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Whether for oneself or for others, fairness is preferred by people, but the brain network changes depending on who is actually benefiting. “In previous studies,” explains the lead investigator, “we found the same tendency to reject unfair offers regard…
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Some of the latest tools to help vets recover from wounds both mental and physical include bionics, virtual reality and magnetic waves.
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A new project comprising thirty organisations from fifteen countries has started working together to study the microorganisms in our intestines and the role they play in health, well-being, and how…
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A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive real-time feedback.
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Children who have good psychosocial experiences may be more likely to have better cardiovascular health as an adult, according to the results of a new study.
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People who have upbeat outlooks on life have significantly better cardiovascular health, suggests a new study that examined associations between optimism and heart health in more than 5,100 adults.
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New research seeks to better understand why and how breast cancer can spread to the brain with the goal of developing a way to reduce the risk of this phenomenon. “Unfortunately, the rate of secondary breast tumors in the brain is now threefold higher …
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The ability to understand different movements, such as walking, skipping and jumping, engages different brain mechanisms from those that recognize who is initiating the action. A new study illustrates for the first time how individuals with prosopagnos…
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People’s mindsets can affect their experience of pain. For example, a soldier in battle or an athlete in competition may report that an injury did not feel especially painful in the heat of the moment. But until now it has been unclear how this phenome…
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A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has found, for the first time, evidence of neuroinflammation in key regions of the brains of patients with chronic pain. By showing that levels of an inflammation-linked protein are elevated…
