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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241120193038.htm) Cannabis disrupts brain activity in young adults prone to psychosis
Nov 20th 2024, 19:30

Young adults at risk of psychosis show reduced brain connectivity, a deficit that cannabis use appears to worsen, a new study has found. The breakthrough paves the way for psychosis treatments targeting symptoms that current medications miss.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241120122324.htm) Seeing memories form
Nov 20th 2024, 12:23

Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words 'hippos' (horse) and 'kampus' (sea monster), the hippocampus is a brain region crucial for memory formation. But until recently, scientists have not been able to link memory formation to distinct molecular signals. Now, a team of scientists likely opened this black box.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241120121844.htm) Researchers use artificial intelligence to diagnose depression
Nov 20th 2024, 12:18

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps to identify depression based on both speech and brain neural activity. This multimodal approach, combining two different data sources, allows a more accurate and objective analysis of a person's emotional state, opening the door to a new phase of depression diagnosis.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241119181842.htm) Brain-based visual impairment in children
Nov 19th 2024, 18:18

Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations. Known as cerebral (or cortical) visual impairment (CVI), some estimates suggest that at least 3% of primary school children exhibit CVI-related visual problems, which vary, but may include difficulty visually searching for an object or person or understanding a scene involving complex motion.

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