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·November 12, 2019·3 min read

Chronic adversity dampens dopamine production

Those who experience chronic adversity throughout life have impaired ability to produce sufficient dopamine levels to help them cope with stressful situations.

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·November 11, 2019·5 min read

What do we know about the gut microbiota in Parkinson’s disease?

Researchers propose future gut microbiome studies related to Parkinson's disease should address questions relevant to patient care.

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·November 11, 2019·4 min read

Humans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innate

The human ability to recognize the facial expressions of dogs is acquired through age and experience and is not an evolutionarily selected trait.

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·November 11, 2019·4 min read

How meditation can help you make fewer mistakes

Mindfulness and meditation can help reduce errors. The brain's ability to detect and pay attention to mistakes improves following one session of twenty-minute meditation.

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·November 8, 2019·4 min read

Brains of girls and boys are similar, producing equal math ability

There is no gender disparity in how children learn and perform math tasks.

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·November 7, 2019·4 min read

Dog ownership reduces loneliness

Evidence suggests new dog owners experience a reduction in negative mood and feelings of loneliness.

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·November 7, 2019·4 min read

Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

Combining neuroimaging data with machine learning, researchers report musical pleasure depends on a dynamic interplay between prospective and retrospective states of expectation.

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·November 7, 2019·2 min read

Autistic adults thought they were ‘bad people’

Many people on the autism spectrum who were not diagnosed until later in life grew up believing they were "bad people."

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·November 7, 2019·4 min read

Where does Parkinson’s disease start? In the brain or gut? Or both?

Lewy body disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, comprise of two distinct subtypes. One subtype originates in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) of the gut and spreads to the brain. The other originates in the brain, or enters the brain via the olfactory system, before spreading to the brainstem and PNS.

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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.