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·July 3, 2022·6 min read

Timing Smoking Cessation Attempts With Women’s Hormone Levels Could Improve Success

When a woman's progesterone increase from a low level, the fewer cigarettes they consume throughout the day. However, when progesterone levels peak, the benefits plateau.

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·July 3, 2022·5 min read

Electrical Stimulation Improves Arm Control in Paralyzed Monkeys

Electrically stimulating surviving nerves in the upper spinal cord following severe spinal cord injury improved motor control in upper limbs and allowed monkeys with limited arm function to regain lost movement.

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·July 3, 2022·6 min read

A Skill Called “O”: People Vary a Lot in How Well They Recognize, Match or Categorize the Things They See

A newly identified skill, dubbed "O" is a generalized ability that may help you to succeed at tasks that demand perceptual decisions.

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·July 2, 2022·5 min read

Struggling With Positive Thinking? Research Shows Grumpy Moods Can Actually Be Useful

Defensive pessimism can help individuals, especially those who are more anxious, to improve positive thinking and decision-making.

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·July 2, 2022·4 min read

For Dreamers, Optimism Rules

While popular culture encourages us all to "dream big", researchers say it is important to ground those dreams with a dose of reality.

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·July 2, 2022·5 min read

Demand for Abortion Medications Shatter Records Following Supreme Court Draft Ruling

Searches for abortion medications spiked within one how of POLITICO publishing the leak of the SCOTUS ruling, with searches 162% higher during the first 72 hours following the leak. Researchers say there were significantly more searches for abortion medications during the first 72 hours in states that threatened more restrictive reproductive rights.

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·July 2, 2022·5 min read

‘Cognitive Immobility’ – When You’re Mentally Trapped in a Place From Your Past

Cognitive immobility is a form of mental entrapment that leads to conscious or unconscious efforts to recreate past instances in familiar locations.

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·July 2, 2022·3 min read

Important Factors for Regulating the Body’s Immune Response

Researchers identified differences in isoforms that control Treg cells and how that affects the body's immune system response.

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·July 2, 2022·5 min read

Decision-Making: A New Distribution of Tasks in Our Prefrontal Cortex?

Study reveals how specific tasks are distributed to different areas within the prefrontal cortex to help with decision-making processes.

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·July 1, 2022·6 min read

When ASD Occurs With Intellectual Disability, a Convergent Mechanism for Two Top-Ranking Risk Genes May Be the Cause

Mutations in the ASD/intellectual disability genes ADNP and POGZ result in abnormal activation and overexpression of immune response genes and genes for microglia. This results in abnormal brain synaptic function, characteristic of ASD and ID.

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·July 1, 2022·5 min read

Researchers Uncover New Pathway for Accumulation of Age-Promoting ‘Zombie Cells’

Oxidative damage to telomeres can trigger cellular senescence. The findings could lead to the development of new therapeutics for healthy aging and to combat cancers.

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·July 1, 2022·3 min read

CPTSD: A New Diagnosis Category in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Researchers provide a new summary of symptoms for the diagnosis of CPTSD, a sibling disorder of PTSD that has recently been officially recognized by the WHO. CPTSD usually occurs following prolonged exposure to traumatic experiences, such as abuse, torture, or domestic violence.

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brain research

Timing Smoking Cessation Attempts With Women’s Hormone Levels Could Improve Success

Electrical Stimulation Improves Arm Control in Paralyzed Monkeys

A Skill Called “O”: People Vary a Lot in How Well They Recognize, Match or Categorize the Things They See

Struggling With Positive Thinking? Research Shows Grumpy Moods Can Actually Be Useful

For Dreamers, Optimism Rules

Demand for Abortion Medications Shatter Records Following Supreme Court Draft Ruling

‘Cognitive Immobility’ – When You’re Mentally Trapped in a Place From Your Past

Important Factors for Regulating the Body’s Immune Response

Decision-Making: A New Distribution of Tasks in Our Prefrontal Cortex?

When ASD Occurs With Intellectual Disability, a Convergent Mechanism for Two Top-Ranking Risk Genes May Be the Cause

Researchers Uncover New Pathway for Accumulation of Age-Promoting ‘Zombie Cells’

CPTSD: A New Diagnosis Category in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Suckers for Love: Octopus Arms “Tastes” for a Mate

Plug-and-Play Sensor Listens to the Developing Brain

New AI Architect for Designing Custom DNA

Brain Circuit That “Invents” Chronic Pain Identified

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