One in four preschool-age children in the U.S. have overweight or obesity, putting them at risk for multiple chronic health problems including cancer. Early and consistent exposure to such food cues may promote conditioned ...
May 15, 2019
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A case report published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics explores the therapeutic potential of a special form of cognitive behavioral treatment that includes well-being therapy in cocaine use disorder.
Feb 2, 2016
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Rats with restricted feeding schedules learn to eat more, helped by the "hunger hormone" ghrelin, according to new research from the University of Southern California.
Dec 15, 2015
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People who see their group as more homogenous - for instance, the more one thinks Americans are similar to each other - are less likely to be influenced by external terrorist threat alerts, according to research from NYU's ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified the amount of information the brain needs in order to navigate and accurately estimate location.
Oct 30, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with members from several universities in the U.S. has found that a glutamate receptor given to test rats addicted to cocaine caused a reduction in cue induced cravings for the drug. ...
Researchers have developed a new screening method to diagnose autism, which unlike current methods does not rely on subjective criteria. These results are published in a series of studies in the open-access journal Frontiers ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Inside each of us is our own internal timing device. It drives everything from sleep cycles to metabolism, but the inner-workings of this so-called "circadian clock" are complex, and the molecular processes behind it have ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) have found a small population of neurons that is involved in measuring time, which is a process that has traditionally been difficult ...
Oct 30, 2012
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In a major shake-up of scientists' understanding of what determines the fate of cells, researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown that cells have some control over their own destiny.
Jan 5, 2012
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