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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250122130203.htm) Exposure to stress during early pregnancy affects offspring into adulthood
Jan 22nd 2025, 13:02

Maternal stress hormone levels during early pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the stress system of the offspring. The results of a long-term study on wild Assamese macaques in Thailand indicate that maternal stress in the first half of pregnancy is particularly relevant. Elevated stress hormones later during pregnancy or after birth did not have the same effects. The long-term study provides important insights into the influence of early life stages on the development of the stress system under natural environmental conditions.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250122130017.htm) New epilepsy tech could cut misdiagnoses by nearly 70% using routine EEGs
Jan 22nd 2025, 13:00

Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate epilepsy predictors, a study has found.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250122130012.htm) Childhood epilepsy may predispose to memory disorders later in life
Jan 22nd 2025, 13:00

Researchers demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an increased accumulation of brain amyloid later in life, potentially predisposing them to late-onset brain amyloid disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250122125755.htm) How your brain learns from rewards might hold the key to treating depression
Jan 22nd 2025, 12:57

Using computational models, the researchers studied how the brain's reward-learning system functions in those with depression, especially among individuals experiencing anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure. By analyzing dopamine-linked responses, they identified unique brain activity patterns that could help predict who is likely to recover.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250122125752.htm) Study shows travelers are dreaming forward, not looking back
Jan 22nd 2025, 12:57

When it comes to getting people to want to go places, the future is ever more lovely than the past, according to a new study. The study found that forestalgia-focused destination ads -- those that emphasize an idealized future -- are more effective at enticing travelers to click the purchase button for a vacation than ads based on fond recollections.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250121210522.htm) Recommendations for studying the impact of AI on young people's mental health
Jan 21st 2025, 21:05

Experts highlight the need for a clear framework when it comes to AI research, given the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by children and adolescents using digital devices to access the internet and social media.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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