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Hypothalamus Key in Switching Between Survival Behaviors
Science
Summary: The hypothalamus helps humans switch between survival behaviors like hunting and escaping. Researchers used AI-enhanced fMRI scans to analyze brain activity ...
Prior LSD Use Linked to Lower Psychological Resilience
Health
Summary: Lifetime LSD use is linked to higher severe psychological distress after job loss, a new study reveals. Analyzing data from 15,854 ...
Internet Addiction Disrupts Adolescent Brain Networks
Health
Summary: A new study reviewed neuroimaging research on internet addiction in adolescents, revealing disrupted brain signaling in critical neural networks. These disruptions ...
Study Reveals Shifting Language in Mental Health Over 79 Years
Health
Summary: A study of 340,000 texts over 79 years found a shift from terms like “disease” and “disturbance” to “mental health” and ...
How ‘Not’ Changes Everything: Brain Interprets Negated Adjectives
Health
Summary: Researchers found that negating adjectives with “not” affects how our brains interpret their meaning, mitigating rather than inverting their definition. In ...
Parental Distraction Negatively Impacts Child-Parent Interactions
Science
Summary: A new study finds that any form of parental distraction, whether from screens or non-digital activities, negatively impacts parent-child interaction. Both ...
Bird Brains: Jays Show Episodic-like Memory
Science
Summary: A new study finds that Eurasian jays exhibit episodic-like memory, a type of memory previously thought to be unique to humans. ...
Stress May Boost Helping Behavior When Witnessing Injustice
Health
Summary: A new study finds that acute stress experienced while witnessing injustice can make people more likely to help victims rather than ...
Bright Light, Sharper Mind: Lighting Affects Cognition
Health
Summary: A new study explores how different light levels impact cognitive function by influencing hypothalamic activity in the brain. The study utilized ...
Cycle of Decline: Neuron Aging in Alzheimer’s Unraveled
Health
Summary: Neurons in Alzheimer’s disease patients tend to re-enter the cell cycle and quickly progress to senescence. Using advanced snRNA-seq techniques, researchers ...
