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New computational strategy finds brain tumor-shrinking molecules

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From the University of California – San Diego media release: Patients with glioblastoma, a type of malignant brain tumor, usually survive fewer than 15 months following diagnosis. Since there are no effective treatments for the deadly… 

Long distance love affair

From the University at Buffalo media release: What people believe they want and what they might actually prefer are not always the same thing. And in the case of being outperformed as an element of romantic… 

The brain forgets in order to conserve energy

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From the Lund University media release: Our brains not only contain learning mechanisms but also forgetting mechanisms that erase “unnecessary” learning. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now been able to describe one… 

New depression diagnosis and treatment

From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem media release: Major depression now believed to be caused by abnormalities in immune cells of the brain; may revolutionize next-generation psychiatric medication treatment, according to Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers.… 

Music listening habits tell about mental health

From the Academy of Finland media release: Brain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of persons. The study proves that especially men who process negative feelings… 

When queuing in a supermarket, who do you let go first?

From the Springer media release: Unlike cooperation among individuals that meet on a regular basis, one-shot interactions among strangers are not motivated by the prospect of receiving a favour in return. So why bother being helpful?…