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Neuroscience News: Why Willpower Fails and How to Restore Focus

Relying on reactive willpower to resist constant digital notifications exhausts finite attentional reserves, whereas utilizing proactive control and self-hypnosis preserves cognitive bandwidth to optimize deep flow states. Credit: Neuroscience News Why Willpower Fails and How to Restore Focus FeaturedNeuroscience ·May … Continue reading

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The Harvard Gazette: Stress and the Gut

Health When stress is a punch to the gut Jacqueline Mitchell BIDMC Communications May 19, 2026 3 min read New study traces network of nerves that disrupt digestion, pointing to potential IBS treatment When stress affects the gut, the stomach tightens, … Continue reading

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Do you endlessly scroll … this is a must read

Why Your Brain Can’t Stop Scrolling — And What It’s Doing to Your Focus, Sleep, and Motivation 4 min read Is your brain working against you? Take a short quiz to see if dopamine dysregulation could be the reason — … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Schizophrenia. Maybe some hope with this awful diagnosis, so often, casting people into criminal acts or lives of disarray

Schizophrenia Risk Gene Linked to Hyper-Excitable Neurons FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology ·May 20, 2026 Summary: A precision functional genomics study successfully mapped the biological timing and cellular consequences of a major schizophrenia-associated gene. The research investigates ZNF804A, the very first risk gene identified from … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Brain Rewores to Stabilize Walking During Visual Impairment

Functional neuroimaging demonstrates that the brain adapts to degraded visual navigation inputs by rigidly activating primary motor areas and explicitly amplifying the functional connection between executive cognitive control and physical motor execution centers. Credit: Neuroscience News Brain Rewires to Stabilize … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Combining Cannabis and Tobacco Triples Psychosis Risk

The study highlights that combining tobacco and cannabis triggers a synergistic effect in the brain, increasing the biological absorption of psychoactive THC and significantly accelerating the long-term transition into full psychotic disorders. Credit: Neuroscience News Combining Cannabis and Tobacco Triples … Continue reading

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The Harvard Gazette: Is napping a sign of a deeper health problem?

Health Is napping a sign of a deeper health problem? Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer May 13, 2026 5 min read New study finds link between certain sleep patterns and higher mortality in older adults If Grandpa occasionally dozes off in … Continue reading

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Fortune: Economists have found an answer to slowing cognitive decline: avoid retiring early, study finds

EconomyRetirement Economists have found an answer to slowing cognitive decline: avoid retiring early, study finds By  Sasha Rogelberg Reporter May 5, 2026, 12:09 PM ET A team of economists found loss of employment can lead to greater cognitive decline.Ulrich Baumgarten—Getty … Continue reading

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Harvard Medical School: Scientists Create First-Ever ‘Smell Map’. Comment 30+ years since TBI, as well as losing hearing in my right ear, I lost the sense of smell. The constact response people gave oh you are so lucky. Smell is important, I can vouch for this

Search Breadcrumb Scientists Create First-Ever ‘Smell Map’ A detailed diagram of smell receptors in the nose fills in missing details of how olfaction works Research 4 min read By CATHERINE CARUSO April 28, 2026 At a glance The future of federally funded … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News: Language and Empathy Have Distinct Origins in the Developing Brain

The processors for mentalizing and speaking are dissociated very early in the evolutionary process. Credit: Neuroscience News Language and Empathy Have Distinct Origins in the Developing Brain Featured Neuroscience ·April 27, 2026 Summary: What makes us human? For decades, scientists have … Continue reading

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