Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people lost access to power and clean water. More than…
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Reduced Brain Response to Visual Cues Linked to Psychosis in Parkinson’s
Summary: People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who experience visual hallucinations have reduced brain responses to unexpected visual changes, a marker known as visual mismatch negativity (vMMN). Using EEG, researchers compared…
Research highlights gender differences in suicide prevention strategies
Timeline and procedure for cohort recruitment and follow-up in the Youth and Mental Health Study. T1 = Timepoint 1, T2 = Timepoint 2, etc. Data utilized in the current study are highlighted in blue…
Neurons in mouse piriform cortex aid in recurrent circuit development, study finds
Embryonically active neurons labeled in brain-wide regions, highlighting particularly dense and broad activation in piriform cortex (also known as primary olfactory cortex). Credit: Wang et al. The activity of neurons…
Conversion practice linked to greater risk of mental health symptoms, US surveys of LGBTQ+ people suggest
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice—commonly known as conversion therapy—are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in…
AI Detects Depression Through Eyes and Facial Cues
Summary: Researchers are developing AI-driven smartphone applications to detect signs of depression non-invasively. One system, PupilSense, monitors pupillary reflexes to identify potential depressive episodes with 76% accuracy. Another tool, FacePsy,…
AI-powered apps show potential for detecting depression through eye snapshots
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It has been estimated that nearly 300 million people, or about 4% of the global population, are afflicted by some form of depression. But detecting it…
Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end
In 2023, 42 state attorneys general sued Meta to remove Instagram features that Meta’s own studies had shown – and independent research had confirmed – are harmful to teenage girls.…
Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. I like to listen to…
Synthetic THC may calm agitation in Alzheimer’s patients
A synthetic form of the active ingredient in cannabis helps reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer’s, new research shows. Synthetic THC (dronabinol) also gave patients’ caregivers a boost, according to…
