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Psychology & Psychiatry

Smartphone interruptions: Are yours relentless and annoying?

Does your smartphone spew a relentless stream of text messages, push alerts, social media messages and other noisy notifications?

Mar 6, 2017

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Neuroscience

Brain scans could help doctors predict adolescents' problem drug use before it starts

There's an idea out there of what a drug-addled teen is supposed to look like: impulsive, unconscientious, smart, perhaps – but not the most engaged. While personality traits like that could signal danger, not every adolescent ...

Feb 22, 2017

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Couples, friends show similarity in personality traits after all

Friends and romantic partners tend to have certain characteristics in common, such as age, education, and even intelligence—and yet, research has long suggested that personality isn't one of these commonalities. But a new ...

Feb 13, 2017

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Diabetes

Sickle cell trait may confound blood sugar readings among African-Americans

A new study in JAMA provides evidence that hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), a common blood biomarker used to measure blood sugar over time, may not perform as accurately among African-Americans with sickle cell trait and could be ...

Feb 7, 2017

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Personality traits 'contagious' among children

When preschoolers spend time around one another, they tend to take on each others' personalities, indicates a new study by Michigan State University psychology researchers.

Feb 3, 2017

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Lasting autistic traits in women with anorexia

Women with anorexia display clear autistic traits, even once the eating disorder is under control and they have achieved a normal weight, according to research from Sahlgrenska Academy. The similarities between anorexia and ...

Feb 2, 2017

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Psychology & Psychiatry

'Mirror game' test could secure early detection of schizophrenia, study shows

Virtual reality could hold the key to unlocking an affordable, reliable and effective device to provide early diagnosis and management of schizophrenia.

Feb 1, 2017

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Neuroscience

Nasty or nice? Study links personality to brain shape

Personality traits such as moodiness or open-mindedness are linked to the shape of one's brain, a study said Wednesday.

Jan 25, 2017

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Genetics

Genetic risk factors for autism, MS and other diseases differ between the sexes

A pair of studies by researchers at UC San Francisco suggest that genetic variants that have distinct effects on physical traits such as height, weight, body mass, and body shape in men versus women are also linked to men's ...

Jan 23, 2017

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