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·October 31, 2022·5 min read

How to Become a Morning Person

Researchers reveal how night owls can turn themselves into early rising early birds.

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·October 31, 2022·6 min read

A New Map of the Octopus Visual System Gives Clues to Brain Evolution

A new map of the octopus visual system classifies different types of neurons in a part of the brain dedicated to vision, shedding new light on the evolution of the brain and visual systems in a more broad sense.

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·October 31, 2022·6 min read

Low Sense of Personal Control Increases People’s Affinity for Tighter, Rules-Based Culture

Those who feel they lack personal control over their lives tend to prefer a culture that imposes order. In turn, these "tighter" cultures perpetuate their existence by reducing a person's sense of individual control and increase their sense of collective control.

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·October 31, 2022·4 min read

Mapping the Path From Smell to Perception

A new brain map charts the way sensory information is routed between olfactory-processing areas of the brain.

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·October 31, 2022·2 min read

Different People Interpret Facial Impressions Very Differently

The same facial expression can mean different things to different people.

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·October 31, 2022·4 min read

Mass School Shootings Are Not Caused by Mental Illness

Most perpetrators of mass school shootings do not suffer from severe mental illness, a new study reports. When psychosis is present, mass murderers in an academic setting use means other than firearms to commit their crimes. Consistent with previous findings, the majority of mass school shooters are male and caucasian, and almost half of school shooting episodes end with the perpetrator's suicide.

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·October 31, 2022·5 min read

Researchers Discover Anti-inflammatory Molecules That Decline in the Aging Brain

SGDGs, a class of lipids that decline in the brain during aging, appear to have anti-inflammatory effects that could have implications for neurodegenerative disorders.

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·October 30, 2022·5 min read

Teenage Brains: What Is Happening and Why It Leads to More Risky Behaviors

Decision-making requires two different brain areas that mature at different times during the teenage years. This may help parents understand why their teens are more prone to making risky decisions.

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·October 30, 2022·5 min read

Empathy for the Pain of the Conflicting Group Is Altered Across Generations in the Aftermath of a Genocide

Children of both perpetrators and survivors of genocide display the same ingroup biases of their parents, even though they did not experience the event themselves. This may explain why conflicts can last over generations. The study also suggests it is difficult for survivors and perpetrators to let go of intergroup biases following a tragedy.

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·October 30, 2022·6 min read

New Clues Into a Serious Neurodegenerative Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia

A genetic form of frontotemporal dementia is associated with abnormal lipid accumulation in the brain fueled by disrupted cell metabolism. The findings could pave the way for new targeted therapies for FTD.

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·October 29, 2022·5 min read

Exploring Virtual Romantic Relationships

Study examines virtual romantic relationships, or romantic anthropomorphism, exploring how a human's romantic needs can be met by anthropomorphized agents.