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• Mother's age at birth may influence symptoms of depression in daughters

  17-11-2015 20:50
  The daughters, but not the sons, of women who give birth at age 30 or older are more likely to experience symptoms of depression as young adults, according to new research.
  
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• What's in a name? More than you think...

  17-11-2015 18:00
  
  What's in a name? In the case of the usernames of video gamers, a remarkable amount of information about their real world personalities, according to research by psychologists at the University of...
  
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• Gene mutation linked to reckless drunken behaviour

  17-11-2015 18:00
  
  University of Helsinki researchers have identified a genetic mutation which renders carriers susceptible to particularly impulsive and reckless behaviour when drunk.
  
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• Recognizing the basic structure of language is not unique to the human brain

  17-11-2015 15:12
  Scientists have shed light on the evolutionary roots of language in the brain.
  
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• Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure

  17-11-2015 15:12
  People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared to both healthy individuals and people diagnosed with schizophrenia who do not hallucinate, according to new research.
  
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• First insights into changes to developing brain caused by gene associated with autism

  17-11-2015 15:12
  New insights show how even very small changes to synapses can alter brain function and could lead to intellectual disabilities. Researchers note that new research will help in the development of better treatments.
  
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• Tickling rats and giggling dolphins: do animals have a sense of humour?

  17-11-2015 14:07
  
  Laughter has many functions, and whilst language is a key part of human humour, psychologists think certain animals show signs of being in on the jokeThere’s a video on YouTube (above) with over three and half million views, in which a girl appears to make a dolphin giggle by doing repeated cartwheels and handstands in front of its tank at a sea world centre.We still understand relatively little about the extent to which emotions are present in animals, but could it be that the dolphin in
  
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• New research reveals more than half of those affected with HIV have never been diagnosed due to the fear of being tested

  17-11-2015 14:00
  
  Academics from Royal Holloway, University of London, have carried out the largest global review of psychological barriers behind HIV testing and the factors that may influence people's decision to...
  
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• Modulating brain's stress circuitry might prevent alzheimer's disease

  17-11-2015 00:33
  In a novel animal study design that mimicked human clinical trials, researchers report that long-term treatment using a small molecule drug that reduces activity of the brain's stress circuitry significantly reduces Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology and prevents onset of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition.
  
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• Nature and nurture: Human brains evolved to be more responsive to environmental influences

  17-11-2015 00:10
  Scientists have discovered that human brains exhibit more plasticity, propensity to be modeled by the environment, than chimpanzee brains and that this may have accounted for part of human evolution.
  
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