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This shows massage stones on a woman's back

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·September 7, 2021·6 min read

Massage Stones Help Uncover Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Sensory Perception

Findings shed new light on the role the prefrontal cortex plays in sensory processing and perception.

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·September 7, 2021·4 min read

Boom in Social Stress May Contribute to Population Decline

Researchers hypothesis the projected decline in global population by 2064 will be a result of social stress.

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·September 7, 2021·4 min read

Social Isolation Can Be Deadly for Older Adults

Socially isolated older adults are more likely to die when admitted to ICU or face an increased risk of disability once discharged than those who have social support.

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·September 7, 2021·4 min read

Infants Link Language and Cognition, Whether the Language Is Spoken or a Sign Language

Just as with spoken language, sign language supports cognitive development in hearing infants.

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·September 7, 2021·4 min read

Omega 3 Intake Linked to Stable Memory Function in Alzheimer’s Patients

Small scale study reveals Omega 3 supplements stabilized memory function in adults with Alzheimer's disease. Those who did not take omega-3 supplements showed a deterioration in memory function.

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·September 7, 2021·2 min read

New Open Access Resource Counters Misinformation on Genomics of Human Behavior

A new, open access repository incorporates frequently asked questions and answers by genomics researchers to provide a better general understanding of what their studies do, and do not show.

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·September 7, 2021·3 min read

PTSD Differences Between Males and Females

Virginia Tech researchers have been awarded a grant to study how a protein system impacts fear conditioning differences between males and females.

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·September 6, 2021·7 min read

Single Neurons Might Behave as Networks

Findings could advance the development of deep learning networks based on real neurons that will enable them to perform more complex and more efficient learning processes.

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·September 6, 2021·2 min read

White Matter and Schizophrenia

White matter functional connectivity distributions may contribute to working memory and processing speed impairments in schizophrenia.

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·September 6, 2021·4 min read

Significant Proportion of People With Parkinson’s Disease Struggle With Instruction-Based Learning

Study reports a significant number of people with Parkinson's disease have precise deficits when learning from instructions. Researchers say the problems are associated with differences in brain function.

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·September 4, 2021·3 min read

Researchers Trained Mice to Control Seemingly Random Bursts of Dopamine in Their Brains, Challenging Theories of Reward and Learning

By training mice to voluntarily increase the size and frequency of dopamine impulses in their brains, researchers demonstrated dopamine increases can be driven by internally mediated changes within the brain.