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• Origin of synaptic pruning process linked to learning, autism and schizophrenia identified

  02-05-2016 22:11
  Researchers have identified a brain receptor that appears to initiate adolescent synaptic pruning, a process believed necessary for learning, but one that appears to go awry in both autism and schizophrenia.
  
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• Study underscores need for health interventions for single parent households in urban subsidized housing programs

  02-05-2016 19:17
  Single parents who participate in a housing support program in an urban setting with high levels of community violence had significant symptoms of stress and depression, a new study indicates.
  
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• Neuroscientists find evidence for 'visual stereotyping'

  02-05-2016 19:10
  The stereotypes we hold can influence our brain's visual system, prompting us to see others' faces in ways that conform to these stereotypes, neuroscientists have found.
  
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• Adult brain prunes branched connections of new neurons

  02-05-2016 19:09
  A new study is first to closely follow development of new neurons in the adult brain, giving potential new insight into neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.
  
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• What not to say to adoptive parents

  02-05-2016 18:22 via health.usnews.com
  
  Adoptive parents need to be patient with stranger's questions, and the public needs to know what is appropriate to ask.
  
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• Neuroscientists discover previously unknown function of cannabinoid receptor

  02-05-2016 17:12
  In the brain, there is a delicate interplay of signaling substances and cellular activity. Scientists have now identified another key player within this ensemble. In a laboratory study they found that the 'cannabinoid type 2 receptor' influences information processing inside the hippocampus. The research results might help advance our understanding of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's, say the authors.
  
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• Growth Dilemma for Narcissists: It’s Always Someone Else’s Fault

  02-05-2016 13:31 via counsellingresource.com
  
  Becoming a better person is hard work, and it's especially hard when problems are always someone else's fault.Tags: in practice, relationships, responsibility
  
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• Opening Skinner’s Box review – 10 psychological experiments explored

  02-05-2016 12:10
  
  Northern Stage, Newcastle
  Improbable’s dramatisation of Lauren Slater’s provocative book about 20th-century science is disappointingly predictableLauren Slater’s book of popular psychology, Opening Skinner’s Box, caused a storm among the scientific community when it appeared in 2004. Its critics deplored Slater’s anecdotal, semi-fictional style. Above all, the book was condemned for perpetuating – or at least failing to refute – the myth that the father
  
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• Don’t be shocked by Sex Box – come in and join the fun | Goedele Liekens

  02-05-2016 10:00
  
  Much of the response to the TV show is connected to the shame and guilt surrounding lovemaking. As a sexologist, I want to break down those taboosLooking at the Twitter explosion after the first episode of Sex Box aired on Channel 4 it seemed that many Brits were shocked to learn that some people wanted to come on television to have sex in a box and talk about their sex lives. I will admit that it’s not for everyone, but for some of them, going into the box added a sort of frisson to the e
  
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• What are the Effects of Using Salvia?

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  Learn all about the effects of the drug salvia. Salvia is a fast-acting hallucinogenic plant that can distort sensations of time and space.
  
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• Study identifies factors that can help children thrive in the face of adversity

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  Research shows that people who experience four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as economic hardship, exposure to violence or the death of a loved one, are more likely to have...
  
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• PTSD could be prevented with gut microbes, study suggests

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  Researchers reviewing recent experimental and clinical data suggest targeting gut microbes could be a way to prevent neurological conditions, such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
  
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• In older adults, frailty and depression symptoms are linked and can affect spouses

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  Frailty, a condition that affects 10 percent of people aged 65 and older, can make older adults more prone to disability, falls, hospitalization and a shorter lifespan.
  
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• Health system fails to prepare patients for reality of psoriatic arthritis

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  In a new University of Manchester study, people with psoriatic arthritis have told researchers about the condition's deeply damaging mental effects and how healthcare services failed to prepare...
  
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• Does listening to the radio make driving more dangerous?

  02-05-2016 09:00
  
  Driving while listening to the radio might interfere with our ability to notice hazards more than we once thought. Would you notice an elephant by the side of the road?
  
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• Cognitive-behavioral therapy may help reduce memory problems in cancer survivors who have received chemotherapy

  02-05-2016 07:00
  
  A new analysis indicates that a type of psychotherapy delivered by videoconference may help prevent some of the long-term memory issues caused by chemotherapy.
  
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