A multi-ancestral meta-analysis using data from electronic health records finds 88 risk loci for tobacco use disorder and hundreds of associations with health outcomes.
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Using a combination of fMRI and lesion patient studies, Holton et al. show that human vmPFC causes goal perseveration during incremental goal pursuit.
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New Comment by Andrea Luppi on combining anesthesia and neuroimaging to study human consciousness. 'Spanning molecular, cognitive, and clinical neuroscience, anesthesia provides a bridge from molecules to mind'.
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In this large-scale exome-wide association study, Deng et al. report novel genetic associations between neurodegenerative diseases and mental disorders.
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Systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of physical touch on physical and mental health by Julian Packheiser.
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Researchers have a wide variety of choices when it comes to careers. In this Comment, Cassandra Jacobs gives great advice on how to transition from a job in academia to one in industry, or vice versa.
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Lin et al. analyze a unique dataset with intracranial recordings from neurosurgical patients performing a visual search task to uncover the neuronal network dynamics associated with attentional capture.
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Could relying on LLMs to do our writing for us lead to changes in how we think?
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New Comment by Berdejo-Espinola et al. calls for more research into the use of #VR for nature experiences and improving health outcomes.
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This study from Yunhe Wang Junqing Xie @prito_alhambra using UK Biobank data reports increased risk of psychiatric disorders and psychotropic prescriptions 1 year following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Which interventions limit the spread of COVID-19 misinformation online? A Facebook messenger experiment in Kenya and Nigeria suggests that nudges to consider information accuracy work best. Molly Offer-Westort Leah Rosenzweig Susan Athey @GSBsiLa
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In this Article, Ye et al. examine the decomposition of an odor compound in olfactory perception and central neural representation. This work establishes a direct correspondence between coding of sub-molecular chemical features and odor quality.
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.@hunterschone and colleagues (@plasticity_lab, Chris Baker) show that people can learn to control bionic hands just as effectively, if not better, using arbitrary compared to biomimetic control strategies.
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This meta-analysis of neuroanatomical studies of a common neurodevelopmental language disorder finds evidence for consistent abnormalities in the basal ganglia. Michael Georgetown University
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.Silvia Saccardo and Hengchen Dai find that interventions effective in past field work improve COVID-19 booster uptake, but those deemed effective in surveys measuring intentions or predictions do not.
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Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among people living in extreme poverty revealed by 105 nationally representative surveys. Study from Pascal Geldsetzer et al.
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Chimpanzees can use social learning to acquire a skill they didn't independently innovate. Shown in an experimental study by Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen et al.
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Using fMRI, Harrison Ritz & Amitai Shenhav found that the frontoparietal cortex independently encodes different task-relevant stimulus features, enabling coordinated cognitive control. Shenhav Lab Brown University Brown Cog, Ling, & Psych Sciences Carney Institute for Brain Science
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In this World View, Liu discusses the mental health stigma faced by students in the US and China. Joint efforts are required to improve mental health literacy and better understand students' needs.
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