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When investigators applied light-driven stimulation to nerve cells in the brains of mice that had suffered strokes several days earlier, the mice showed significantly greater recovery in motor ability than mice that had experienced strokes but whose br…
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Schizophrenia is among the most severe forms of mental illness, yet some people with the disease are as happy as those in good physical and mental health, according to a new study. “People with schizophrenia are clearly less happy than those in the g…
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Passport issuing officers are no better at identifying if someone is holding a fake passport photo than the average person, new research has revealed.
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Practicing hatha yoga three times a week for eight weeks improved sedentary older adults’ performance on cognitive tasks that are relevant to everyday life, researchers report. The findings involved 108 adults between the ages of 55 and 79 years of age…
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Our individual genetic make-up determines the effect that stress has on our emotional centers, researchers have found. Not every individual reacts in the same way to life events that produce the same degree of stress. Some grow as a result of the crisi…
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Mass layoffs may trigger increased suicide attempts and other suicide-related behaviors among some teenagers, says new research from Duke University.
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An Indiana University study found that how “in love” a romantic couple appears to be is interpreted differently based on the couple’s sexual orientation, affecting what formal and informal rights…
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Some working parents are carrying more psychological baggage than others – and the reason has nothing to do with demands on their time and energy.The cause is their occupation.
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Well-publicized tragedies on college campuses across the United States have prompted university officials to implement alert systems that broadcast real-time warnings via text message and e-mail to…
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Mental health experts in the past three decades have emphasized the dangers of post-partum depression for mothers, but a researcher says expanding awareness of several other perinatal mental health conditions is important for all new parents, including…
