Sep. 8, 2016 Researchers report that they were able to train unknowing volunteers to develop a mild but significant preference or dislike for faces that they had previously regarded ...
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Sep. 7, 2016 A new multi-state survey shows that nearly one-quarter to one-third of family caregivers of patients with high-mortality cancers experience high levels of depression and anxiety ...
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Sep. 6, 2016 A brain MRI could help improve the diagnosis of people with a common type of cognitive disorder, according to a new study. Vascular cognitive disorder is caused by disease of the vessels supplying ...
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Sep. 5, 2016 People with the most common type of lung cancer whose disease has spread to the brain could be spared potentially harmful whole brain radiotherapy, according to new research. The phase 3 randomized ...
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Sep. 5, 2016 A new study shows that increased physical activity among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) reduces their risk of anxiety or ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 Researchers have built and tested a new mathematical model that successfully reproduces complex brain activity during deep sleep, according to a new ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students led by bullying ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 New study in mice proposes the first gene that could help prevent tinnitus, that ringing in the ears inside one's head when no external sound is present. This discovery is a first step to ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 The regulation and function of sleep is one of the biggest black boxes of today's brain science. A new paper finds that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is suppressed by adenosine acting on a ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 New research shows that women who experience persistent childbirth pain are more likely to develop postnatal depression following the birth of their ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 A new study defines the current problems that lead patients to be misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis and the possible reasons why they are ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 The phrase "it looks so good you can almost taste it" may actually be scientifically proven based on the findings of a new study that explored how the brain processes stimuli predicting ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 New study results provide insight into a long-observed, but little-understood connection between chronic pain and anxiety and offer a potential target for treatment. Researchers found that increased ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Emotional bonds with our primary caregiver or parent in early childhood are thought to be the basis of our ability to regulate our emotions as adults, report ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 New UBC research has found that amplified electroencephalograms can produce diagnostic results of a brainwave associated with migraines and epilepsy that are comparable to the current, more invasive, ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of cardiometabolic conditions, may be a biological mechanism linking posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to structural brain abnormalities, according to a new study. ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Dopamine is a so-called messenger substance or neurotransmitter that conveys signals between neurons. It not only controls mental and emotional responses but also motor reactions. Dopamine is ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 A new project has overturned the theory that the evolution of human intelligence was simply related to the size of the brain -- but rather linked more closely to the supply of blood to the ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 A researcher has found a mechanism that strongly influences whether or not an animal is likely to drink a lot of alcohol, turning lush mice into teetotalers, a new report ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 If you really want a drink right now, the source of your craving may be a pea-sized structure deep inside the right side of your brain, according to ...
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