Dopamine surge reveals how even for mice, ‘there’s no place like home’
Study demonstrates how 'coming home' produces a signal of comfort in miceCredit: Florida Atlantic University By monitoring a well-replicated biomarker ...
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5 mistakes people make when sharing COVID-19 data visualizations on Twitter
Analysis finds common errors in pandemic information sharing on social mediaCredit: Image courtesy Francesco Cafaro, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The ...
Game ‘pre-bunks’ political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
Credit: Gusmanson A short online game in which players are recruited as a "Chief Disinformation Officer", using tactics such as ...
A brief pilot intervention enhances preschoolers’ self-regulation and food liking
Children who received intervention experienced significant improvements in behavioral regulation and liking of fruits and vegetables, according to a new ...
Social media can guide public pandemic policy: QUT research
Social media analytics now a valuable tool in understanding the thoughts and actions of the public during a pandemicCredit: QUT ...
Brain region implicated in predicting the consequences of actions
Researchers monitor brain cells in mice that build mental models to simulate the futureCredit: Thomas Akam / Rui Costa / ...
Pinning down how the brain predicts the consequences of choices
Credit: Thomas Akam & Rui Costa Predicting the outcomes of actions in order to make good decisions is a critical ...
One last trip: when tourism embraces the terminally ill
This is a hidden community for whom tourism isn't merely a recreation, it could be a need; but they require ...
New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior
Credit: Misaki Ouchida A new study led by paleontologists at the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural ...
Mobile phones help Americans encounter more diverse news
Thanks largely to mobile phones, Americans are reading news from a wider range of sources, though many do not read ...
Unravelling the origins of autoimmune psychosis
A first step towards potential treatmentsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an autoimmune brain illness that is often mistaken ...
Motivation to seek cocaine is driven by elegant cellular communication
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and the National Institutes of Health uncover how drug cues change the ...
The rhythm of change: What a drum-beat experiment reveals about cultural evolution
Credit: Daniel Vegel Living organisms aren't the only things that evolve over time. Cultural practices change, too, and in recent ...
Can individual differences be detected in same-shaped pottery vessels by unknown craftsmen?
Credit: ©2020 Gandon et al. An interdisciplinary research team has investigated whether there are quantitative differences that can be used ...
Vampire bats social distance when they get sick
Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton/Behavioral Ecology A new paper in Behavioral Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, finds that wild ...
Neuron-based gene expression study reveals insights on fear and its regulation
Researchers identify potential therapeutic target for fear-based psychiatric illnessesCredit: McLean Hospital Highlights The expression of a gene called CREB in ...
Single brain region links depression and anxiety, heart disease, and treatment sensitivity
The researchers used brain imaging to explore other brain regions affected by sgACC over-activity during threat. Over-activation of sgACC increased ...
Increasing sleep time after trauma could ease ill effects, study says
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University SPOKANE, Wash. - Increasing the amount of time spent asleep immediately after ...
Researchers examine impact of digital information on COVID-19 decisions and behavior
Credit: Virginia Tech With the COVID-19 pandemic now a regular part of daily life, are people changing their COVID-related risk ...
UH Connor Integrative Health Network to study acupuncture in the ED with $2+ million grant
Study could lead to reduced utilization of opioids for painCredit: University Hospitals Jeffery Dusek, PhD, Director of Research at University ...