Betaine, a dietary supplement extracted from sweet beets, reduces behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia in mice with genetic risk factors for the disorder. The supplement may help protect proteins that build the cellular skeletons of neurons.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mirror, Mirror…Viewing Your Own Face, Even Subconsciously, Is Rewarding
Viewing a subliminal image of their own faces, participants showed an increase in activity in the dopamine reward pathway in the brain. Findings shed new light on the underlying neural processes of self facial recognition.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Social Media ‘Likes’ Change the Way We Feel About Our Memories
Sharing our personal experiences on social media may negatively impact how we feel about our memories, especially if the post doesn’t get many likes, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Social Media ‘Likes’ Change the Way We Feel About Our Memories
Sharing our personal experiences on social media may negatively impact how we feel about our memories, especially if the post doesn’t get many likes, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Estrogen Status, Not Sex, Protects Against Heightened Fear Recall
Peripheral and brain markers for fear differ in a hormone dependent manner between males and females.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: AI Is Increasingly Being Used to Identify Emotions, Here’s What’s at Stake
Emotional recognition technology is rapidly growing into a multi-billion dollar industry. Researchers investigate the limitations of new AI technology, and some of the biases within the algorithms, when it comes to identifying human emotions efficiently.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: No Increase In Brain Health Problems in Middle Age for Men Who Played Football in High School
Study reveals there is no significant uptick in men who played high school football reporting problems with brain health in middle age compared to their peers who did not play sports. However, ex-football players were more likely to experience sleep pr…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: ‘Deprogramming’ Qanon Followers Ignores Free Will and Why They Adopted the Beliefs in the First Place
Researchers warn that “deprogramming” beliefs of those who believe in outlandish conspiracy theories may be detrimentally harmful. Instead, they suggest a more cautious approach, such as listening to their concerns and problems, may prove to be a bette…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Female Robots Are Seen as Being the Most Human. Why?
Researchers investigate why feminine robots and AI systems, such as Siri and Alexa, are considered to be more humanistic than their male counterparts.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Virtual Humans Are Equal to Real Ones in Helping People Practice New Leadership Skills
Computer-generated, or virtual humans, prove to be just as good as humans in helping people practice leadership skills.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Psilocybin Performs At Least As Well as Leading Antidepressant in Small Study
Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, is as effective at treating depression as conventional SSRI antidepressants. Researchers report, that although not significantly significant, early findings reveal those treated with psilo…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Older Adults Most Likely to Make the Effort to Help Others
Older adults are more likely to make an effort to help others, a new study reports. Researchers found, when faced with tasks that required more effort, older adults were more likely to offer help than younger people. By contrast, younger adults were mo…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Doomscrolling: Why We Do It, and How We Can Stop
People are reporting an uptick in personal “doomscrolling” activities online. Marked by consuming excessive amounts of negative content during one sitting, doomscrolling may be linked to anxiety. Researchers provide suggestions about how people can hal…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Adolescents With Lack of Empathy Show Early Signs of Psychopathy
Teens who display callous-unemotional traits are at higher risk of developing psychopathic traits as they enter adulthood.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Links Parkinson’s Disease and Neuroticism
A new study reveals those who score high on the personality traits associated with neuroticism are at higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Spending Time on Household Chores May Improve Brain Health
Spending time performing household chores may help to improve brain health, especially for older adults. Researchers found older adults who spent more time engaging in housework had greater brain volume, specifically in the frontal lobe and hippocampus…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Measure to Predict Stress Resilience
Increased sensitivity in the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in the brain drives the development of anxiety in depression. The findings shed new light on the neurobiological mechanisms behind stress resilience.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Women Describe Specific Techniques to Increase Their Own Pleasure
Survey study identifies four main techniques women feel enhance their sexual pleasure. Researchers say understanding the dynamics of pleasure and satisfaction experienced during sexual encounters is critical to good sexual health overall.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genetic Predisposition to Schizophrenia May Increase Risk of Psychosis From Cannabis Use
While cannabis users reported more psychotic experiences than non-users generally, the effect was more pronounced in those with a genetic risk factor for schizophrenia.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Neural Basis of Psychopathy
Neuroimaging study reveals structural and functional differences in brain areas associated with emotional regulation in those with personality traits linked to psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder.
