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Twitter image colors and content could help identify users with depression, anxiety

Neuroscience NewsMay 15, 2019

Combining artificial intelligence and computer vision technology, researchers were able to determine anxiety and depression risks from peoples' Twitter profile pictures.... Read More...

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Why language technology can’t handle Game of Thrones (yet)

Neuroscience NewsApril 18, 2019

Researchers improved the performance of natural language processing technology to increase recognitionion of names associated with characters in Game of Thrones, and other literature, from 7% to 90%.... Read More...

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Social Media’s Negative Impact on How We View Our Bodies

Neuroscience NewsNovember 15, 2018

According to researchers, social media use in young women can have a negative impact on the way they view their own bodies and appearance. The study reports women who engage with photos of friends they consider to be more attractive than themselves feel worse about their own appearance directly after viewing.... Read More...

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Study of 800 Millions Tweets Finds Distinct Daily Cycles in Our Thinking Patterns

Neuroscience NewsJune 20, 2018

Using AI to examine over 800 million tweets, researchers reveal how our mode of thinking alters during the course of the day. The study reports early morning tweets tend to be correlated with more logical thinking patterns, while middle of the night tweets tend to exhibit more existential concerns.... Read More...

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Social Media Use at Age 10 May Reduce Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing

Neuroscience NewsMarch 20, 2018

A new study links increased time spent on social media by 10 year old girls to a decline in wellbeing at the age of 15.... Read More...

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Is Your Stress Changing My Brain?

Neuroscience NewsMarch 10, 2018

A new study reveals being exposed to those who are stressed can alter our brains on a cellular level.... Read More...

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Twitter Can Reveal Our Shared Mood

Neuroscience NewsDecember 11, 2017

Bristol University researchers reveal strong circadian patterns for both negative and positive moods shared between Twitter users' Tweets.... Read More...

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Link Between Social Network Structure and Brain Activity

Neuroscience NewsMay 2, 2017

A neuroimaging study examines the brain's response to social exclusion.... Read More...

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Networks of Narcissists: Social Media and Narcissism

Neuroscience NewsApril 18, 2017

A new study reports narcissists are drawn to social network platforms as they see them as the ideal stages to showcase themselves.... Read More...

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What’s the Best Way to Choose Your Profile Pic? Ask Someone Else to Do It

Neuroscience NewsApril 15, 2017

If you want a flattering social network profile pic, ask someone else to select it for you, researchers suggest.... Read More...

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Targeting the Social Networks of Group Violence

Neuroscience NewsOctober 10, 2016

Researchers report a strong group of friends could be just as big a factor in acts of group violence as a charismatic leader.... Read More...

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Social Network Conspiracy Theories About Zika Putting Vulnerable People at Risk

Neuroscience NewsMay 24, 2016

A new study reports pseudoscientific claims and conspiracies spread through social networks refuting facts about the Zika virus and potential vaccines could potentially be putting the most vulnerable people at risk.... Read More...

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When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

Neuroscience

When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

Neurology

Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery

Patients with both schizophrenia and epilepsy die alarmingly early

Adult-onset inflammatory bowel disease linked to higher mortality

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Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

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Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified

Psychology

When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

Patients with both schizophrenia and epilepsy die alarmingly early