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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250207152716.htm) From muscle to memory: New research uses clues from the body to understand signaling in the brain
Feb 7th 2025, 15:27

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in the brain that may facilitate learning and memory.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250207122753.htm) Scratching through the negative emotions
Feb 7th 2025, 12:27

'We feel sorry because we cry,' wrote philosopher and psychologist William James, 'angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble,' suggesting that emotional bodily responses like crying cause cognitive changes, such as feelings of sorrow. However, research has shown that human bodily responses and cognitive shifts affect each other in both directions. We feel sorry because we cry, but also cry when feeling sorry. So how then for our primate cousins? To date, their connections have remained largely unexplored. Now a team of researchers has led a study on six Japanese macaques. The researchers focused on self-scratching -- a bodily response linked to negative emotions like anxiety and fear -- and its relationship to pessimistic judgment bias, which is the tendency to expect a negative outcome when faced with ambiguous information.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250207122452.htm) Brain waves measure the effect of anti-alcohol campaigns
Feb 7th 2025, 12:24

To evaluate the effectiveness of public video campaigns against risky alcohol consumption, psychologists used EEG measurements to examine the synchronization of brain activity in groups of viewers. In a recent study, they present new ways to bring the method out of the laboratory and into real-life application in the public health sector.

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