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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250303220106.htm) Don't let this stress you out
Mar 3rd 2025, 22:01

Having one traumatic experience is bad enough. If you've constantly experienced stress since before birth, you may be in for an especially tough time. Our emotions may be influenced by infections experienced in the mother's womb. This can result from two-hit stress, where an infection during pregnancy is followed by social stress during postpartum development. A team of researchers recently set out to understand the mechanisms behind which two-hit stress contributes to brain dysfunction and mental disorders.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250303141708.htm) It's not just what you say -- it's also how you say it
Mar 3rd 2025, 14:17

First study to reveal the brain encodes pitch accents separately from the sounds that make up words. Heschl's gyrus region of the brain, an earlier stage of auditory processing, plays a much larger role than previously thought. Findings could transform speech therapy, AI-driven voice recognition and our understanding of what makes human communication unique.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250303141706.htm) Sleep patterns may reveal comatose patients with hidden consciousness
Mar 3rd 2025, 14:17

Overnight bursts of brain waves seen in normal sleep can help doctors predict which unresponsive patients hospitalized with acute severe brain injuries will awaken and eventually recover.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250303141656.htm) Evidence expanding that 40Hz gamma stimulation promotes brain health
Mar 3rd 2025, 14:16

A decade of studies from labs around the world provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain's gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer's, and perhaps other, neurological diseases.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250303141645.htm) ChatGPT on the couch? How to calm a stressed-out AI
Mar 3rd 2025, 14:16

Distressing news and traumatic stories can cause stress and anxiety -- not only in humans, but these stories can also affect AI language models, such as ChatGPT. Researchers have now shown that these models, like humans, respond to therapy: an elevated 'anxiety level' in GPT-4 can be 'calmed down' using mindfulness-based relaxation techniques.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250303141158.htm) Novel research shows brain connections can predict future substance use in adolescents
Mar 3rd 2025, 14:11

Adolescent substance use is a significant predictor of future addiction and related disorders. Understanding neural mechanisms underlying substance use initiation and frequency during adolescence is critical for early prevention and intervention. A novel study shows that by tracking year-to-year changes in brain connectivity underlying cognitive control, the ability to flexibly use goals to guide behavior and overcome habitual responses, data can predict when an adolescent is at high risk of starting to use substances, an important message for early prevention.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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