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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240711132131.htm) Researchers uncover brain region's role in hearing and learning
Jul 11th 2024, 13:21

The human brain is remarkably adept at adjusting what we hear based on contexts, like our current environment or priorities, but it's still unknown how exactly the brain helps us detect, filter and react to sounds. Now, biologists are a step closer to solving that mystery. Using an animal model, the researchers found that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a brain region associated with decision-making but not typically linked to hearing, plays a central role in helping the auditory cortex (a primary hearing center of the brain) adapt to changing contexts or situations.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240711111530.htm) How risk-averse are humans when interacting with robots?
Jul 11th 2024, 11:15

How do people like to interact with robots when navigating a crowded environment? And what algorithms should roboticists use to program robots to interact with humans? These are the questions that a team of mechanical engineers and computer scientists sought to answer in a recent study.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240711111439.htm) Understanding the roots of chronic pain
Jul 11th 2024, 11:14

Researchers have identified an ion channel that contributes to chronic pain, suggesting a new target for pain medication.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240711111405.htm) Many youths continue to take opioids months after surgical procedures
Jul 11th 2024, 11:14

A multi-institutional study found that 1 in 6 youths fill an opioid prescription prior to surgery, and 3% of patients were still filling opioid prescriptions three to six months after surgery, indicating persistent opioid use and possible opioid dependence. The study underscores that more guidance is needed to steer clinicians away from prescribing opioids when they are not likely to be needed and recognizing patient-specific risk factors for persistent opioid use.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195507.htm) Creativity starts in the cradle, new research shows
Jul 10th 2024, 19:55

New research indicates that babies can begin grasping complex language and ideas.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195433.htm) Researchers pinpoint brain cells that delay first bite of food
Jul 10th 2024, 19:54

Do you grab a fork and take a first bite of cake, or say no and walk away? Our motivation to eat is driven by a complex web of cells in the brain that use signals from within the body, as well as sensory information about the food in front of us, to determine our behaviors. Now, scientists have identified a group of neurons in a small and understudied region of the brain -- the parasubthalamic nucleus (PSTN) -- that controls when an animal decides to take a first bite of food.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195359.htm) Holiday season already? Anticipation might make time seem to fly
Jul 10th 2024, 19:53

Christmas or Ramadan might seem to come around more quickly each year, for people who pay more attention to time, are more forgetful of plans, and love a good holiday, according to a new study. Researchers suggest this could mean that someone's experience of time is shaped not only by what they've done, but what is left to do.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195357.htm) Perceived warmth, competence predict callback decisions in meta-analysis of hiring experiments
Jul 10th 2024, 19:53

Perceived warmth and competence predict the influence of race, gender and age on callback decisions, suggesting social perceptions might underlie such hiring bias, according to a new meta-analysis.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195342.htm) Loneliness increases risk of age-related memory loss
Jul 10th 2024, 19:53

About a third of Canadians feel lonely, and a study shows it has a greater negative impact on memory than even social isolation, though both present a significant risk to the aging population.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195330.htm) Can we predict how fast cognitive decline will occur with early Alzheimer's?
Jul 10th 2024, 19:53

A new study looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer's disease will experience cognitive decline. The study also looked at how the new drugs recently approved for the disease may reduce decline.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710130932.htm) A new material derived from graphene improves the performance of neuroprostheses
Jul 10th 2024, 13:09

Neuroprostheses allow the nervous system of a patient who has suffered an injury to connect with mechanical devices that replace paralyzed or amputated limbs. A study demonstrates in animal models how EGNITE, a derivative of graphene, allows the creation of smaller electrodes, which can interact more selectively with the nerves they stimulate, thus improving the efficacy of the prostheses.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710130850.htm) New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder
Jul 10th 2024, 13:08

A potential new treatment for bipolar disorder (BP) that significantly shortens treatment time has emerged, following a randomized clinical trial using accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (aiTBS). While current theta burst stimulation (TBS) treatments can take between four and six weeks to administer, this new technique reduces treatment to five days.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710130809.htm) When there's money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
Jul 10th 2024, 13:08

Researchers discovered that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710130805.htm) Molecular atlas of blood vessel pathways in the human brain, across early brain development, adulthood and disease
Jul 10th 2024, 13:08

Researchers have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single-cell resolution, spanning from early development to adulthood and through disease stages such as brain tumors and brain vascular malformations.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710130748.htm) Pitch perfect: Match the message to the idea's newness
Jul 10th 2024, 13:07

Entrepreneurs should tweak their pitches based on how innovative their idea is, researchers have found.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240709184237.htm) Researchers identify brain region involved in oxycodone relapse
Jul 9th 2024, 18:42

Even years after they have recovered, a person who once struggled with alcohol or opioid addiction can relapse--and that relapse is more likely to occur during particularly stressful times. Now, scientists have identified an area of the brain that plays a key role in stress-induced oxycodone relapse. Their findings explain why the drug suvorexant, which they previously found to reduce alcohol and oxycodone relapse when administered orally, works so well.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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