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·March 27, 2021·3 min read

How to Talk With Kids About Scary Events

Researchers address the best way to approach a child when relaying negative or scary information.

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·June 10, 2020·5 min read

Marijuana concentrates spike THC levels but don’t boost impairment

High-potency marijuana boosts the blood level of THC more than 50% more than smoking lower-potency cannabis, but it doesn't necessarily make you higher or impair cognition more, a new study reports.

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·May 26, 2020·4 min read

Exposure to ‘good bacteria’ during pregnancy buffers risk of autism-like syndrome

Rat study suggests prenatal microbial exposure influences neurodevelopmental outcomes.

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·May 11, 2020·4 min read

Are our brains hard-wired for longing?

Neuroimaging study reveals the neural basis for the motivation to reunite with the ones you love. The findings could lead to new therapies for disorders associated with social behaviors, and may also help explain why social distancing is so tough.

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·April 26, 2020·4 min read

Continued CO2 emissions will impair cognition

Indoor levels of carbon dioxide may reach levels harmful to cognition by the end of this century. Researchers say the best way to reduce this hidden consequence of climate change is to reduce fossil fuel emissions.

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·April 14, 2020·4 min read

Scientists developing COVID-19 test that knows you’re sick before you do

Researchers are developing a self-diagnostic test for coronavirus and other viral infections. SickStick tests for nucleic acids in saliva that increase within hours of exposure to a virus.

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·March 2, 2020·3 min read

On eve of Super Tuesday, study sheds light on how people make choices

When those around you are indecisive, it can have a big influence on your own choices.

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·November 14, 2019·4 min read

How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry

Researchers developed an artificial intelligence system that can detect day-to-day changes in speech that may hint of mental health decline.

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·September 20, 2019·4 min read

When natural disasters strike, men and women respond differently

In the face of natural disasters, women tend to take the risks far more seriously but have trouble convincing men their concerns are a priority.

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·August 28, 2019·3 min read

Autism rates increasing fastest among black and Hispanic youth

Between the birth years of 2007 and 2013, autism diagnosis rates rose 73% for Hispanic children, 44% for African American children and 25% for white children aged between 3-5.

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·July 26, 2019·4 min read

A computer that understands how you feel

EmoNet, a new convolutional neural network, can accurately decode images into eleven distinct emotional categories. Training the AI on over 25,000 images, researchers demonstrate image content is sufficient to predict the category and valence of human emotions.

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·May 29, 2019·7 min read

Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders

10(Z)-hexadecenoic acid, a fatty acid found in the soil based bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae, interacts with immune cells to inhibit pathways that drive inflammation and increases resilience to stress. Researchers say the findings could bring us one step closer to developing a microbe-based "stress vaccine".