Enlisting The Help of Machine Learning to Diagnose Depression

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Enlisting The Help of Machine Learning to Diagnose Depression

University of Texas researchers use Stampede supercomputer to identify patterns in neuroimaging data that are predictive for mental disorders.

The research is in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. (full access paywall)

#machinelearning #psychology
http://neurosciencenews.com/depression-machine-learning-6301

How Obese and Anorexic People React Differently to Taste

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How Obese and Anorexic People React Differently to Taste

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that women suffering from anorexia nervosa and those who are obese respond differently to taste, a finding that could lead to new treatments for the eating disorders.

The research is in International Journal of Eating Disorders. (full access paywall)

#psychology #eatingdisorders
http://neurosciencenews.com/eating-disorders-taste-insula-4245

Hunger Hormones Affect Decision Making

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Hunger Hormones Affect Decision Making

Never make a decision when you are hungry. The hormone ghrelin - that is released before meals and known to increase appetite - has a negative effect on both decision making and impulse control. Such were the results of a recently conducted study at Sahlgrenska University.

The research is in Neuropsychopharmacology. (full open access)

#neuroscience #hunger #psychology

http://neurosciencenews.com/ghrelin-hunger-impulsivity-4185

Computers Can Tell If You're Bored

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Computers Can Tell If You're Bored

Technology could lead to ‘empathetic’ robots and reactive on-line learning programmes.

The research is in Frontiers in Psychology. (full open access)

#psychology #robotics #technology
http://neurosciencenews.com/bored-computer-robot-empathy-3715/

Low Dose Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides Linked to Cognitive Impairment

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Low Dose Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides Linked to Cognitive Impairment

Individuals subjected to chronic low-dose exposure to organochlorine pesticides show an increased risk of cognitive impairment in later life.

The research is in Environmental International. (full access paywall)

#psychology #ddt
http://neurosciencenews.com/ocp-ddt-cognitive-impairment-3678/

Can Vitamin B Enhance Your Dreams?

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Can Vitamin B Enhance Your Dreams?

Full article at http://neurosciencenews.com/vitamin-b-lucid-dreaming-2743/.

A University of Adelaide researcher is calling for participants to assist in a new national study investigating whether vitamin B can enhance dreaming.

Image: The vitamin B dreaming study is additional to research Mr Aspy is undertaking into lucid dreams, which focuses on techniques designed to help people have more lucid dreams.  Image is for illustrative purposes only.

#psychology   #dream   #vitaminb

Influencing Mood: Happiness Spreads But Depression Doesn't

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Influencing Mood: Happiness Spreads But Depression Doesn't

Having friends who suffer from depression doesn’t affect the mental health of others, according to research led by the University of Warwick.

The research is in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (full open access)

#depression   #psychology  
http://neurosciencenews.com/happiness-depression-psychology-2462

Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos

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Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos 

Now, CU-Boulder graduate student Scott Schafer, who works in Associate Professor Tor Wager's Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, has conducted an intriguing piece of research to advance knowledge about how and when the placebo effect works - or doesn't.

The research is in Journal of Pain. (full access paywall)

#psychology   #placebo   #pain  
http://neurosciencenews.com/placebo-effect-psychology-pain-2309

Fewer Side Effects With New Treatment for Severe Depression

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Fewer Side Effects With New Treatment for Severe Depression

Full article at http://neurosciencenews.com/rul-ect-depression-psychology-2286/.

lectroconvulsive therapy remains one of the most effective treatments for severe depression, but new UNSW research shows ultra-brief pulse stimulation is almost as effective as standard ECT, with far fewer cognitive side effects.

The research is in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. (full access paywall)

Research: "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Brief Versus Ultrabrief Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression" by Phern-Chern Tor, MBBS, DFD(CAW), MMed(Psych); Alison Bautovich, MBBS; Min-Jung Wang, MSC; Donel Martin, MClinNeuro, PhD; Samuel B. Harvey, MBBS, MRCGP, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, PhD; and Colleen Loo, MBBS, FRANZCP, MD in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry doi:10.4088/JCP.14r09145

Image: The study  is the first systematic review to examine the effectiveness and cognitive effects of standard ECT treatment, brief pulse stimulation, versus the newer treatment, known as ultra-brief pulse right unilateral (RUL) ECT. Image is for illustrative purposes only. 

#psychology   #depression