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New research may help explain why curiosity promotes better memory
Everyone knows it’s easier to learn about a topic you’re curious about. Now, a new study reveals what’s going on in the brain during that process, revealing that such curiosity may give a person a...
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$5 Insanity': 5 Crazy Facts About Flakka
A new drug that gives people superhuman strength, but leads to violent delusions, is gaining attention. The drug, which has the street name of Flakka, is a synthetic stimulant that is chemically...
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Medication for Parkinson’s disease shown to lower morality and increase...
Healthy people who are given commonly prescribed mood-altering drugs see significant changes in the degree to which they are willing to tolerate harm against themselves and others, according to a...
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Eye tests may predict schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is associated with structural and functional alterations of the visual system, including specific structural changes in the eye. Tracking such changes may provide new measures of risk...
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New tiny sensors track dopamine in the brain for more than a year, and could...
By Anne Trafton Dopamine, a signaling molecule used throughout the brain, plays a major role in regulating our mood, as well as controlling movement. Many disorders, including Parkinson’s disease,...
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How information is like snacks, money, and drugs—to your brain
By Laura Counts Can’t stop checking your phone, even when you’re not expecting any important messages? Blame your brain. A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found...
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Oleh Hornykiewicz, Who Discovered Parkinson’s Treatment, Dies at 93
Oleh Hornykiewicz in his Vienna office in 2009 He helped identify low dopamine levels as a cause of Parkinson’s disease, a finding that led to an effective treatment. Oleh Hornykiewicz, a Polish-born...
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