Hopkins researchers discover new link to schizophrenia view story
eurekalert.org — Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered that mice lacking an enzyme that contributes to Alzheimer disease exhibit a number of schizophrenia-like behaviors. The finding raises the possibility that this enzyme may participate in the development of
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New study yields instructive results on how mindset affects learning view story
This is actually a pretty old concept that you can read from many sources but it's still worth a peek if you haven't heard of the concept of how subliminal psychology affects students' lives
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Learning How Not To Be Afraid view story
Scientists are showing how the brain changes when mice learn to feel safe and secure in situations that would normally make them anxious. The mice developed a conditioned inhibition of fear that squelches anxiety as effectively as antidepressant drugs, su
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Writer's block? Have some Wine! view story
Whenever I’m in a dry spell of inspiration, also known as writer’s (blogger’s?) block, a bottle of red wine will re-ignite the spark of inspiration in me. As helpful as this may be, it also puzzles me. What is it about red wine that makes me creativ
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Singing to Females Makes Male Songbirds 'Happy' view story
Happiness is an emotion, so it is a slippery concept that is difficult to define scientifically. But it is known that brains experience a positive emotional response to obtaining an evolutionarily favorable reward, such as food and sex.
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Occasional memory loss tied to lower brain volume view story
People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to a study published in the Oct. 7, 2008, issue of Neurology, t
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Ethics and social policy in research on the neuroscience of human sexuality - Nature Neuroscience view story
The potential benefits of neuroscientific research into sexuality are great, but neuroscientists must participate in debates over the social, forensic and therapeutic implications of their findings.
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