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Improving Deep Sleep Could Cut Dementia Risk
Monash study suggests that enhancing or maintaining deep sleep, also known as slow wave sleep, in older years could stave off dementia.
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AI Models Show Similar Activity Patterns as the Mammalian Brain
Two studies find “self-supervised” models, which learn about their environment from unlabeled data, can show activity patterns similar to those of the mammalian brain.
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How Our Phone Overwhelms Our Brain's Attention Economy
Our phone offers us easy access to very satisfying rewards in the form of new information, overwhelming the brain and making it difficult to stay focused.
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Getting Angry Is the Key to Achieving Your Goals
While often perceived as a negative emotion, anger can also be a powerful motivator for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives, according to research.
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Humans Can Navigate Spaces Just Using Their Nose
In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.
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Multiple Gut Bacteria Species May Increase Risk of Severe Malaria
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified multiple species of bacteria that, when present in the gut, are linked to an increased risk of developing severe malaria in humans and mice.
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Prenatal Fentanyl Abuse May Have Caused a New Syndrome in Babies
A new syndrome of birth defects, apparently caused by fentanyl abuse, has been identified at a Delaware hospital.
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Brain Connectivity Study Claims Link to Rumination in Adolescents
A new study substantiates previous groundbreaking research that rumination (overthinking) can be reduced through an intervention called Rumination-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RF-CBT).
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Small Diet Change Can Cut Carbon Emissions and Improve Health
Making one small diet change -- chicken instead of beef, plant milk instead of cow's milk -- could significantly curb carbon emissions and increase the healthfulness of your diet, according to a new study.
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