Targeting inflammation to treat depression
Researchers at Emory University have found that a medication that inhibits inflammation may offer new hope for people with difficult-to-treat depression. The study was published Sept. 3 in the online version of Archives of ...
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Sep 03, 2012 |
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Self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress
It's no secret that stress increases your susceptibility to health problems, and it also impacts your ability to solve problems and be creative. But methods to prevent associated risks and effects have been less clear – ...
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May 01, 2013 |
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Your memory is like the telephone game—Each time you recall an event, your brain distorts it
Remember the telephone game where people take turns whispering a message into the ear of the next person in line? By the time the last person speaks it out loud, the message has radically changed. It's been ...
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Sep 19, 2012 |
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Ear-witness precision: Congenitally blind people have more accurate memories, research finds
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Bath have found that people who are congenitally blind have more accurate memories than those who are sighted.
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Apr 29, 2013 |
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Don't worry, be happy
To most of the Western world, happiness is the number one goal, and a happy life is seen as a good life. But is it as simple as that?
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May 08, 2013 |
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'Kawaii' power sharpens worker focus, says Japanese study
(Medical Xpress)—Office workers who wonder why there are so many new framed pictures of piglets, calves, and puppies in the employee lunch room may learn their boss has read about research coming from Japan. ...
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Oct 02, 2012 |
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Babies' ability to detect complex rules in language outshines that of adults: study
New research examining auditory mechanisms of language learning in babies has revealed that infants as young as three months of age are able to automatically detect and learn complex dependencies between ...
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Study shows humans and apes learn language differently
(Medical Xpress)—How do children learn language? Many linguists believe that the stages that a child goes through when learning language mirror the stages of language development in primate evolution. ...
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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New study confirms that mom's love good for child's brain
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress.
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Is this peptide a key to happiness?
(Medical Xpress)—What makes us happy? Family? Money? Love? How about a peptide? The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behavior are largely unknown. Now though, for the first time in humans, scientists ...
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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Nerve stimulation for severe depression changes brain function
For nearly a decade, doctors have used an implanted electronic stimulator to treat severe depression in people who don't respond to standard antidepressant therapy.
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Rethinking treatment goals improves results for those with persistent anorexia
A new, multinational randomized clinical trial has found that patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa will not only stick with treatments but also make significant improvements with just a slight modification of ...
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May 08, 2013 |
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Pain can be contagious
(Medical Xpress)—The pain sensations of others can be felt by some people, just by witnessing their agony, according to new research.
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May 08, 2013 |
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New study gives insight into why some people diversify resources and others conserve
(Medical Xpress)—Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Most of us have heard this old adage applied to many of life's decisions, from planting crops, to dating, to buying stock. Spread your resources to ...
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Apr 26, 2013 |
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Skills learning program in middle schools dramatically reduces fighting
(Medical Xpress)—Middle school children who completed a social-emotional skills learning program at school were 42 percent less likely to engage in physical fighting a year later, according to a new study in the Journal of ...
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