Psychology & Psychiatry
'Thinking and feeling'
So you had a terrible day at work. Or the bills are piling up and cash is in short supply. Impending visit from the in-laws, perhaps?
Mar 7, 2016
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University of California - Santa Barbara
Psychology & Psychiatry
Do we have free will?
Arriving home from work to find your partner toiling away in the kitchen, odds are you'll jump in and help. That's human nature. But if you're flat out ordered to help? That's a different story.
Mar 1, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
A new book by neuroscientist offers strategies for reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease
Diet, exercise, a good night's sleep—all sound recommendations for mitigating one's risk for everything from heart disease to diabetes and, as it turns out, Alzheimer's.
Feb 8, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Reducing food intake in mice diminishes the growth of their polycystic kidneys
What if polycystic kidney disease (PKD) could be combatted with a strategy as simple as dieting? Such a finding would surely be welcome news to the 12 million people worldwide with the genetic disease.
Jan 28, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Beneficial effects of interventions to raise intelligence in young children fade over time
The winner of a decades-old debate about what scientists call the fadeout effect—one of the most persistent research mysteries in intelligence and psychological development—may finally have been decided.
Dec 3, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study of the Tsimane people of Bolivia examines how parasitism affects female fertility
When Melanie Martin was a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara doing fieldwork in Bolivia, she and her husband decided the time was right to start a family. Martin got pregnant almost immediately, and when she credited her ...
Nov 19, 2015
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Diabetes
An insulin pill shows early promise as a novel form of diabetes therapy
An insulin pill being developed by researchers at UC Santa Barbara may in the near future give another blood sugar management option to those who suffer from diabetes. The novel drug delivery technology may also apply to ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Neuroscience
Brain networking: Researchers use brain scans to determine the mechanism behind cognitive control of thoughts
The human brain does not come with an operating manual. However, a group of scientists from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Pennsylvania have developed a way to convert structural brain imaging techniques into "wiring ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers discover a gene variant that provides a delaying mechanism for Alzheimer's disease
Medical research has yet to discover an Alzheimer's treatment that effectively slows the disease's progression, but neuroscientists at UC Santa Barbara may have uncovered a mechanism by which onset can be delayed by as much ...
Sep 1, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A paradigm shift in multidrug resistance
Bacteria are pretty wily creatures. Take for example, an organism such as Salmonella, which which are killed by antibiotics in lab tests, but can become highly resistant in the body.
Aug 20, 2015
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