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You're So Vain: Study Links Social Media Use and Narcissism
June 11, 2013 Facebook is a mirror and Twitter is a megaphone, according to a new study exploring how social media reflect and amplify the culture's growing levels of ... > full story -
Perfect Pitch May Not Be Absolute After All
June 11, 2013 People who think they have perfect pitch may not be as in tune as they think, according to a new study in which people failed to notice a gradual change in pitch while listening to music. When tested ... > full story -
Fetal Neuromaturation Associated With Mother's Exposure to DDT and Other Environmental Contaminants
June 11, 2013 A has for the first time found that a mother's higher exposure to some common environmental contaminants was associated with more frequent and vigorous fetal motor activity. Some chemicals were also ... > full story -
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment: Genetic Predictor of Response to Exposure Therapy
June 11, 2013 There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this case, patients with ... > full story -
Frequent Soccer Ball 'Heading' May Lead to Brain Injury
June 11, 2013 Researchers have shown that soccer players who frequently head the ball have brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients with concussion (mild traumatic brain injury). The study used ... > full story -
High Sugar Intake Linked to Low Dopamine Release in Insulin Resistant Patients
June 10, 2013 A PET study indicates that overeating and weight gain contributing to onset of diabetes could be related to a deficit in reward circuits in the ... > full story -
Low Diastolic Blood Pressure May Be Associated With Brain Atrophy
June 10, 2013 Low baseline diastolic blood pressure (DBP) appears to be associated with brain atrophy in patients with arterial disease, whenever declining levels of blood pressure (BP) over time among patients ... > full story -
Intervention to Reduce Lifelong Effects Associated With Childhood Neglect and Emotional Abuse
June 10, 2013 Preschool children who have been neglected or emotionally abused exhibit a range of emotional and behavioral difficulties and adverse mother-child interactions that indicate these children require ... > full story -
Brain Circuits Link Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and Obesity
June 10, 2013 A new study suggests that the brain circuits that control obsessive-compulsive behavior are intertwined with circuits that control food intake and body ... > full story -
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Reduced Brain Volume in Kids With Low Birth-Weight Tied to Academic Struggles
June 10, 2013 An analysis of recent data from magnetic resonance imaging of 97 adolescents who were part of study begun with very low birth weight babies born in 1982-1986 in a Cleveland neonatal intensive care ... > full story
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