Psychology & Psychiatry
Estrogen status, not sex, protects against heightened fear recall
A new study shows that markers of fear recall differ between men and women, but in a hormone-dependent manner.
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Neuroscience
Get a grip: Adding haptics to prosthetic hands eases users' mental load
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Drexel universities say that adding haptics—an artificial sense of touch—to upper limb prostheses reduces the mental effort required to operate the device, bringing us closer to developing ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Researchers map brain regions responsible for intoxicating effects of alcohol
The slurred speech, poor coordination, and sedative effects of drinking too much alcohol may actually be caused by the breakdown of alcohol products produced in the brain, not in the liver as scientists currently think. That ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers size up the mental health toll of the pandemic
For all the attention paid to the short and long-term physical effects of COVID-19, the disease has serious mental health consequences, too.
Apr 13, 2021
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Neuroscience
Leaking calcium in neurons an early sign of Alzheimer's pathology
Alzheimer's disease is known for its slow attack on neurons crucial to memory and cognition. But why are these particular neurons in aging brains so susceptible to the disease's ravages, while others remain resilient?
Apr 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
Attention and working memory: Two sides of the same neural coin?
In 1890, psychologist William James described attention as the spotlight we shine not only on the world around us, but also on the contents of our minds. Most cognitive scientists since then have drawn a sharp distinction ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychedelic drugs: how the brains of informed users are different
There is a new generation of drug users out there who possess highly detailed pharmacological and technical knowledge about the drugs they take. "Psychonauts" (meaning "navigator of the soul") are enthusiastic and deliberate ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescents respond to chronic social isolation stress in sex-specific ways
The mental health crisis that has resulted from the imposition of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 has been widely observed around the world. Now, University at Buffalo researchers have determined in a preclinical ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Neuroscience
Teenage mental health—how growing brains could explain emerging disorders
Adolescence is the time when most mental health problems arise. Diagnoses of psychiatric illnesses increase across the board, with teenagers suffering not only from mood disorders such as depression, but also from the most ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Animal model opens way to test Alzheimer's disease therapies
Our knowledge of Alzheimer's disease has grown rapidly in the past few decades but it has proven difficult to translate fundamental discoveries about the disease into new treatments. Now researchers at the California National ...
Mar 18, 2021
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