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Patients With Schizophrenia, Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder Have Distinct Reward Neural Mechanisms
Neuroscience News - 29 Jan 2022 00:45
While patients with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder experience a lack of motivation and anhedonia, the neural patterns of emotion-behavior dissociation differ between the disorders.
Astronomers discover 1,000 strange 'filaments' of radio energy bursting from the galaxy's center
Live Science - 29 Jan 2022 14:00
Researchers discovered nearly 1,000 mysterious 'filaments' of radio energy bursting from the Milky Way's center. Their origin remains unknown.
Simple and Reliable ALS Diagnosis With Blood Tests
Neuroscience News - 29 Jan 2022 01:36
Measuring the level of neurofilaments in the blood may be a reliable biomarker for the early diagnosis of ALS.
Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment
Live Science - 29 Jan 2022 16:57
Researchers have stimulated limb regrowth in frogs' amputated legs after giving them to a "cocktail" of drugs encased in a silicon stump called a "BioDome."
Oklahoma wildlife dept. says mountain lions don't make good pets. The internet disagrees.
Live Science - 29 Jan 2022 16:55
A mountain lion tweet by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation led to a viral debate about pet ownership.
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 29)
Singularity Hub - 29 Jan 2022 16:00
VIRTUAL REALITY Can We Prove the World Isn't a Simulation? David Chalmers | Nautilus “You might think you have definitive evidence that you're not [in a simulation]. I think that's impossible, because any such evidence...
Long-term pain after knee surgery reduced, new treatment has shown
Science Daily - 29 Jan 2022 15:42
With one in five people experiencing ongoing pain long after knee replacement surgery, new research has shown a way to help reduce people's continuing pain that could also save time and money too.
Why are tigers orange?
Live Science - 29 Jan 2022 14:00
Tigers may be orange, but their prey don't see them that way. Here's why it doesn't matter that these giant cats are brightly colored.
1st sighting of 'ball lightning' in England uncovered
Live Science - 29 Jan 2022 14:00
In 1195, monks recorded the first sighting of ball lightning in England. They described it as a "fiery globe threw itself down into the river."
How Stress and Anxiety Contribute to Youth Violence
Neuroscience News - 29 Jan 2022 02:22
The prevalence of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents has doubled since before the COVID pandemic.
How Fetal Alcohol Exposure Increases Risk of Development Disorders
Neuroscience News - 29 Jan 2022 01:04
Study explores how fetal exposure to alcohol can lead to developmental disorders and how the breast cancer-associated BRCA1 gene may play a role in preventing developmental disorders.
Babies Are Sensitive to Rhyme, Rhythm and Phrases in Children's Songs
Neuroscience News - 29 Jan 2022 00:18
Babies are sensitive to language patterns in the soothing rhymes their parents sing them.