PTSD Persists in Some Vietnam Veterans 40 Years Later
Forty years after the end of the Vietnam War, an estimated 271,000 veterans who served in the war zone continue to experience…
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Trigger Lucid Dreams With Sensory Cues
Summary: A controlled study from Northwestern University shows that a lucid dreaming app based on Targeted Lucidity Reactivation (TLR) significantly increases lucid…
How Sleep Boosts Complex Memory Integration
Summary: Sleep plays a vital role in strengthening our brain’s ability to form and integrate complex associations within episodic memories. New research…
Low-dose Sedative Eases Autism-like Behavior in Dravet Mice
Low-dose clonazepam reverses autistic-like behaviors in mice carrying a Dravet syndrome mutation, University of Washington researchers report. Dravet syndrome is a severe…
MS Mental Fatigue Linked to Inefficient Brain Resource Use
Summary: People with multiple sclerosis (MS) appear to allocate neural resources less efficiently when cognitive demands increase, which likely contributes to the…
Human Specific DNA Regions in the Brain Explained
Summary: A new method has identified an extensive set of gene regulatory regions in the human brain that show evidence of positive…
Scientists Identify New Gene Linked to Autism
Summary: Researchers have discovered a new gene linked to a form of syndromic autism and uncovered how its mutation can contribute to…
Alzheimer’s Protein Elevated in Teens with Early Psychosis
Summary: New research reports increased levels of Alzheimer’s-related tau protein in children and adolescents with early onset psychosis. Source: IEPA Higher Levels…
Why Using Nouns Slows Speech
Summary: An international study finds that speakers slow down before saying nouns more often than before verbs, suggesting nouns require more planning…
How Social Exclusion Drives Belief in Conspiracy Theories
Summary: Researchers report that people who experience social exclusion are more likely to accept disinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories. Source: Princeton…
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