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| How sound reduces pain in mice Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:24 AM PDT Scientists have identified the neural mechanisms through which sound blunts pain in mice. The findings could inform development of safer methods to treat pain. |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:17 AM PDT In a new paper, researchers challenge the longstanding view that the force of natural selection in humans must decline to zero once reproduction is complete. They assert that a long post-reproductive lifespan is not just due to recent advancements in health and medicine. The secret to our success? Our grandparents. |
| Social interactions tied to sense of purpose Posted: 07 Jul 2022 07:09 AM PDT Research in psychological and brain sciences shows a link in older adults between social interactions and having a sense of purpose. |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2022 07:09 AM PDT Intermittent fasting has previously shown to have a host of health benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Now, researchers have found that people who regularly fast are less like to experience severe complications from COVID-19. |
| Study examines memory in expert birdwatchers Posted: 07 Jul 2022 07:09 AM PDT According to a new study that examined memory in expert birdwatchers, having expert knowledge in a subject helps us memorize new information. This is because, while forgetting often happens when similar memories interfere with each other, expert knowledge provides a mental organizational structure, or scaffolding, that helps us keep new items that we want to learn distinct from each other. This reduces confusion between similar items -- in this case, similar-looking birds. |
| Gardening can cultivate better mental health Posted: 06 Jul 2022 01:54 PM PDT New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants -- even if they've never gardened before. |
| Depression in fathers and children linked, regardless of genetic relatedness Posted: 06 Jul 2022 12:30 PM PDT Adolescent depression and behavior problems are on the rise and paternal depression may be contributing to this increase, regardless of whether the fathers and children are genetically related, according to new research. |
| Helping teens channel stress, grow in resilience Posted: 06 Jul 2022 12:30 PM PDT The mental health crisis among teens has prompted an urgent quest for preventive interventions. Researchers believe they have one. As the team explains in a recent study, the 30-minute online training module teaches teenagers to channel their stress responses away from something negative that needs to be feared and tamped down towards recognizing those responses -- sweaty palms, a racing heart, for example -- as a positive driving force. |
| Hunger really can make us feel 'hangry' Posted: 06 Jul 2022 12:30 PM PDT New research has discovered that feeling hungry really can make us 'hangry', with emotions such as anger and irritability strongly linked with hunger. |
| A rhythmic small intestinal microbiome prevents obesity and type 2 diabetes Posted: 05 Jul 2022 01:21 PM PDT Researchers found that in mice how much they ate and when altered the nature of their gut microbiome: too much food too frequently resulted in poorer microbial and metabolic health. |
| Daily avocados improve diet quality, help lower cholesterol levels, study finds Posted: 05 Jul 2022 01:21 PM PDT Eating one avocado a day for six months was found to have no effect on belly fat, liver fat or waist circumference in people with overweight or obesity, according to a new study. However, it did lead to a slight decrease in unhealthy cholesterol levels. |
| Brain's response to understanding stories changes as we grow up Posted: 05 Jul 2022 07:38 AM PDT Scientists have shown how our brain's response to watching emotional and social stimuli in a movie changes between infancy and adulthood. |
| Taking Vitamin D during pregnancy could lower the risk of eczema in babies Posted: 05 Jul 2022 06:38 AM PDT Taking Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy could substantially reduce the chances of babies up to a year old suffering from atopic eczema, according to a new study. |
| More dogs in the neighborhood often means less crime, research shows Posted: 05 Jul 2022 06:07 AM PDT In a recent study, researchers found that neighborhoods with more dogs had lower rates of homicide, robbery and, to a lesser extent, aggravated assaults compared to areas with fewer dogs, at least when residents also had high levels of trust in each other. |
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