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·June 5, 2022·3 min read

Studying Autophagy to Help Us Understand the Mechanisms of Aging-Related Diseases

Researchers have identified the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate selective autophagy.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 4, 2022·3 min read

Decisive People Don’t Make Better Decisions

Decisive people may be more confident in their choices, but that does not mean they are better at making decisions than the rest of us.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 4, 2022·2 min read

New Study To Evaluate Psilocybin’s Therapeutic Potential On Autistic Adults

A new study will explore how psilocybin affects different networks and serotonin function in the brains of autistic adults.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·June 4, 2022·4 min read

AI Learns Coral Reef ‘Song’

A new artificial intelligence algorithm trained using the soundscapes of both healthy and degraded reefs can determine reef health 92% of the time.

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·June 4, 2022·6 min read

Addressing Childhood Anxiety as Early as Kindergarten Could Reduce Its Harmful Impacts

Early childhood anxiety has been linked with continuing anxiety, depression, and other mental health difficulties throughout later life. Researchers say addressing anxiety in kindergarten-aged children could help to reduce its impact and improve mental health.

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·June 4, 2022·4 min read

Tracking Sleep With a Self-Powering Smart Pillow

A newly designed "smart pillow" that tracks the position of the head during sleep could help to track and monitor sleep quality and duration in those with sleep disorders.

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·June 4, 2022·4 min read

Long-Term Personality Traits Influence Problem-Solving

Zebra finches have stable personality traits and some of the traits enabled the birds to come up with innovative solutions to complex foraging tasks, a new study reports.

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·June 4, 2022·2 min read

Increased Risk of Dementia and Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis

People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis are 1.2 times more likely to develop depression. Additionally, the risk of developing dementia increased by 2-3% every 5 years following a diagnosis of RA.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 4, 2022·6 min read

How Storytelling Can Motivate Us to Help Others

Hearing personal narratives instead of simply cold, hard facts motivates people to change their behaviors to help protect more vulnerable groups.

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·June 3, 2022·7 min read

Children Who Attend Schools With More Traffic Noise Show Slower Cognitive Development

Children who attend school close to busy roads and traffic are more likely to experience deficits in working memory and attention, a new study reports.