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How the Brain Filters Out Sounds
A new study sheds light on auditory perception in bats.
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Incorporating Sexual Pleasure in Educational Sexual Health Programs Can Improve Safe Sex Behaviors
A meta-analysis study reports interventions targeting STI/HIV infection risk education could benefit from including a focus on sexual pleasure and desire.
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New Clues in the Brain Linking Pain and Food
Brain circuitry responsible for motivation and pleasure is activated when a person experiences pain. The findings reveal a link as to why some people may overeat when they experience chronic pain.
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Exercise Post-Vaccine Bumps up Antibodies
90 minutes of mild-to-moderate intensity exercise directly following a vaccine for the flu or COVID may help provide an extra immune boost.
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Lifetime of Knowledge Can Clutter Memories of Older Adults
Older people’s brains allocate more space to accumulated knowledge and have more material to navigate when trying to access memories, a new study reports.
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This Bizarre Looking Helmet Can Create Better Brain Scans
A novel wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI imaging faster, cheaper, and crisper.
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Machine Learning Study Sheds Light on Gaze Patterns in Adults With Autism
NIMH researchers examine what people with ASD and people without ASD look at when viewing a social scene.
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Clearance of Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Controlled by Circadian Cycle
Study underscores the importance of healthy sleep to prevent the Alzheimer’s related amyloid-beta 42 protein from forming clumps in the brain.
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Insight Into the Genetics of Autism Offers Hope for New Drug Treatments
Neurexin1 deletion impacts insulin signaling and glucose metabolism in the prefrontal cortex. Researchers say increasing insulin signaling may be an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of ASD.
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Brain Region Associated With Feeling Full After Eating Identified
Researchers have identified a brain region and neural circuitry that mediates satiation.