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• What body language tells us about the second presidential debate

  10-10-2016 21:48
  
  Donald Trump played the power game by intruding on his opponent’s personal space, while Clinton aspired to show she can engage with the people Right from the very start of the second US presidential debate on Sunday night, Donald Trump was playing a power game. His entry into the debating hall was ponderously slow – noticeably slower than Hillary Clinton’s. Psychologists have discovered that people who move and speak slowly are generally seen as bigger, more substantial and mor
  
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• Blood pressure meds could raise your depression risk

  10-10-2016 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  Beta blockers and calcium channel blockers were found to double the risk of major mood disorders.
  
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• Research team maps genomic landscape of schwannoma tumors

  10-10-2016 18:01
  Researchers have described the genomic landscape of schwannomas in a new paper. Schwannomas are one of the most common posterior fossa brain tumors and the most common spinal tumor.
  
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• Do alpha males even exist? | Dean Burnett

  10-10-2016 17:02
  
  Following a surreal, unsettling presidential debate, Donald Trump has been described as an ‘alpha male’. But the idea of human alpha males is far from proven We all know what an “alpha male” is. An alpha male is a man who takes charge, one who imposes his will on others, not the other way round. Other men want to be him, women want to be with him. An alpha male intimidates, he’s unquestionably in charge, no matter what the situation. An alpha male is loud, brash, do
  
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• Brain modulyzer provides interactive window into the brain

  10-10-2016 16:38
  A new tool allows researchers to interactively explore the hierarchical processes that happen in the brain when it is resting or performing tasks. Scientists also hope that the tool can shed some light on how neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s spread throughout the brain.
  
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• Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure

  10-10-2016 11:28
  Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That's the question concerning scientists probing a phenomenon called "space brain." Scientists have found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles -- much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights -- causes significant long-term brain damage in test rodents, resulting in cognitive impairments and dementia.
  
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• How to get ahead in the office – with help from Team GB’s psychologists

  10-10-2016 08:00
  
  Dr Chris Shambrook and his colleagues have helped turn Britain’s rowing team into a medal factory. Could the same methods help you win gold at work?Be it a pool table in the office, beers on Friday or a nap room, the business world is constantly searching for the next psychological nudge to improve performance. Now, managers are turning to sports psychology to find the answers. This is the thinking behind Performance Fest, a corporate away day set up by PlanetK2, a group of Team GB psychol
  
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