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Researchers told 41 people to breathe differently while making risky decisions. A slow exhale physically changed which risks they were willing to take

Researchers told 41 people to breathe differently while making risky decisions. A slow exhale physically changed which risks they were willing to take

Jul 26 · 5 min read · Neuron

A new study found that the sleep loss in Alzheimer’s is not caused by plaques. It is caused by the brain’s own immune response to them, and researchers found a way to reverse it

Medical Research & Innovations

A new study found that the sleep loss in Alzheimer’s is not caused by plaques. It is caused by the brain’s own immune response to them, and researchers found a way to reverse it

Jul 21 · 9 min read · Alzheimer's & Dementia

The brain does not wait for sensory information to reach the frontal cortex before making a decision. New recordings show it starts far earlier, and no existing model predicted this

The brain does not wait for sensory information to reach the frontal cortex before making a decision. New recordings show it starts far earlier, and no existing model predicted this

Jul 14 · 9 min read · PNAS

Psychology has assumed for decades that we bond with people like ourselves. A study of 1,484 people just found that personality similarity has almost no effect on how good a friendship feels

Psychology has assumed for decades that we bond with people like ourselves. A study of 1,484 people just found that personality similarity has almost no effect on how good a friendship feels

Jul 10 · 8 min read · SAGA Journals

Researchers finally quantified the hair loss risk that GLP-1 drug users have been reporting for two years, and found it is 37 to 68 percent higher than on comparable medications

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Researchers finally quantified the hair loss risk that GLP-1 drug users have been reporting for two years, and found it is 37 to 68 percent higher than on comparable medications

Jul 24 · 8 min read · The BMJ

More than 90% of cancer deaths come from metastasis. A new study found that the act of spreading trains cancer cells to spread better, and identified a druggable target at the center of the process

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More than 90% of cancer deaths come from metastasis. A new study found that the act of spreading trains cancer cells to spread better, and identified a druggable target at the center of the process

Jul 18 · 9 min read · Nature

Researchers scanned 110 women before and after pregnancy and found that a second pregnancy completely rewires different brain networks than the first one did

Researchers scanned 110 women before and after pregnancy and found that a second pregnancy completely rewires different brain networks than the first one did

Jul 12 · 9 min read · Nature

The popular theory that highly sensitive people detect more sensory information than others just ran into a laboratory that found no evidence it is true

The popular theory that highly sensitive people detect more sensory information than others just ran into a laboratory that found no evidence it is true

Jul 22 · 8 min read · Journal of Research in Personality

Scientists gave people psilocybin in two different rooms and scanned their brains a week later. The rooms produced measurably different brains

Scientists gave people psilocybin in two different rooms and scanned their brains a week later. The rooms produced measurably different brains

Jul 16 · 9 min read · Nature

A decade of research claimed psychedelics increase brain entropy. A new study tested every major version of that claim and found most of them don’t hold up

A decade of research claimed psychedelics increase brain entropy. A new study tested every major version of that claim and found most of them don’t hold up

Jul 11 · 8 min read · Nature

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