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12 Apr 2018
Long-term caffeine worsens symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Low caffeine doses worsened neophobia, anxiety-related behaviors and emotional and cognitive flexibility: Frontiers in Pharmacology
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04 Apr 2018
Childhood aggression linked to deficits in executive function
Primary school kids with lower planning and self-restraint skills are more likely to show increased aggression in middle childhood, report University of Potsdam researchers in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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03 Apr 2018
Chronic fatigue syndrome possibly explained by lower levels of key thyroid hormones
The discovery raises hopes for treating this common yet debilitating disease: Frontiers in Endocrinology
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29 Mar 2018
Dogs with noise sensitivity should be routinely assessed for pain by vets
Animal behavioral scientists report that dogs with associated musculoskeletal pain formed a greater sensitivity to noise: Frontiers In Veterinary Science
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28 Mar 2018
Early numeracy of young kids linked to specific math activities at home
The more parents engage in math activities with their children, the higher their early numeracy performance: Frontiers in Psychology
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27 Mar 2018
Caloric restriction in combination with low-fat diet helps protect aging brains
Exercise was significantly less effective than caloric restriction in preventing aging-induced inflammatory activation of microglia in mice: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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22 Mar 2018
High numbers of elderly Japanese women will soon live in poverty
Behavior changes and an unfavorable pension system will disproportionately impoverish elderly Japanese women: Frontiers in Physics
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19 Mar 2018
Moving toward a future free of drug-induced hearing loss
Research Topic compiles the latest research into hearing loss caused by drugs and solvents – how it occurs, how to treat it, and how to prevent it.
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15 Mar 2018
Commercial pesticides: Not as safe as they seem
Lack of testing on adjuvants in commercial pesticide formulations ignores the potential risk of these on people and the environment: Frontiers in Public Health
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14 Mar 2018
We’re not addicted to smartphones, we’re addicted to social interaction
New research suggests mobile-device habits stem from a healthy human need to socialize, rooted in evolution: Frontiers in Psychology
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14 Mar 2018
Top prize for article on computer model that could replace animal testing
University of Oxford researchers developed new software that works better than animal experiments to predict the risk of drug-induced side effects: Frontiers in Physiology
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13 Mar 2018
A bacterium that attacks burn victims will soon be unarmed
A study from UNIGE reveals the strategies adopted by a bacterium that proliferates in the wounds of burn victims and threatens them with sepsis. It opens the way to new therapies: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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12 Mar 2018
Challenges of food allergies connected to personality traits for first time
Openness, but not neuroticism, associated with more issues in managing food allergy: Frontiers in Psychology
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07 Mar 2018
Ancient cave art may be origin of modern language
Did humans speak through cave art? New paper links ancient drawings and language’s origins: Frontiers in Psychology
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12 Feb 2018
Modern man vs. giant animals
Extinct herbivorous megafauna — like woolly rhinos, giant sloths and mammoths — were displaced by humans who partly took their place in the ecosystem: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution