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| | | Stand Up for Brain Health
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at UCLA found that sitting down for more hours a day may be associated with a thinning in the medial temporal lobe—a part of the brain that’s important to memory and learning. Find out why that matters. |
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How Risky Are You?
A study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania found marked brain differences between people who were willing to take bigger financial risks and those who were risk-averse. Does that mean financial planners will soon be able to test their clients for risky habits? Find out. |
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Antidepressants in Pregnancy and Possible Outcomes for Babies
The scientific literature isn’t yet conclusive on how taking antidepressants while pregnant affects the infant brain. A new study out of Columbia University, however, found that babies whose mothers took SSRIs (a category of anti-depressants) had greater volumes in, and more connectivity between, areas of the brain that are associated with emotions. Learn what that might mean. |
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Conflicting Results on Neurogenesis in Adults
In a recent study, researchers from UCSF found that adult brains don’t produce new neurons. Another, published just a few weeks later by scientists from Columbia University, says they continue to make new neurons at almost the same rate as during childhood. Both from top universities, but with opposite outcomes. Why might that be? Find out. |
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Art Therapy and Stress
Feeling stressed? You might want to take 45 minutes and do some kind of art—even if you’re not artistically inclined. A new study found that making art reduced stress hormones in 75% of study participants—and it didn’t matter if the person was an experienced artist or a newbie. Learn more. |
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Book of the Month
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds (2018)
By Lauren Slater
About 20% of Americans take psychotropic drugs. But how do they work? What are the long-term effects? Where did they come from, and how did they become so common? In Blue Dreams, psychologist Lauren Slater delves into these questions and many more, making it a wonderful resource for people who take these drugs and the families who love them. But the book is much more: it’s also a haunting memoir of Slater’s relationship with her own mental illness and her personal experience with psychotropic drugs—for better and for worse. Buy on Amazon.
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