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• Research shows promising results for a device designed to protect athletes from sports-related brain injuries

  15-06-2016 19:49
  Two new studies involving high school football and hockey players indicate wearing a specifically designed compression collar around the neck may prevent or reduce the devastating effects of head collisions in sports.
  
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• Mechanism through which sleep improves memory uncovered

  15-06-2016 18:00
  
  For the first time, researchers show that the autonomic nervous system helps short-term memory consolidate into long-term memory during REM sleep.
  
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• Antidepressive treatment during pregnancy can affect newborn brain activity

  15-06-2016 17:13
  Fetal exposure to commonly used SRI drugs may affect brain activity in newborns, new research shows. The researchers suggest that the effects of drugs on fetal brain function should be assessed more carefully. Furthermore, indications for preventive medication should be critically evaluated, and non-pharmacological interventions should be the first-line treatment for depression and anxiety during pregnancy.
  
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• Age, obesity, dopamine appear to influence preference for sweet foods

  15-06-2016 17:09
  As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But a research team has found that for people with obesity, the drop-off may not be as steep, and the brain's reward system may be operating differently.
  
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• First direct evidence for ultra-fast responses in human amygdala to fear

  15-06-2016 15:51
  For the first time, an international team of scientists has shown that the amygdala in the human brain is able to detect possible threats in the visual environment at ultra-fast time scales. By measuring the electrical activity in the amygdala of patients that had been implanted with electrodes in order to better diagnose their epilepsy, the researchers provide new data on how information travels between the visual and emotional networks.
  
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• Emotionally positive situations boost memory for similar future events

  15-06-2016 15:51
  Combining a positive emotional component with a given stimulus promotes memory for future stimuli of the same type, report scientists.
  
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• Community-based programme improves depression in chronic pain patients

  15-06-2016 14:00
  
  A community-based pain management programme for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain has improved depression and social integration, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of...
  
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• Never mind immigrants, let’s clamp down on nasty Euro moths! | Dean Burnett

  15-06-2016 12:52
  
  The biggest threat to Britain from the EU is uncontrolled moth migration. We need to let these winged freeloaders know that they’re not welcome hereWith all the frantic panic going on around the EU referendum next week, it’s easy to overlook the fact that this is a distraction from the real issue. Never mind immigration, or terrorism, or economic concerns, or who controls what; the real danger facing the UK at the moment? Moths! Millions and millions of greedy selfish European Diamon
  
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• Give Parents Lessons on Raising Children, Says Expert

  15-06-2016 07:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianProfessor John Ashton says children are being neglected by schools and bad parents and the state must step in to combat anxiety, anorexia and obesity The government should give parents lessons on how to raise their children, according to Britain’s leading public health expert. Professor Ashton, the outgoing president of the Faculty of Public Health, said today’s children are being neglected by schools and bad parents. He said the state must...
  
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• Empathy for Others' Pain Rooted in Cognition, Not Just Sensation

  15-06-2016 07:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyThe ability to understand and empathize with others' pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study.
  
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• Does the Media Unfairly Portray Mentally Ill People As Violent?

  15-06-2016 07:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Psych CentralNearly 40 percent of news stories about mental illness report a mentally ill person committing violence toward others. These numbers paint a misleading portrait of those with mental illness, because in reality, less than five percent of violence in the United States is directly related to mental illness, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  
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• Doctors Suggest Starting School Later to Prevent Sleep Deprivation

  15-06-2016 07:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthThe American Medical Association on Tuesday urged starting school later in the morning for teenagers so they can get enough sleep. In a new policy adopted on Tuesday, the AMA said middle and high schools should start at 8:30 a.m. at the earliest because research has shown that puberty is accompanied by a biological shift in circadian rhythm that contributes to later bedtimes and wake-up times in adolescents.
  
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