Summary: Researchers discovered plasma protein-based biomarkers that could predict mental health risks in adolescents. These markers offer a potential for early detection of mental health issues, which currently afflict 10-20%…
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Personal Music Choices Enhance Fitness Experiences
Summary: Personal music selection significantly improves the motivation, emotional response, and satisfaction of gym-goers. Participants choosing their own music were found to be more motivated compared to those for whom…
AI vs Human Reasoning: GPT-3 Matches College Undergraduates
Summary: In an eye-opening study, researcher revealed GPT-3, a popular artificial intelligence language model, performs comparably to college undergraduates in solving reasoning problems that typically appear on intelligence tests and…
Long-term MIND Diet Commitment Key to Boosting Brain Health
Summary: A recent study unveils the significance of long-term commitment to the MIND diet in enhancing brain health. The first randomized clinical trial of its kind, the study observed that…
AI Traces Emotional Contagion – Neuroscience News
Summary: Researchers artificial intelligence (AI) to measure the risk of “emotional contagion” among relationship professionals, such as social workers and psychologists. This emotional contagion, an unconscious transfer of emotions, can…
Journeys Beyond: Contrasting Psychedelic Trips and Near-Death Experiences
Summary: A research study scrutinizes the parallels and differences between a near-death experience (NDE) during a coma and the experience induced by a potent psychedelic drug, 5-Methoxy-DMT (5MeO-DMT). The researchers…
Brain movement measured for clues to prevent, reduce injury
Tagged MRI methods. (a) and (b) The participant uses a neck rotation device to obtain repeatable, mild, impulsive motion. (a) The participant in rest positon before rotation. (b) The participant…
Amotivation and Anhedonia Key to Social Functioning in Schizophrenia
Summary: Amotivation and anhedonia, rather than expressive dysfunction, are crucial to determining the social functioning of individuals with schizophrenia. The transdiagnostic network analysis examined the relationship between negative symptoms, other…
Guidance on new treatments for early Alzheimer’s disease issued
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New therapies for early Alzheimer’s disease, monoclonal antibodies that remove amyloid-β plaques in the brain, are bringing hope to people whose lives have been affected by…
Investigating Stress Response in PTSD and Depression Through Gene Analysis
Summary: Researchers conducted an analysis of genes in nearly 575,000 brain cells from individuals with and without post-traumatic stress and major depressive disorders (PTSD and MDD), yielding new insights into…