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• Ability to recognize, recall odors may identify those at risk for Alzheimer's disease

  14-11-2016 20:26
  Testing of both olfactory and cognitive abilities could designate candidates for treatments designed to halt or slow Alzheimer's symptom development.
  
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• Teenage binge drinking can affect brain function of future offspring

  14-11-2016 20:06
  Repeated binge drinking during adolescence can affect brain functions in future generations, potentially putting offspring at risk for such conditions as depression, anxiety, and metabolic disorders, a study has found.
  
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• Reconnecting eye to brain

  14-11-2016 20:06
  Scientists have completed a comprehensive assessment of what scientists know about optic nerve development, regeneration, and reconnection.
  
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• Why depression is rising among teen girls

  14-11-2016 19:03 via cnn.com
  
  There has been a significant climb in the prevalence of major depression among adolescents and young adults in recent years, and the troubling trend may be strongest in teenage girls.
  
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• Researchers identify biomarker to speed diagnosis in brain and spinal cord inflammation

  14-11-2016 18:50
  Research identifies a new biomarker for brain and spinal cord inflammation, allowing for faster diagnosis and treatment of patients.
  
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• Stress-induced changes in maternal gut could negatively impact offspring for life

  14-11-2016 18:49
  Prenatal exposure to a mother’s stress contributes to anxiety and cognitive problems that persist into adulthood, a phenomenon that could be explained by lasting – and potentially damaging – changes in the microbiome, according to new research in mice.
  
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• Paralyzed ALS patient operates speech computer with her mind

  14-11-2016 17:29
  A brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind. The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the settings right. She can now communicate at home with her family and caregivers via the implant. That a patient can use this technique at home is unique in the world.
  
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• The power of expectation can restrain hyper-emotional memories in the brain

  14-11-2016 17:05
  Researchers have identified a brain circuit that provides emotional memory tuning in rats, a new report outlines.
  
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• Brain training can help in fight against dementia, meta-analysis shows

  14-11-2016 16:55
  Engaging in computer-based brain training can improve memory and mood in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, say researchers, but training is no longer effective once a dementia diagnosis has been made, they add.
  
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• The moral matrix that influences the way people vote

  14-11-2016 16:49
  
  Moral Foundations Theory shows that deep divides between Liberal and Conservative voters may rest on differences in how they prioritise moral issuesHow do we know the difference between right and wrong? Are we born with an innate sense of morality or do we learn it from those around us? Which moral issues do we believe should be legislated and which left down to individuals to decide? Jonathan Haidt and colleagues have reviewed literature from a diverse range of disciplines and cultures and done
  
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• The secret history of colour in black and white | Kassia St Clair

  14-11-2016 16:17
  
  It was once seen as sinful, and used to encode social class. Kassia St Clair reflects on colour’s colourful pastA distaste for colour runs through western culture like a ladder in a stocking. Many classical writers were dismissive. Colour was a distraction from the true glories of art: line and form. It was seen as self-indulgent and, later, sinful – a sign of dissimulation and dishonesty.The bluntest expression of this comes from the 19th-century American writer Herman Melville, who
  
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• How Can I Help Someone with Depression?

  14-11-2016 15:00
  
  Learn how to tell if someone is depressed and how to talk to them. What are the treatments for depression and what can be done if someone is suicidal?
  
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• How internal circadian clocks in neurons encode external daily rhythms of excitability

  14-11-2016 14:24
  Researchers have identified a key mechanism linking the master molecular clock in the brain to changes in the external firing activity of those circadian clock neurons. It involves the GSK3 kinase enzyme, which is also the target of mood-stabilizing drugs used to treat bipolar disorder.
  
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• Nutrition protects against the impact of stress on the brain in early life

  14-11-2016 14:22
  Young mice that grow up in stressful circumstances go on to have fewer cognitive-impairments and memory problems as adults if they are given enriched breast milk, scientists report.
  
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• Endocrine cells in the brain influence the optimization of behavior

  14-11-2016 14:19
  A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific situation. Biochemical messenger substances in the brain or so-called neurotransmitters play a central role in this rapid transformation process. We know that hormones also have a stress-regulating function, but that their effects are more slowly apparent. However, recent findings indicate that this may not actually be the case.
  
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• Primitive reward-driven behaviors may bias the information people choose to sample

  14-11-2016 14:00
  
  The way people make decisions often seems irrational. One explanation for this behavior is that they seek evidence that confirms what they already believe, a phenomenon called 'confirmation bias'.
  
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• Depression and Divorce: What's the Connection?

  14-11-2016 09:00
  
  How can one person's depression affect their partner and what are the symptoms? Learn how to deal with depression in a relationship and post-divorce.
  
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• Can worrying about your health make you ill?

  14-11-2016 08:50
  
  People with health anxiety are more likely to develop heart disease, says a study – news that will only make them more stressed. Psychological therapy is the best treatment …Most people are happy if their medical test results come back negative – but for at least 5% of us such news brings no relief. If you have health anxiety, there is no test on earth to reassure you. You may pore over the internet picking the most serious diagnosis for your symptoms. And last week brought ev
  
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• Unclear Whether Faking a Smile Boosts Happiness

  14-11-2016 06:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - SciencePerhaps you've heard that you can brighten your mood just by faking a smile. But that idea, which came out of a psychological experiment from the 1980s, may not be true after all, as scientists were not able to repeat the results in a lab setting in a large, rigorous new study.
  
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• Donald Trump Interviewed About Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage

  14-11-2016 06:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CBS News - Top HeadlinesThe president-elect talked to "60 Minutes" about the issues the High Court could face on his watch, and what kind of justice he will appoint.
  
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• 30-Hour Game Event Aims to Teach Teens Empathy

  14-11-2016 06:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: USA Today - Top StoriesIt’s 2026. Imagine that you’re one of a billion people on a new social network called FeelThat. It uses a FitBit-like sensor and lightweight headpiece that enable users to share and receive emotions — actual emotions — with anyone in the world, much as they now share tweets and Facebook status updates. “You can literally feel what someone else is feeling,” one user says.
  
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