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·December 7, 2022·6 min read

Are the Youngest Children in Class Overmedicated?

Younger children in a class are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older peers. The younger children have an 80% higher risk of being prescribed medications to control ADHD.

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·September 22, 2022·4 min read

Keys to Keeping Your Brain Healthy

Three factors have been identified that help keep your brain at its best.

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·June 13, 2022·4 min read

True Grit: Keeping the Faith, or Willingness to Push Yourself, as You Age

Maintaining a growth mindset and belief in yourself as you age helps you succeed at skills you wish to master.

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·May 20, 2022·4 min read

Ruminating on Our Ruminations Causes More Depression

Negative metacognitions and rumination can exacerbate symptoms of depression, researchers say.

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·April 23, 2022·3 min read

Passion Is the Biggest Key to Success

For those who are considered the "best of the best" in their professional field, passion for what they do is key to their success.

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·March 20, 2022·7 min read

An Open-Source Miniature Brain Microscope

A new miniature brain microscope, dubbed Mini2P, allows researchers to study neural network activity at high resolution in animals behaving naturally.

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·August 24, 2021·5 min read

How the Brain Perceives and Remembers a New Place

Combining virtual reality with neuroimaging, researchers identify how the brain perceives and remembers a novel place or landscape.

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·August 20, 2021·4 min read

Smells and Emotions Tug on the Brain’s Habenula

The habenula relays external information, such as sight and smell, along with internal states associated with emotion and learning to brain regions that govern adaptive behaviors.

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·June 24, 2021·4 min read

Feel-Good Hormone Dopamine Affects Passion and Autism

Hyperactivity of the dopamine system may explain the prevalent traits and conditions associated with ASD more commonly found in males.

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·February 25, 2021·5 min read

Effective Anxiety Therapy Changes Personality

Researchers report a reduction in neuroticism for people with generalized anxiety disorder who successfully completed metacognitive therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy.

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·February 11, 2021·8 min read

Which Conspiracy Theory Do You Believe In?

We are all vulnerable to conspiratorial thinking when we feel our identities are at stake and our emotions are strong.

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·October 1, 2020·6 min read

Why Writing by Hand Makes Kids Smarter

Children learn more and remember better when writing by hand, a new study reports. The brains of children are more active when handwriting than typing on a computer keyboard.