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·July 20, 2022·3 min read

Do Benefits of Physical and Mental Activity on Thinking Differ for Men and Women?

Greater physical activity was associated with greater thinking speed reserve in women, but not men. Taking part in mental activities was associated with greater thinking speed reserve in both men and women.

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·July 20, 2022·5 min read

Engineered Mattress Tricks Your Body to Fall Asleep Faster

A new pillow and mattress system stimulates the body to trigger sleepy feelings by using heating and cooling sensations. Researchers say the new system helps people fall asleep faster and improves the quality of overall sleep.

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·July 20, 2022·4 min read

Higher Voice Pitch Lets Female Faces Appear Younger

Higher pitched voices in women influence how their faces are evaluated, researchers report. The faces of women with higher-pitched voices were perceived as being younger. However, researchers found no evidence of a link between vocal pitch or perceptions of facial attractiveness, health, or femininity.

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·July 20, 2022·3 min read

Psychological Traits of Violent Extremism Investigated Using New Research Tool

The newly developed Extremist Archetypes Scale includes five dimensions of extremist archetypes.

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·July 20, 2022·3 min read

‘Cuddle Hormone’ Oxytocin Strongly Affects Male Mice on Becoming Fathers

Neurons that secrete oxytocin in the paraventricular nucleus in the hypothalamus are responsible for activating paternal instincts in new fathers, a mouse model study finds.

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·July 20, 2022·5 min read

Perception Depends on Whether You Are Looking Up or Down

The intensity of perceptual bias in specific views depends upon posture and the position of your neck, a new study reveals.

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·July 20, 2022·5 min read

Making a Memory Positive or Negative

Researchers discovered a specific neurotransmitter that helps assign either positive or negative emotions to memories.

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·July 20, 2022·4 min read

Racial Discrimination Affects Brain Microstructure

In Black women, racial discrimination affects the microstructure of the brain, specifically within the anterior cingulum bundle and corpus callosum, and increases adverse mental health risks.

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·July 20, 2022·5 min read

Brain Stimulation Improves Motor Skill Learning at Older Age

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation applied to the motor cortex can help improve age-related impairments in learning new motor skills.

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·July 20, 2022·8 min read

No Evidence That Depression Is Caused by Low Serotonin Levels

A new comprehensive review disputes the serotonin theory of depression, reporting there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity is responsible for depression.

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·July 19, 2022·6 min read

A Genetic Architecture Underlying Alcohol and Cigarette Abuse

Genes associated with alcohol and smoking addiction are over-represented in specific neurons, a new study reports. Researchers found genes associated with smoking were also linked to pain perception and food response while genes linked to alcohol addiction were associated with stress and learning.