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Neuroscience.com Alzheimer’s Risk? Comment: Highly recommend people with memory issues focus on their “cognitive reserve”

Want to Know Your Alzheimer’s Risk? Many Change Their Minds FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience ·May 7, 2025 Summary: New research reveals a striking gap between people’s theoretical desire to know their Alzheimer’s disease risk and their real-life decisions when results are actually offered. In … Continue reading

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Mindfulness exercises paired with music were found to engage both neural and cardiac systems, potentially reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Quote: Allsop is an artist, neuroscientist, and psychiatrist who researches social cognition, music mindfulness, and psychedelics. He is principal investigator at the AZA Lab at Yale School of Medicine.

Summary: Mindfulness exercises paired with music were found to engage both neural and cardiac systems, potentially reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. A recent study showed that live and virtual music mindfulness sessions lowered stress and altered states of consciousness, though … Continue reading

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Personality Traits Strongly Linked to Mental Health Risks. Source: Neuroscience.com

The researchers stress that people’s personalities do not determine their mental health problems. Credit: Neuroscience News Personality Traits Strongly Linked to Mental Health Risks FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology May 2, 2025 Summary: A major study of over 16,000 participants found that personality traits explain … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Pets found to deliver significant health benefits to the lonely

Wellness & Healthy Living Pets found to deliver significant health benefits to the lonely By Paul McClure April 27, 2025 Group activities with a focus on pets foster more meaningful connections Depositphotos View 3 ImagesView gallery – 3 images Two groups … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Sleep … Past memories and Future Learning. Comment: A significant finding; it takes me back decades to 1993 after a TBI complicated by bipolar and the excellent advicea and care from the nuns in Zimbabwe reiterating the importance of rest “Rest Restores”. Later I would burn the candle at both ends while studying a BESS degree in Trinity College Dublin, only to lead to the complication of chronic fatigue which stole 6 years of my life, to drop dead exhaustion.

Sleep Prepares the Brain for Both Past Memories and Future Learning FeaturedNeuroscience ·April 28, 2025 Summary: A new study reveals that sleep not only consolidates existing memories but also primes the brain for future learning. Researchers tracked neuronal activity in mice … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Logical thinking and the right frontal lobe. Comment: (Neuropsychological assessment showed this in my case in mid 1990s post TBI)

Critical Hub for Logical Thinking Identified Featured Neuroscience ·April 26, 2025 Summary: Researchers have identified that the right frontal lobe plays a critical role in logical thinking and problem-solving. Using lesion-deficit mapping in 247 patients with brain injuries, they found that … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: AI and detection enhanced of Child Sexual Abuse Cases

AI Enhances Detection of Child Abuse Cases FeaturedNeuroscience ·April 26, 2025 Summary: A new study found that artificial intelligence can better identify instances of physical child abuse in emergency rooms compared to traditional diagnostic coding methods. Researchers developed a machine-learning model … Continue reading

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The Deep View: AI for Good: Detecting Alzheimer’s

AI for Good: Detecting Alzheimer’s  Source: Unsplash Today, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s Disease.  But that doesn’t mean that early diagnosis isn’t necessary. Researchers have found that it might be possible to either delay or prevent the development of dementia in … Continue reading

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Invisible People: Eviction Children Mental Illness. Comment: Ireland fails dismally in providing homes for people; too many are in hostels or on housing lists that go on for a decade. We favour accommodation for immigrants rather than provide for our own. Mental illness is wilfully being caused in our children, based on what this article has to say about America.

Eviction Hurts Kids: Housing Loss Linked to Increased Mental Illness in Children By Jocelyn Figueroa | April 17, 2025 | Eviction | Families A new study shows that the stress of eviction and housing loss significantly increases rates of depression and anxiety in children—especially younger … Continue reading

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Neoscope: Futurism: Giving ADHD Drugs to Kids Has a Long-Term Side Effect That Might Change Their Minds About Taking It

Apr 14, 12:43 PM EDT/ by Noor Al-Sibai Giving ADHD Drugs to Kids Has a Long-Term Side Effect That Might Change Their Minds About Taking It This one’s puzzling. Studies As wildly overinvolved parents shell out to give their kids growth hormones to make … Continue reading

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