by Becky Kramer, Washington State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Heat blanketed Chicago during the summer of 2022, with hot, sticky days followed by sweltering nights. In the nation’s third-largest metro area, about 400 residents tracked their moods during a summer when temperatures hit 100° by mid-June. Were they feeling cranky? Acting impulsively? Lashing out...
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How the immune system can alter our behavior
YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven, Conn. — Simply the smell of seafood can make those with an allergy to it violently ill — and therefore more likely to avoid it. The same avoidance behavior is exhibited by people who develop food poisoning after eating a certain meal. Scientists have long known that the immune system played a...
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Five things research from twins taught us about health, behavior and what makes us unique
by Jeffrey Craig, The Conversation Credit: Keisha Montfleury/Unsplash Researchers often compare the differences between identical and fraternal twins to better understand health and behavior. The first major insight is that genes and environments almost always combine to influence our life trajectory. Sometimes the largest factor is genetics (think genetic disorders). Sometimes it’s environment (think infections)....
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Memory and executive function symptoms more accurate for predicting CTE than mood, behavior
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Boston)–Diagnosing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) during life is crucial for developing therapies and for determining how common the disease is among individuals exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports, military service and physical violence. While the ability to diagnose CTE prior to death has remained elusive, researchers from Boston University School...
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Memory may not serve completely correctly in new study
by Ryan Randall, Florida Institute of Technology Co-author Lindsey Sirianni models the task and brain wave set up for the memory recall experiment. Credit: Florida Institute of Technology Britannica defines memory as “the encoding, storage and retrieval in the human mind of past experiences.” A new study involving a Florida Tech researcher may upend that classic...
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Smartwatch tracks medication levels to personalize treatments
Advance could help doctors choose the right drug at the right dose for the right person UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES SMARTWATCH TO TRACK MEDICATION LEVELS view more CREDIT: JIALUN ZHU, SHUYU LIN, AND YICHAO ZHAO (I²BL/UCLA) Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and their colleagues at Stanford School of Medicine have...
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Brain thickness and connectivity, not just location, correlate with behavior
by Matt Swayne, Pennsylvania State University New techniques and technologies of big data are helping researchers better understand the brain. In this study, a Penn State team studied data from the Human Connectome Project to better understand the correlations between brain features, such as cortical thickness and connectivity, and various behaviors. Credit: David Shattuck and...