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• Toxic Alzheimer's protein spreads through brain via extracellular space

  18-07-2016 22:15
  A toxic Alzheimer's protein can spread through the brain via the extracellular space that surrounds the brain's neurons, finds a new study.
  
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• Mental, Physical Exercises Produce Distinct Brain Benefits

  18-07-2016 19:57 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyCognitive brain training improves executive function whereas aerobic activity improves memory, according to new research.
  
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• Limit Kids' Exposure to Media Violence, Pediatricians Say

  18-07-2016 19:57 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportMedia violence has become a routine part of the daily lives of American children, and parents, lawmakers and the media should take steps to change that, a leading pediatricians' group recommends. The new policy statement, from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), calls on pediatricians to routinely ask about children's "media diet," and for parents to limit the violent content their kids see -- whether on TV, online or in video games.
  
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• Effects of Alcohol on Memory May Increase with Age, Study Finds

  18-07-2016 19:56 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyWorking memory can be thought of as short-term memory, temporarily holding ideas and recent events in the mind for quick recall. Working memory often declines with age; it may also be susceptible to interactions between age and alcohol use. Frontal theta power (FTP) and posterior alpha power (PAP) are electrophysiological measures of brain activity associated with cognitive effort and maintenance of visual information.
  
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• U.S. House Passes Significant Mental Health Reform Bill

  18-07-2016 19:55 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: MSNBC - Health NewsAdvocates for mental health reform say this notable victory is only the tip of the iceberg.
  
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• Body-mind meditation can boost attention and health, lower stress

  18-07-2016 17:25
  Meditation has long been promoted as a way to feel more at peace. But research shows it can significantly improve attention, working memory, creativity, immune function, emotional regulation, self-control, cognitive and school performance and healthy habits while reducing stress.
  
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• Infantile memory study points to critical periods in early-life learning for brain development

  18-07-2016 17:19
  A new study on infantile memory formation in rats points to the importance of critical periods in early-life learning on functional development of the brain. The research reveals the significance of learning experiences over the first two to four years of human life.
  
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• Human intelligence measured in the brain

  18-07-2016 17:09
  Human intelligence is being defined and measured for the first time ever. It turns out that the more variable a brain is, and the more its different parts frequently connect with each other, the higher a person's IQ and creativity are.
  
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• Personality, privacy and our digital selves

  18-07-2016 12:00
  
  In the future, our digital selves will have personalities that are accessible to anyone who cares to look, with huge implications for our privacy It used to be that only very important things were written down. The deeds of kings, the titles to land and the stories of the saints. For the rest of us, the most that we could expect was for our lives to be noted on tax surveys and tombstones.In contrast, almost everything we do today leaves a digital trace. Cashless payments, GPS tracking, social me
  
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• Specialized neurons in emotional memory brain area play important role in fear

  18-07-2016 09:00
  
  Fear memory encoding, the process responsible for persistent reactions to trauma-associated cues, is influenced by a sparse but potent population of inhibitory cells called parvalbumin-interneurons...
  
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• Opposites attract - unless you're in a relationship

  18-07-2016 09:00
  
  If we are in a relationship we are more likely to be attracted to faces resembling our own, but for single people, opposites attract.
  
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• Musical taste is cultural, not biological, says study

  18-07-2016 09:00
  
  Our taste in music comes from our cultural exposure, not from a natural human tendency to prefer one sound over another, say researchers.
  
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• Marrying young: Marital expectations for kids influenced by mom

  18-07-2016 09:00
  
  Children's expectations of when or if they will marry, particularly if they will marry young, are heavily influenced by the experiences of their mothers.
  
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• Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Refers to Candidate As a "Sociopath"

  18-07-2016 08:02 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportSpeaking publicly for the first time since helping Trump pen his 1987 bestseller, Tony Schwartz says the person portrayed in the book is mostly fiction.
  
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• House passes most significant mental health reform bill in decades

  18-07-2016 06:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The most significant bills targeting mental health reform since 1963 have passed, but mental health advocates say this is only the tip of the iceberg.
  
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