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The Negativity Bias or Why We’re Wired for Doomsday News
Română Open a news app, turn on the TV, or go on your favourite social media app and you’ll most likely be flooded by all sorts of negative or even downright depressing news. And even though you feel your mood degrading, you’ll most likely keep reading and reading until you’ll frustratedly exclaim “ugh, the world…
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Română In today’s post, we’re turning our attention towards a (yet another) mental disorder relatively often portrayed in the media, but still not fully understood or easily treatable: posttraumatic stress disorder (or PTSD, in short). The article addresses the following questions: What is PTSD? Who can get PTSD? What are the symptoms of PTSD? What…
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World Sleep Day
March 18, 2022 marks this year’s World Sleep Day, an annual awareness event supported by the World Sleep Society. But why do we need such an event for sleep? After all, we all sleep literally every day, so you’d think we’re pretty aware about it, no?
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Your Brain on Estrogens
Română Estrogens represent a group of sex hormones usually known as “woman hormones”. But newer research has begun to show that they are much more than that. Although the science on this front is relatively still in its infancy, estrogens appear to play an important role in brain function, both in females, as well as…
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Cotard’s Syndrome – The Real Walking Dead
Română Cotard’s syndrome, also known as Cotard’s delusion or walking corpse syndrome, is a rare, but severe mental affliction characterized by the belief that one is dead, does not exist or has lost their blood or internal organs. As a consequence, many patients stop grooming themselves or even eating (which eventually leads to starvation if…
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Week in review: 31 Jan – 06 Feb 2022
Română 1. The primary visual cortex also receives auditory inputs. One defining characteristic of the brain is that it integrates information from different sources and modalities in order to give us a unitary perception of the world. For example, when you’re watching a movie, you don’t process the images and the voices separately. Instead, your…
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The scientific replication crisis – a perspective
What does it mean when results aren’t reproducible and what can we do about it
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Week in review: 24 – 30 Jan 2022
Română 1. Both genes and the environment play a role in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects the central nervous system and leads to motor symptoms, but also cognitive and behavioural ones. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease. As for many other neurological disorders, it’s currently…
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Week in review: 17 – 23 Jan 2022
Română 1. During well-learned tasks the brain prioritizes random movement activity. The topic is a bit complicated, so let’s take it step by step. For a long time, scientists have been interested in two matters. The first is related how brain activity changes during a task and on identifying which regions, if any, might show…
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Week in review: 10 – 16 Jan 2022
Română 1. Air pollution is linked to poorer mental health and increased risk of mental illness. More and more studies point towards a link between increased levels of air pollution and decreased mental well-being. Of course, so far, studies conducted in humans are correlational, which means no causality has been yet established. Additionally, areas of…