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·August 9, 2022·5 min read

A Hard Pill to Swallow: Daily Multivitamin May Be an Unnecessary Habit

Researchers say, for the majority of people, taking daily multivitamins does little to prevent diseases or extend lifespan.

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·August 9, 2022·4 min read

Discovering a Major Contributor to Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers identified a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a pro-inflammatory protein in the brain that appears to contribute to the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

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·August 8, 2022·6 min read

Studying Schizophrenia by Emulating It in a Petri Dish

Creating modular neural networks (MoMNets), researchers generate a new way to study schizophrenia and other disorders in a lab setting.

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·August 7, 2022·4 min read

No, the Human Brain Did Not Shrink 3,000 Years Ago

Researchers question the widely held belief that modern humans experienced an evolutionary decrease in brain size.

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·August 6, 2022·4 min read

Neuroimaging Study Reveals Fatigue-Related Differences by Age and Gender

Age and gender both appear to affect the relationship between state fatigue and brain activation.

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·August 5, 2022·6 min read

When a Task Adds More Steps, This Circuit Helps You Notice

Researchers reveal how the anterior cingulate cortex and motor cortex collaborate to update behaviors when adding a new step to an established task.

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·August 5, 2022·3 min read

Researchers Visualize the Intricate Branching of the Nervous System

Study reveals the molecular mechanism that allows neural networks to grow and branch out.

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·August 3, 2022·3 min read

After Breakups, People Feel Less In-Control, but Only at First

Following a breakup, women are more likely to experience feeling a short-term decline in their sense of control than men. People who lost a loved one to death experience an overall increase in perceived control during the first year post-loss.

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·August 3, 2022·4 min read

Perceived Choice in Music Listening Is Linked to Pain Relief

People given the impression they had control over the music they heard experienced more pain relief than those who felt as though they had no control over their music exposure.

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·August 1, 2022·4 min read

Genetic Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorder Identified

A new large-scale genome-wide study has identified 18 new genetic risk factors for opioid use disorder, bringing the number of OUD-associated genes from 1-19.

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·July 31, 2022·5 min read

Why People Struggle to Recognize the Faces of People From Different Racial Backgrounds

Many people report having a difficult time recognizing faces from visually distinct different backgrounds than their own. A new brain stimulation study found the "other race effect" is a result of lacking of cognitive visual expertise, and not social bias.