Neurological researchers have found a new therapeutic target that can potentially lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The target called neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) is a protein that when activated, can cause a chain of reactions in the cell leading to neuronal death and memory loss.
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September 22, 2010
New target for Alzheimer’s disease identified
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Brain’s impulse control center located
Impulsive behavior can be improved with training and the improvement is marked by specific brain changes, according to a new study.
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September 21, 2010
Low-calorie cheesecake? Why we have trouble estimating calories
When it comes to estimating calorie counts, Americans aren't really on the ball. According to a new study, this may be because of the order in which we encounter the food.
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Could learning self-control be enjoyable?
When it comes to self-control, consumers in the United States are in trouble. But a new study says there's hope; we just need a little help to see self-regulation as fun.
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September 18, 2010
False Memories Of Self-Performance Result From Watching Others’ Actions
Did I turn off the stove, or did I just imagine it? Memory isn't always reliable. Psychological scientists have discovered all sorts of ways that false memories get created, and now there's another one for the list: watching someone else do an action can make you think you did it yourself...
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Medical Cannabis University™ Launches, Puts Thousands Back To Work To Help Veterans And The Chronically Ill
With high unemployment and the veterans returning from war, MCU, Inc launches an online university to help train instructors to properly educate those wanting to help our chronically ill and veterans suffering from defending our country thru the use of Medical Cannabis Therapy...
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Women With Sexual Dysfunction Respond Well To Placebo Therapy
Women with sexual dysfunction - low sexual arousal and/or sexual desire - appear to experience clinically significant symptom changes when given a placebo, according to a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine...
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September 17, 2010
Is Moral Psychology About Morals Or Their Function?
Quandaries such as those involving stealing a drug to save a spouse's life or whether or not to have an abortion have historically dominated the study of the development of moral thinking. The predominant research programs in psychology today use dilemmas in which one choice is deontologically correct (it is wrong to rotate a lever that will divert a train and kill one person instead of five), an
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September 16, 2010
Researchers Identify Ways To Improve Treatment Of Aggression In ADHD
Joseph C. Blader, Ph.D...
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Science proves that your friends are more important than you!
The other day a friend of mine bumped into some news that concerned her. She could have asked a random person about this to find out more information, but there was a bit of information that came with the news indicating that I might know more than the average person about it. So, she asked me, and as it turns out, I did not know anything. But, having heard the news from her, I noticed a differ
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