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·November 18, 2021·4 min read

Study Captures Humor’s Earliest Emergence in Young Children

By two months, 50% of infants begin to appreciate humor, researchers report. 50% of infants being to produce humor at 11 months. Children under one appreciate auditory, physical, and visual humor, including tickling, funny voices, and funny faces. Two-year-olds appreciate humor based on language development.

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·September 24, 2021·3 min read

Increased Risk of Depression for Young People if Their Mothers Experienced Depression During or After Pregnancy

By the age of 24, children born to mothers who suffered from depression during pregnancy or postpartum depression scored three points higher for depression scores than those whose mothers did not suffer from depression.

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·September 16, 2021·3 min read

Drug Targets for Memory Enhancement

Researchers identified specific receptors for acetylcholine that reroute information flow through memory circuits in the hippocampus. The findings could have implications for the development of drugs to help enhance or protect memory from diseases associated with cognitive decline.

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·August 6, 2021·4 min read

Gene Targets of Stress Hormones in the Brain Identified

Study reveals a link between corticosteroid receptors and genes associated with ciliary and neuroplasticity in the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with stress response, learning, and memory.

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·July 28, 2021·3 min read

Does Testosterone Influence Success? Not Much

Study reveals there is little evidence to suggest high testosterone meaningfully affects socioeconomic status, health, or risk-taking in men or women.

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·June 21, 2021·2 min read

Exam Performance at Sixteen Linked to Child’s Enjoyment of School Aged Six

Children who reported higher levels of school enjoyment at age six score, on average, 14.4 more GCSE exam points at age 16, and were 29% more likely to gain five or more A* - C grades than those who reported lower enjoyment at school.

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·May 19, 2021·5 min read

Flies With Schizophrenia-Associated Genes Respond Well to Anti-Psychotics

Flies without the Rim gene or cac Cav2 channel function displayed numerous cognitive and behavioral deficits associated with schizophrenia, and had reductions in synaptic growth and neural calcium transients. Exposing the flies with Rim deficits to the common antipsychotic haloperidol reduced some of the schizophrenia-related behavioral symptoms.

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·December 10, 2020·5 min read

Testing Memory Over Four Weeks Could Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

Administering memory tests over four weeks to older adults may help to predict those most at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.

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·September 8, 2020·4 min read

What Makes Memories So Detailed and Enduring?

Researchers have identified a new mechanism of learning that stabilizes memory and reduces interference between different memories.

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·June 23, 2020·4 min read

Pioneering research reveals certain human genes relate to gut bacteria

Specific genetic mutations affect both the existence and amount of particular bacteria in the gut.

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·April 24, 2020·4 min read

Alcohol use during pregnancy linked to offspring depression

Children whose mothers consumed alcohol at 18 weeks of pregnancy were 17% more likely to be diagnosed with depression at age 18 compared to those whose mothers abstained from drinking.

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·November 6, 2019·3 min read

Tobacco smoking increases risk of depression and schizophrenia

The link between smoking, depression, and schizophrenia is due, in part, to a causal effect of tobacco use. Findings reveal that smoking increased the risk of schizophrenia and depression. Additionally, depression and schizophrenia increased the likelihood of a person becoming nicotine dependent.

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