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·August 28, 2020·3 min read

Making Brain Cancers in Children Respond Better to Treatment

A small molecular compound has been discovered that can activate the Wnt pathway in non-Wnt subtypes of medulloblastoma brain cancer, making tumors more responsive to therapies.

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·August 28, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19 Messaging Less Effective When Tied to Trump

The source of coronavirus public health messaging plays a role in how effective it is. When the president's name was associated with the message, the effectiveness of the message decreased, not just compared to other sources, but even when there was no source at all.

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·August 28, 2020·4 min read

New Era in Brain Monitoring Technology

New long-term brain monitoring technologies that can continuously record brain activity could help improve the treatment and management of epilepsy.

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·August 28, 2020·4 min read

Women With Higher Neuroticism Are Less Physically Active

Middle-aged women who scored high on extraversion personality traits were more likely to report being physically active during leisure time than those who scored high in neuroticism.

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·August 28, 2020·3 min read

Risk of Dementia Has Been Rising for Years – Instead of Falling

The risk of men and women being diagnosed with cognitive decline and dementia has increased in the U.S over the past 20 years.

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·August 26, 2020·4 min read

Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain

Researchers have made an important discovery about the mechanisms behind learning and memory. Depending on the number of synapses, and their proximity, information is processed and stored differently.

This is a graphic abstract from the study

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·August 26, 2020·4 min read

How ‘Swapping Bodies’ With a Friend Changes Our Sense of Self

Friends who "swapped bodies" using virtual reality to generate the perceptual illusion found their beliefs about their personalities altered to become more similar to the beliefs about their friends' personalities. Findings suggest that when our mental self-concept doesn't match our physical self, our memories become impaired.

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·August 26, 2020·6 min read

Got Fatigue? Study Further Pinpoints Brain Regions That May Control It

Neuroimaging pinpoints areas of the brain that regulate efforts to deal with fatigue. The study reveals the neural mechanisms that contribute to feelings of fatigue.

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·August 26, 2020·5 min read

Blood Test Could Predict Who Is Likely to Develop Psychotic Disorders

A new blood test could help doctors monitor those who are at risk of developing psychiatric disorders. The test looks for specific protein biomarkers in blood samples of those with risk factors for psychiatric illnesses and can help to predict who is most likely to develop psychosis in the future.

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·August 25, 2020·3 min read

Accumulating Extra Genome Copies May Protect Fly Brain Cells During Aging

Adult neurons in fruitfly brains produce extra copies of their genomes to help prevent cell death caused by DNA damage.

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·August 25, 2020·4 min read

Why We Distort Probability

People distort probability to compensate for perceptual and cognitive limitations.

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·August 25, 2020·5 min read

Blood Transfusions Protect the Brain From Stroke Damage

Blood transfusions lead to improved outcomes in mouse models of ischemic stroke. Researchers believe the findings could be used for the treatment of stroke in humans.