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Research revealed the prevalence of fake social media accounts using AI-generated images and their involvement with the spread of misinformation online

A person's facial expression gives us important clues about their emotions, but it's rare for people to read emotions just from someone's face

You won’t find another place that makes it as easy to compare yourself with others as social media

Simple and reliable early prediction of diabetes: research has shown that a mathematical calculation based on just two values taken from a blood sample enables the reliable and inexpensive diagnosis of diabetes at an early stage

Exposure therapy for a specific fear can also help reduce other fears, finds a new study of 50 people with a fear of spiders and heights

Apple's Safari browser is still vulnerable to Spectre attacks

At which age are we at our happiest? A meta-analysis of a total of 460,902 participants showed life satisfaction decreased from age 9 to 16, increased slightly until age 70…

Early Alzheimer’s detection up to 17 years in advance. A sensor identifies misfolded protein biomarkers in the blood

Why people deceive themselves

Recently discovered seismic events are slower than conventional earthquakes

Consciousness in humans, animals and artificial intelligence

In almost all countries, a research team found a link between not using television as a source of information and refusing vaccination

Designer cytokine makes paralyzed mice walk again

New study: If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood: what they’ve learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they’re acitive and vice versa.

Sars-Cov-2 viruses can be inactivated using certain commercially available mouthwashes. All of the tested preparations reduced the initial virus titer

A protein (LY6E-Protein) produced by the human immune system can strongly inhibit corona viruses, including Sars-Cov-2, the pathogen causing Covid-19

More efficient biosolar cells modelled on nature

How playing the drums changes the brain. People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function.

An international research team has used nanoparticles to convert carbon dioxide into valuable raw materials

The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired, finds a new study by neuroscientists using a special form of MRI, which found people with a very efficient fibre network had more general knowledge than those with less efficient structural networking.

Procrastinators and doers may differ genetically, suggests a new study, which found in women, the trait to postpone action is associated with a genetic predisposition towards a higher level of dopamine in the brain, linked to increased cognitive flexibility but also increased distractibility.

Early-stage detection of Alzheimer’s in the blood: Using a simple blood test, the disease can be detected approximately eight years before the first clinical symptoms occur…

Alleviating flashbacks by playing Tetris - A behavioural intervention procedure for people with PTSD found playing the game helped reduce the number of involuntarily recurring visual memories of traumatic experiences.

Previous studies show the important role sleep plays in learning and memory formation

Brains of doers differ from those of procrastinators - Procrastinators have a larger amygdala and poorer connections between it and part of the cortex that blocks emotions, so they may be more anxious about the negative consequences of an action…

Researchers have examined how humans repress prejudices

The more intelligent a person, the fewer connections there are between the neurons in their cerebral cortex

Feelings determine from which side we embrace each other

Gamers have an advantage in learning: Neuropsychologists let video gamers compete against non-gamers in a learning competition

Pigeons better at multitasking than humans. Unlike hitherto assumed, cognitive ability does not necessary require a complex mammalian cerebral cortex

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