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Feb 18, 2020

UCLA researchers have found that it is possible to assess a person’s ability to feel empathy by studying their brain activity while they are resting rather than while they are engaged in specific tasks

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Jan 30, 2020

Elderly people with diets rich in flavonols - a group of antioxidants found in fruits, vegetables, and tea - may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. People who had the most flavonols in their diet were about half as likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who consumed the least

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Jan 10, 2020

Parrots Will Share Currency to Help Their Pals Purchase Food

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Jan 04, 2020

Commuters may get less sleep and exercise. Working more than 40 hours a week, commuting more than a half hour each way to work on a typical day was associated with a 25% higher risk of having an inactive lifestyle and a 16% higher risk of sleep problems

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Dec 14, 2019

Adolescents who are active on social media may be more likely to exercise excessively, skip meals or develop other forms of disordered eating. Compared to teens without any social media accounts, boys and girls on social media were more likely to report disordered eating behaviors

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Dec 10, 2019

Contrary to stereotype, young people today are likely no more narcissistic than any generation before them (including the Baby Boomers). That’s just one of the findings from a new analysis of how three key narcissistic traits change over a person’s lifespan and across generations (n=747).

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Dec 10, 2019

The "presence" of meaning in life peaks around 60 years old, and is correlated with better physical and mental health in older adults (n=1,042). The search for meaning in life follows a u-shaped curve where people younger than 60 and older tend to be actively seeking purpose.

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Nov 07, 2019

A new study shows the Medieval Church’s marriage and kinship policies disrupted family patterns and promoted smaller, nuclear families. These changes led modern Western societies to be more individualist, less conformist and have greater trust in strangers.

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Oct 21, 2019

Yale study finds brief speech spoken out of context is enough to allow people to discern the social class of speakers at levels above chance accuracy

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Oct 20, 2019

Doubting death: how our brains shield us from mortal truth. The brain shields us from existential fear by categorising death as an unfortunate event that only befalls other people.Being shielded from thoughts of our future death could be crucial for us to live in the present.

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Oct 09, 2019

Ditching unhealthy diets and adopting a specific set of healthy eating habits improved depression symptoms in a randomized controlled trial on young people aged 17 to 35 after just three weeks. A three-month followup indicated long-term improvement in symptoms, even with occasional slip-ups. (n=76)

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Oct 01, 2019

Scientists present new evidence that great apes possess the “theory of mind,” which means they can attribute mental states to themselves and others, and also understand that others may believe different information than they do.

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Sep 19, 2019

Reading, a relatively new skill for humans, can peacefully coexist with an ancient skill like observing the world, instead of competing with it for brainpower: "We found that literacy enhances responses to other visual input in early visual areas and enhances representational similarity."

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Aug 29, 2019

Suicidal thinking, severe depression and rates of self-injury among U.S. college students more than doubled over less than a decade. The rate of moderate to severe depression rose from 23.2% in 2007 to 41.1% in 2018, while rates of moderate to severe anxiety rose from 17.9% in 2013 to 34.4% in 2018.

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Aug 17, 2019

A 3-year study of military personnel (n=1,652) showed that those who experience suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm are much more likely to store their firearms unsafely. Research suggests that education may not be enough to prevent further suicides, though.

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Aug 11, 2019

Neuroscientists have developed a brain-inspired computer system that can look at an image and determine what emotion it evokes in people. Combining it with brain-imaging tests, they've learned images impact emotions more than once thought.

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Aug 08, 2019

Staring down seagulls can stop them stealing your chips, suggests a new study. Seagulls are sensitive to human gaze and change behaviour when being watched, suggesting that they have theory of mind, the capacity to infer the mental states of others, or associate being watched with being chased away.

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Aug 05, 2019

Monkeys can use basic logic to decipher the order of items in a list

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Aug 04, 2019

Though rewards can speed up learning, study finds that monkeys can discern the order of items in a list independent of rewards, a skill that may help them manage their social lives.

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Jul 26, 2019

Exposure to nature can have mental health benefits, depending on type of green space. Exposure to 30% or more total green space and tree canopy is associated with lower incidence of psychological distress, but exposure to only low-lying vegetation is not.

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