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How Exercise Changes Our DNA

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Exercise, a new study finds, changes the shape and functioning our genes, an important step on the way to improved health and fitness.
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Mad In America - Science, Psychiatry & Community

Mad In America - Science, Psychiatry & Community | Kinsanity | Scoop.it
Mad In America provides news, resources, blogs, forums and a community for people interested in critically re-thinking mental health care in the US and abroad.

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Scientists tie social behavior to activity in specific brain circuit

Scientists tie social behavior to activity in specific brain circuit | Kinsanity | Scoop.it
Signaling activity along a single nerve tract deep within the brain predicts a living, wide-awake, freely moving animal’s tendency to socialize.

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Dopamine and VTA - NAcc circuit implicated in social exploration

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How Artistic Brains Differ | The Scientist Magazine®

How Artistic Brains Differ | The Scientist Magazine® | Kinsanity | Scoop.it
A study reveals structural differences between the brains of artists and non-artists.

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Science Confirms: Internet Trolls Really Are Narcissistic, Psychopathic, and Sadistic

Science Confirms: Internet Trolls Really Are Narcissistic, Psychopathic, and Sadistic | Kinsanity | Scoop.it
In the past few years, the science of Internet trollology has made some strides. Last year, for instance, we learned that by hurling insults and inciting discord in online comment sections, so-called Internet trolls (who are frequently anonymous) have a polarizing effect on audiences, leading to politicization, rather than deeper...

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The study comes as websites, particularly at major media outlets, are increasingly weighing steps to rein in trollish behavior. Last year Popular Science did away with its comments sections completely, citing research on the deleterious effects of trolling, and YouTube also took measures to rein in trolling.

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Japanese Researcher Uses Controversial Experiments to Prove Our Thoughts and Intentions Can Alter the Physical World

Japanese Researcher Uses Controversial Experiments to Prove Our Thoughts and Intentions Can Alter the Physical World | Kinsanity | Scoop.it
Self-help gurus have been telling us about the power of positive thinking for years. Now, the results of an experiment might just prove that they were right all along. Dr.

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'Memories' pass between generations

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Behaviour can be affected by events in previous generations which have been passed on through a form of genetic memory, animal studies suggest.

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Why Creativity Thrives In The Dark

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Imaginative minds have long appreciated the power of dim lighting. New research confirms that when the lights switch off something in the brain switches on. 


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Ancient Celtic Knots inspire scientific breakthrough

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Scientists have devised a new molecular technique, inspired by Celtic Knots and trees, which could be used in the treatment of multiple diseases.

Researchers at the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) in NUI Galway have discovered a new process that could be used in the industrial and medical fields.

“Polymerisation is the adding together of many smaller units,” says research assistant to the project’s leader Doctor Wenxin Wang, Ben Newland. “It is one of the most important processes in industrial manufacturing.”

The new process gives scientists a “simple method to produce large quantities of well-defined material”, which could be used in diagnostic, therapeutic and imaging processes in the body Newland says.

 


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Males' superior spatial ability likely is not an evolutionary adaptation | News Bureau | University of Illinois

Males' superior spatial ability likely is not an evolutionary adaptation | News Bureau | University of Illinois | Kinsanity | Scoop.it

The findings lend support to an often-overlooked hypothesis, Rhodes said. The average superiority of males over females in spatial navigation may just be a “side effect” of testosterone, he said. (Previous studies have shown that women who take testosterone tend to see an improvement in their spatial navigation skills, he said.)

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An opinionated woman obsessed with objects, entertained by ephemera, intrigued by researching, fascinated by culture & addicted to writing. The wind says my name; doesn't put an @ in front of it, so maybe you don't notice. http://www.kitsch-slapped.com
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In The Name Of God
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