Category: Medicine
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AI. Schizophrenia. (Unprepared…)
Researchers have taken a step forward in developing an artificial intelligence tool to predict schizophrenia by analyzing brain scans. The tool was used to analyze functional magnetic resonance images of 57 healthy first-degree relatives (siblings or children) of schizophrenia patients. It accurately identified the 14 individuals who scored highest on a self-reported schizotypal personality trait…
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Brain stimulation. Personalized. Full of grief.
Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients' distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that -- at least in one patient -- was able to provide relief from symptoms of severe treatment-resistant depression within minutes.…
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Hyperactive. Alive. Dead. (Easiest way to be…)
A psychology and neuroscience professor has just targeted an early biomarker of the disease. He found that Abnormal hyperactivation in the brain may be an early sign of Alzheimer's. (1) Hyper activity. Leading to destruction. The story of our lives. The story of civilization and being. Oh, so many good things happening because they do.…
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New genes! New inventions! So?! (Me!)
Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes have evolved very slowly, scientists have shown that while haemoglobin appeared independently in several species, it actually descends from a single gene transmitted to all by their last common ancestor. (1) Things discovered. Only because they would anyway be. By someone else. In the…
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Intimum Thoughts: Psychology and Poetry – How verse can lead to the Self
Psychology Poetry Snapshots by Intimum Spyridon Kakos Abstract: Psychology poetry can transform a person and help us see what we already feel. Through verse, we can explore the Self. Art allows us to express deep feelings that remain unspoken, especially the ones related to the abysmal foundation of our being. There is science backing all…
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