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• Alzheimer's gene may show effects on brain starting in childhood

  13-07-2016 23:27
  A gene associated with Alzheimer's disease and recovery after brain injury may show its effects on the brain and thinking skills as early as childhood, according to a new study.
  
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• More evidence that male and female brains are wired differently

  13-07-2016 21:21
  While measuring brain activity with magnetic resonance imaging during blood pressure trials, researchers found that men and women had opposite responses in the right front of the insular cortex, a part of the brain integral to the experience of emotions, blood pressure control and self-awareness.
  
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• Mini-brain model of idiopathic autism reveals underlying pathology of neuronal overgrowth

  13-07-2016 20:38
  The majority of cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are unknown. Now researchers have created a “mini-brain” model, derived from persons with a particular form of idiopathic ASD characterized by over-sized brains, revealing a defective molecular pathway during brain development that results in early neuronal overgrowth and dysfunctional cortical networks.
  
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• Using wireless interface, operators control multiple drones by thinking of various tasks

  13-07-2016 20:37
  A researcher has discovered how to control multiple robotic drones using the human brain. A controller wears a skull cap outfitted with 128 electrodes wired to a computer. The device records electrical brain activity. If the controller moves a hand or thinks of something, certain areas light up. A wireless system sends the thought to the robots.
  
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• Shocking new role found for the immune system: Controlling social interaction

  13-07-2016 20:31
  The immune system affects -- and even controls -- social behavior, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that blocking a single type of immune molecule made mouse brains go hyperactive and caused abnormal behavior; restoring it fixed both. The discovery could have enormous implications for neurological conditions such as autism and schizophrenia.
  
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• It's not just the cat: curiosity kills our happiness | Jean Hannah Edelstein

  13-07-2016 19:04
  
  A new study finds that people try to satisfy their curiosity even when they know the answer will hurt. I know that only too well
  It was not my finest moment. Perhaps it was my worst. In the aftermath of the end of my first serious relationship, over a decade ago, I read my ex-boyfriend’s email. We’d exchanged passwords when we were very much in youthful love – pre-smartphone, sometimes it was useful to get him to look something up in my account when I wasn’t near a comput
  
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• What free will looks like in the brain

  13-07-2016 17:49
  Researchers have, for the first time, glimpsed the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act.
  
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• Drug-use may hamper moral judgment

  13-07-2016 17:49
  Regular cocaine and methamphetamine users can have difficulty choosing between right and wrong, perhaps because the specific parts of their brains used for moral processing and evaluating emotions are damaged by their prolonged drug habits, according to a study among prison inmates.
  
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• Research finds social influence can prompt healthier eating choices

  13-07-2016 17:00
  
  Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that exposure to social-based messages promoting healthy eating can increase consumption of fruit and vegetables and reduce consumption of...
  
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• First drug target identified for children with rare type of brain tumor

  13-07-2016 16:09
  Primitive neuroectodermal tumors are the largest group of malignant brain tumors in children. They can arise from the brain's cerebellum or from tissue located throughout the central nervous system. Little is known about how CNS-PNETs develop, although these tumors are more aggressive than other PNETs and have an overall survival rate of only about 20 percent. In a new study, researchers have identified a possible target for a new CNS-PNET therapy.
  
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• Clozapine shows better efficacy in children with schizophrenia than in adults

  13-07-2016 14:00
  
  Childhood-onset schizophrenia is a rare, severe, and difficult to treat form of the disease, but a new study suggests that children show a stronger response to clozapine than to other antipsychotic...
  
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• Why are some foods considered comfort food?

  13-07-2016 09:00
  
  The Daily Meal report on how comfort foods are linked to social - as well as emotional - bonds; the power of comfort food is based on its associations.
  
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• Action needed as decline in HIV cases stalls

  13-07-2016 06:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.N. AIDS agency says a long-term decline in the number of new HIV infections in adults has stalled and action is needed to prevent a rebound in the global epidemic.
  
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• Police more likely to use force on blacks than whites, study shows

  13-07-2016 06:52 via cnn.com
  
  Study of thousands of incidents where law enforcement interactions turned forceful concluded blacks are much more likely to be involved than other groups.
  
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• Cinnamon may aid learning ability

  13-07-2016 03:46
  Cinnamon is a delicious addition to toast, coffee and breakfast rolls. Eating the tasty household spice also might improve learning ability, according to new study.
  
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