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• Optical tool monitors brain's circulatory response to pain

  22-03-2017 19:32
  A new report demonstrates that an optical imaging tool used to monitor regional blood flow and tissue oxygenation may be used to track the brain's response to acute pain in infants, children, and adults.
  
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• Antioxidant Supplements Don't Lower Dementia Risk

  22-03-2017 17:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Reuters - HealthOlder men who take vitamin E and selenium supplements have the same risk of dementia as people who don't use these products, according to a new study that quashes hopes these antioxidants might prevent cognitive decline.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court Expands Rights for Students with Disabilities

  22-03-2017 17:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe move overturns a decision that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch helped interpret.
  
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• Native American Nation in Oklahoma Approves Same-Sex Marriage

  22-03-2017 17:42 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Reuters - US NewsA Native American tribe in Oklahoma has voted to allow same-sex marriage, joining a small group of prominent tribes changing their law in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2015 decision making the practice legal in all states.
  
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• Scientists identify brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior

  22-03-2017 17:26
  Neuroscientists have discovered a brain circuit that responds to rewarding events. Scientists have long believed that the central amygdala, a structure located deep within the brain, is linked with fear and responses to unpleasant events, but the new study finds that most of the neurons here are involved in the reward circuit.
  
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• Diametric brain circuits switch feeding, drinking behaviors on and off in mice

  22-03-2017 17:26
  Scientists can now show that two opposing pathways within the amygdala, an important memory center, act to promote and suppress appetitive behaviors and also drive responses to fear-inducing stimuli.
  
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• Appetite-controlling brain circuits in mice may explain stress eating

  22-03-2017 17:00
  
  A new study examines how two opposing neural pathways in the brain's amygdala are responsible for promoting and suppressing appetite.
  
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• Poor sense of smell may hinder women's social lives

  22-03-2017 16:00
  
  Researchers have found that older women with a loss in sense of smell tend to have less active social lives than those with a good sense of smell.
  
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• Scientific discovery may change treatment of Parkinson

  22-03-2017 14:45
  When monitoring Parkinson's disease, SPECT imaging of the brain is used for acquiring information on the dopamine activity. A new study shows that the dopamine activity observed in SPECT imaging does not reflect the number of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, as previously assumed.
  
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• Alzheimer's disease linked to the metabolism of unsaturated fats

  22-03-2017 14:23
  A new study has found that the metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 unsaturated fatty acids in the brain are associated with the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• 'Smell you later!' Abililty to smell well linked to social life in older women

  22-03-2017 14:20
  A new study of older US adults reports that a woman's social life is associated with how well her sense of smell functions. The study found that older women who do less well on a smell identification task also tend to have fewer social connections.
  
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• Why virtual reality could be a mental health gamechanger

  22-03-2017 13:42
  
  We’re still a long way from from being able to provide timely treatment to everyone who needs it, but we could be on the brink of change thanks to VRFew tech topics are hotter right now than virtual reality (VR). Though it’s been around for decades, VR has at last entered the world of consumer electronics via devices like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and, increasingly, headsets that can be used in conjunction with our mobile phones. But VR isn’t just a technological game-change
  
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• Did I make the right decision? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Anouchka Grose

  22-03-2017 09:00
  
  Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesThis has to be at the more abstract end of “things to ask the internet”. If you wanted a standard, hippy-humanist answer such as: “It’s right if it feels right, and wrong if it feels wrong”, you’d probably just ask a reasonably kind and thoughtful person. The fact that this question is addressed to a giant inform
  
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• Deep brain stimulation provides long-term relief from severe depressions

  22-03-2017 08:00
  
  Treatment with deep brain stimulation can provide lasting relief to patients suffering from previously non-treatable, severe forms of depression several years into the therapy or even eliminate...
  
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