelley, of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford, said young people in Britain were losing on average 10 hours’ sleep a week, making them more sleep-deprived than a junior doctor on a 24-hour shift.
  
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• Snapshot of Americans' Knowledge of Science

  10-09-2015 10:37 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyThere are substantial differences among Americans when it comes to knowledge and understanding of science topics, especially by educational levels as well as by gender, age, race and ethnicity, according to a new report.
  
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• Why do so many mothers return to smoking after giving birth?

  10-09-2015 09:00
  
  While many women stop smoking during pregnancy, most of them begin again within a year after giving birth. A new study investigates reasons for this.
  
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• From Refugees to Rape Victims: Tackling Victim Blaming | Taylor Glenn

  10-09-2015 08:15
  
  The relentlessly bleak media coverage of recent weeks has shown a depressing theme of victim blaming. What makes people do this?Like millions of others, I’m sure recent media coverage will be the kind I will never forget. Along with the heartbreaking coverage of the refugee crisis, I also found myself drawn to articles about Chrissie Hynde’s rape comments and the now-retracted Loose Women “are women ever at fault for rape” poll. Two different issues which, depending on yo
  
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• External brain stimulation temporarily improves motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's

  10-09-2015 03:35
  People with Parkinson's disease (PD) tend to slow down and decrease the intensity of their movements even though many retain the ability to move quickly and forcefully. Now, scientists report evidence that the slowdown likely arises from the brain's 'cost/benefit analysis,' which gets skewed by the loss of dopamine in people with PD. In addition, their small study demonstrated that noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain corrected temporarily improved some patients' motor symptoms.
  
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• Discrimination during adolescence has lasting effect on body

  10-09-2015 03:35
  In both blacks and whites, everyday feelings of discrimination can mess with the body's levels of the primary stress hormone, cortisol, new research suggests. In African-Americans, however, the negative effects of perceived discrimination on cortisol are stronger than in whites, according to the study, one of the first to look at the biological response to the cumulative impact of prejudicial treatment.
  
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