A combination of robust vaccination programmes and strict physical distancing rules could avoid recurring peaks of COVID-19 without the need to rely on stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new study by epidemiologists ...
Feb 19, 2021
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People with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) share about the 80% of genetic variants associated with aggressive and antisocial behaviors.
Feb 17, 2021
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What makes one person drive above the speed limit while another navigates steadily in the right lane? What motivates someone to leave a job with a steady paycheck to launch their own business while the other sticks to one ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Do you value courage and bravery or intelligence and learning? Your answer may indicate whether you end up in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, according to a Harry Potter-themed personality test. Other tests purport to tell you which ...
Jan 27, 2021
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In a lab in Amsterdam, arachnophobes have volunteered to encounter their eight-legged nemeses to help researchers hoping to conjure and obliterate fear memories. These studies, as well as new understanding of overlooked brain ...
Jan 26, 2021
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Neuroscientists at the University of Portsmouth, with collaborators in the UK and the U.S., have made a breakthrough in the study of Alzheimer's which could inspire better treatments and earlier diagnosis.
Jan 15, 2021
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Children who have adverse experiences such as being smacked at the age of three are more likely to suffer from poor mental health and have behavioral problems through to age 14, according to a study led by UCL researchers.
Jan 14, 2021
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New research into how a common parasite infection alters human behavior could help development of treatments for schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.
Nov 16, 2020
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If you were to find yourself in a group of ten people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has COVID-19 would be 18 percent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 percent.
Nov 12, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned some of the most dramatic changes to Australian life in recent memory. We've had to adapt to a vastly different way of life to curb the spread of the virus, featuring unfamiliar challenges ...
Sep 23, 2020
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