Psychology & Psychiatry
Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, research shows
A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.
Apr 26, 2012
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Health
Poor sleep may age your brain
(HealthDay) -- Evidence is building that poor sleep patterns may do more than make you cranky: The amount and quality of shuteye you get could be linked to mental deterioration and Alzheimer's disease, four new studies suggest.
Jul 16, 2012
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Distinguishing between Progressive Supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have established how two diseases that present in similar ways are in fact quite different.
Oct 10, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Don't worry, be happy: Just go to bed earlier
When you go to bed, and how long you sleep at a time, might actually make it difficult for you to stop worrying. So say Jacob Nota and Meredith Coles of Binghamton University in the US, who found that people who sleep for ...
Dec 4, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
To 'think outside the box', think outside the box
(Medical Xpress) -- Want to think outside the box? Try actually thinking outside of a box. In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, ...
Jan 19, 2012
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Neuroscience
Navigating our thoughts: Fundamental principles of thinking
It is one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: How do humans think? Until recently, we seemed far from a conclusive answer. However, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences ...
Nov 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
How our knowledge of the world embedded in brain connectivity shapes our creativity
The group of Emmanuelle Volle at the Paris Brain Institute and their international collaborators established for the first time a link between real-life creativity, semantic memory structure and brain functional connectivity. ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Attention deficit disorders
Study looks to tap strengths of ADHD students
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), some studies suggest, are more creative and more willing to take risks. Those traits are exactly what the field of engineering needs, say a team of researchers, ...
Feb 4, 2015
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Neuroscience
Researchers propose how REM and non-REM sleep may work together to help us solve problems
Sleep is known to be important for creative thinking, but exactly how it helps and what role each sleep stage—REM and non-REM—plays remains unclear. A team of researchers have now developed a hypothesis, outlined in an ...
May 15, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hallmarks of psychiatric illness can reveal themselves remotely
Researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when healthy players played people ...
Apr 9, 2013
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