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• Hearing deficits in schizophrenia tied to specific brain receptor

  02-12-2016 21:08
  People with schizophrenia who have difficulty hearing subtle changes in pitch may be helped with auditory training exercises and a drug that targets NMDA receptors in the brain, report researchers.
  
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• Power of psychedelic drugs to lift mental distress shown in trials

  02-12-2016 18:37
  
  In 1970 US authorities said drugs like LSD had no medical use, but two tests may just have proven that wrongWhen Aldous Huxley was dying in 1963, he asked his wife to inject him with LSD, and he passed away, she wrote afterwards, without any of the pain and distress that cancer can cause in the final hours. “All five people in the room said that this was the most serene, the most beautiful death,” Laura Huxley, a psychotherapist, wrote to other members of his family.
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• Policing in Black and White

  02-12-2016 16:10 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorPolice departments are eager for ways to reduce racial disparities—and psychological research is beginning to find answers.
  
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• What Percentage of U.S. Psychology Degree Holders Are Employed?

  02-12-2016 16:09 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorIn 2013, there were 2.5 million people in the labor force with psychology as their highest degree:
  
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• Heavy Teenage Drinking Linked to Abnormal Brain Development

  02-12-2016 16:09 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthTeens who drink heavily are more likely than their peers to have less gray matter, an important brain structure that aids in memory, decisions, and self-control, according to a Finnish study. The study was observational, so it is impossible to say whether heavy drinking caused this stunted brain development. “Substance use has been found to be connected to social exclusion, mental health problems and lower educational attainment,” said lead...
  
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• How to stop teenagers sexting | Dean Burnett

  02-12-2016 15:18
  
  Jeremy Hunt has proposed a ban on sexting for under-18s. But there’s only one realistic option when it comes to curbing teen sex drives: don’t even try.Jeremy Hunt has proposed a ban on sexting for under 18s. As any reasonable person might have predicted, this has been met with a great deal of criticism. Most of the arguments appear to be based on the technical practicalities, given how Hunt never truly explained how tech companies are supposed to filter specific types of messages on
  
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• Natural Remedies for Treating Bipolar Disorder

  02-12-2016 15:00
  
  Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness but a number of lifestyle remedies and natural treatments could help to reduce symptoms.
  
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• It's all in the eyes: Women and men really do see things differently

  02-12-2016 15:00
  
  Women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways, which suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according to a team of scientists that...
  
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• Complex regional pain syndrome: Watching others causes pain

  02-12-2016 09:00
  
  For patients with complex regional pain syndrome, simply watching someone else move can cause intense pain. An MRI scan study delves into the neuroscience.
  
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• Small Delay in School Start Time May Improve Teens’ Sleep and Focus

  02-12-2016 08:23 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthTeens in Hong Kong whose high school delayed the start of the day by just 15 minutes got to sleep a little longer, were late to school less often and showed better mental health and focus, according to a new study.
  
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• Fast Imaging Technique Can Capture You Thinking

  02-12-2016 08:23 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyFast fMRI has been used to image rapidly fluctuating brain activity during human thought. fMRI measures changes in blood oxygenation, which were previously thought to be too slow to detect the subtle neuronal activity associated with higher order brain functions. The new discovery is a significant step towards realizing a central goal of neuroscience research: mapping the brain networks responsible for human cognitive functions such as...
  
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• British Parliament Members to Be Surveyed About Depression

  02-12-2016 08:23 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - UK PoliticsA survey of MPs mental health will ask questions about depression, sense of self-worth and drinking habits.
  
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