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·December 14, 2022·3 min read

Four Genes Identified as Heightening Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Actions

Researchers have identified four genes, ESR1, DCC, DRD2, and TRAF3, that are associated with an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions.

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·December 1, 2022·4 min read

Parents Talk More to Toddlers Who Talk Back

Regardless of a child's gender, parents talk more to toddlers who already verbally communicate well.

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·November 29, 2022·5 min read

Brain Cells Use a ‘Telephone Trick’ to Report What They See

Single neurons conveying visual information about two separate objects in line of sight do so by alternating signals about one object or the other. However, when the two objects overlap, brain cells detect them as a single entity.

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·November 28, 2022·6 min read

Mom’s Dietary Fat Rewires Male and Female Brains Differently

Excess fat from a mother's high-fat diet triggers immune cells to over-consume serotonin in the brains of developing males, leading to depression-like behaviors in the offspring.

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·November 14, 2022·5 min read

Feeling Lonely? What We Want From Our Relationships Can Change With Age

Expectations of what a person expects from an interpersonal relationship change significantly as we age. Researchers say that many people still feel lonely, even when they don't spend too much time alone.

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·September 29, 2022·5 min read

How Long Older Adults Will Live Comes Down to 17 Often Surprising Factors

Researchers have designed a new model of life expectancy that's based less on disease diagnosis, and more on other factors including cholesterol levels and lifestyle.

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·August 3, 2022·6 min read

Air Pollution and Stress Alter Brain Development and Social Behavior

Air pollution along with housing insecurity and stress during pregnancy leads to an increased risk of autism-like social behaviors and differences in neural anatomy in male mice offspring. Researchers believe the changes could be due to the immune system.

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·March 7, 2022·5 min read

Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrunk IQ Scores of Half of Americans

Early-life exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas reduced the IQ of around 170 million Americans, a new study reports.

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·March 7, 2022·4 min read

Simulated Human Eye Movement Aims to Train Metaverse Platforms

EyeSyn, a newly developed "virtual eye" that simulates how humans look at the world accurately enough for the development of new augmented reality programs, can help create applications for the metaverse.