Scientists find a mutation in a gene called ADRB1 allows individuals in one family to sleep as little as 4.5 hours per night without feeling tired - they then bred rats with the same mutation…

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Our new study on the association between cannabis use and psychiatric disorders in people with personality disorders

Not all cannabis users develop an addiction, even with long-term regular use, suggests a new study, which found a shift from brain systems controlling reward-driven use to habit-driven use differentiates heavy cannabis users who are addicted to the drug from users who aren’t.

A longitudinal experimental shows that teaching people about the science behind GM foods results in more positive attitudes, greater willingness to eat GM products…

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People who experience childhood maltreatment frequently have perturbations in their brain architecture, regardless of whether they develop psychiatric symptoms, but a study in Biological Psychiatry found additional alterations in people who don’t develop symptoms.

Harvard study suggests that giving trigger warnings may "undermine some aspects of emotional resilience" in individuals who have not experienced trauma (open access link)

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