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·April 5, 2019·3 min read

Social insecurity also stresses chimpanzees

Aggression levels are reduced in male chimpanzees when social relations within their group become unstable.

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·April 5, 2019·3 min read

Possible link discovered between autism and formation of inhibitory synapses

Study finds a possible link between the formation of inhibitory synapses and autism.

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·April 5, 2019·4 min read

Robots to autocomplete soldier tasks

Study uncovers how the brain coordinates between different regions while executing cognitive tasks. The findings may help advance artificial intelligence algorithms.

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·April 5, 2019·6 min read

Unlocking the female bias in lupus

Disruptions in maintaining X chromosome inactivation of T cells may explain why women are more prone to developing SLE than males.

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·April 5, 2019·4 min read

Eyes reveal early Alzheimer’s disease

Using OCT angiography to quantify capillary changes in the back of the eye can help in the detection, and monitor the progression, of Alzheimer's disease.

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·April 5, 2019·4 min read

Like old photographs, memories fade over time

Low-level visual information fades in memory over time. However, negative emotion increases subjective memory vividness.

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·April 5, 2019·5 min read

Multigene test predicts depression risk in children and teens

Polygenetic risk scores calculated from adults can be used to identify children and adolescents who may be at greater risk of developing depression, even before clinical symptoms have emerged.

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·April 5, 2019·4 min read

Research identifies genetic causes of poor sleep

An uncommon variant of the PDE11A gene impacts both quality and duration of sleep. Genetic regions linked to sleep quality are also associated with serotonin production. The study also reveals those with the same hip circumference and a higher waist circumference sleep less, although the effect is small.

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·April 4, 2019·4 min read

What triggers nostalgia? Feelings of unhappiness

While generally associated with positive feeling, nostalgia is actually a mixed emotion. When experienced over the course of daily life, nostalgia is predominantly a negative emotion.

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·April 4, 2019·5 min read

20 Minute Contact with Nature Reduces Stress Hormone Cortisol

Taking a 'nature pill' of spending twenty minutes a day outdoors can help to lower cortisol levels.

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·April 4, 2019·5 min read

Associating colors with vowels? Almost all of us do!

While only 1 in 25 people has synesthesia, a new study reports intuitions about 'sound colors' are shared by a greater percentage of people. Sound color perception is mainly driven by the vowels in language.