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• Study shows a more nuanced view of the role of serotonin in mood regulation is needed
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Mental Health Anxiety Depression Serotonin
  Low levels of serotonin in the brain are known to play a role in depression and anxiety, and it is customary to treat these disorders with medications that increase the amount of this neurotransmitter. However, a new study carried out by researchers...
• Neurogastronomy: How our brains perceive the flavor of food
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Cognition Music
  Two women, seated at a table, told their stories in quiet tones. A group of chefs, some standing, others seated, leaned forward eagerly, clearly interested in what these two women had to say. They peppered the women with questions: did food taste bet...
• Teens with more than 300 Facebook friends have higher levels of stress hormone
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Social Depression Facebook Stress
  Facebook can have positive and negative effects on teens levels of a stress hormone, say researchers at the University of Montreal and the Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal. Led by Professor Sonia Lupien, the team found that havin...
• Discussing televised election debates on social media increases political engagement
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Political Twitter
  People who use social media to discuss broadcast election debates are more likely to become engaged in politics as a result, a recent study by researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London’s New Political Communication Unit has found. The stu...
• Scientists turn tastes on and off by activating and silencing clusters of brain cells
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Cognition Learning Neuroscience
  Most people probably think that we perceive the five basic tastes–sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (savory)–with our tongue, which then sends signals to our brain “telling” us what we’ve tasted. However, scientists h...
• Is mental illness contagious?
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Mental Health Genetics Insomnia Schizophrenia Sleep Stress
  Philosophers and literary scholars can choose to interpret facts within “the most convincing perspectives, assumptions and causal frameworks,” as Harriet A. Washington explains in the opening chapter of her latest book, Infectious Madness: The Su...
• The perfect books for your psychology-loving friends and family this Christmas
  on Nov 21, 2015 in Promotions Consciousness Happiness Love Morality Neuroscience Religion
  Looking for Christmas gifts for a psychology lover? Check out these books.
• ‘Stop neurons’ in the brainstem make us halt when we walk
  on Nov 20, 2015 in Cognition Neuroscience Parkinson's disease
  A population of ‘stop cells’ in the brainstem is essential for the ability of mice to stop their locomotion, according to a new study by scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. In an article published in the journal Cell, they repo...
• More than half of ‘children’ misperceive or reject parents’ political party affiliations
  on Nov 20, 2015 in Political Learning
  A new study finds that more than half of all “children” in the U.S. either misperceive or reject their parents’ political party affiliations. “This finding turns the conventional wisdom, as well as years of political socializa...
• Psychologists dispute continuum theory of sexual orientation
  on Nov 20, 2015 in Social Anxiety Beauty Depression Sex Suicide
  Washington State University researchers have established a categorical distinction between people who are heterosexual and those who are not. By analyzing the reported sexual behavior, identity and attraction of more than 33,000 American adults, they...

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