Major Study Finds Obesity Raises Risk of Depression
Summary: A new study finds that obesity can substantially increase the risk of depression, even when other obesity-related illnesses are not present.…
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Why Verbal Insults Feel Like a Mini Slap to the Face
Summary: EEG and skin conductance measurements show that hearing verbal insults produces a robust early P2 brain response, indicating heightened neural sensitivity…
New Mechanism Boosts Song Learning in Juvenile Zebra Finches
Most songbirds learn their songs from an adult model, typically the father. However, there are substantial differences in how accurately individual birds…
Infant Gut Microbiome Predicts Childhood Obesity Risk
Summary: A new study finds that the composition of a child’s gut microbiota at two years old is linked to body mass…
Detecting Dyslexia Through Nonverbal Interactions
Summary: A new web-based, language-independent game offers a promising method to screen children for risk of dyslexia using interaction patterns and machine…
Ketogenic Diet Boosts CAR-T Cancer Therapy
Summary: New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania indicates that a ketogenic diet or supplementation with…
How Moderate Stress Boosts Focus and Resilience
Summary: Low-to-moderate stress can enhance certain brain functions—particularly working memory—while sustained high stress becomes harmful. Source: University of Georgia The holiday season…
Why People Perceive the World Differently
Summary: A new study introduces an objective way to measure individual differences in perceptual capacity, showing that people tend to perform consistently…
Snake venom reveals muscle protein structure
Summary: A neurotoxin found in snake venom enabled researchers to reveal a high-resolution structure of the nicotinic receptor that triggers muscle contraction.…
Environment and Hippocampal Volume Predict Adolescent Depression
Summary: New research from Northwestern University shows that difficult social environments and the size of the left hippocampus in children aged 9–11…
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