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·May 28, 2024·5 min read

Stuttering Linked to Specific Brain Network

A new study has identified a common brain network responsible for stuttering, regardless of its cause. Researchers found that strokes causing stuttering and developmental stuttering both affect the same brain areas.

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·April 16, 2024·4 min read

Emotional Bodily Sensations Altered in Parkinson’s Patients

People with Parkinson’s disease experience altered bodily sensations related to basic emotions differently from healthy individuals. Utilizing electronic body maps, participants identified how emotions like anger, happiness, and sadness manifested physically, noting significant shifts in sensation locations, particularly with anger moving from the chest to the abdomen.

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·January 30, 2024·3 min read

Music’s Universal Impact on Body and Emotion

A recent study reveals that music's emotional impact transcends cultures, evoking similar bodily sensations globally. Researchers found that happy music energizes arms and legs, while sad tunes resonate in the chest.

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·June 27, 2023·4 min read

COVID-19 Worries Influence Emotional Quality of Daydreams

A new study investigated the connection between COVID-19-related anxieties and the emotional content of daydreaming and nighttime dreaming. It found a significant correlation between daily COVID-19 worries and the emotional quality of daydreaming.

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·April 18, 2023·4 min read

A Brain Network for Social Perception

Different people have similar neural activity when processing social information. Researchers reveal the occipital and temporal lobes are important hubs for social information processing.

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·March 27, 2023·3 min read

Art Evokes Feelings in the Body

A new study investigates how viewing visual art affects our emotions. The findings reveal how the aesthetic experience can impact the body's emotional response.

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·January 19, 2023·3 min read

Mother’s Health, Diet During Pregnancy May Impact Child’s Later Neurodevelopment

Higher maternal body fat was associated with weaker cognitive, language, and motor skills in children at age two. The children of mothers who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes showed poorer language skills at age two compared to children of mothers without gestational diabetes.

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·November 30, 2022·3 min read

Adverse Psychosocial Factors in Childhood Are Associated With Worse Midlife Learning and Memory

Researchers report a link between adverse psychosocial factors experienced during childhood and cognitive function during midlife.

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·October 7, 2022·3 min read

Daylight Hours Impact Opioid Receptor Levels in Brown Fat

Shorter daylight hours increase opioid receptor signaling in the brown fat of animals.

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·September 9, 2022·3 min read

Bullies Have Increased Risk for Violent Offenses

Children who bully others between the ages of 8 and 9 are more likely to commit violent offenses by the age of 31.

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·November 3, 2021·3 min read

Brain Reveals the Risk for Developing Obesity

The functional connectivity of neural networks associated with satiety and appetite are altered prior to the development of obesity.

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·September 18, 2021·3 min read

Two-Hour Glucose Tolerance Test Predicts Decline in Episodic Memory

Higher glucose levels detected by a two-hour glucose test were an accurate predictor of poorer performance in tests of episodic memory ten years later.