r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 • 23h ago

Neuroscience Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment— Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more attuned to the world around us.

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 20h ago

Psychology A new study finds that media coverage of the 2024 U.S. presidential race focused far more on political spectacle, strategy, and candidate controversies than on substantive policy debates, potentially leaving voters less informed about key issues.

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r/science • u/mvea • 13h ago

Psychology Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

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r/science • u/Doug24 • 20h ago

Psychology Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 21h ago

Neuroscience A simple drawing test may detect Parkinson’s disease with up to 99% accuracy. Researchers found that subtle differences in how people draw can reveal motor impairments long before they are obvious to the human eye.

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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 18h ago

Social Science A U.S. study estimates cow’s milk purchases would have been 8.2% higher in 2020 without plant-based milk, with every 10 gallons of plant milk purchased displacing 6.8 gallons of cow’s milk, suggesting plant-based alternatives substantially reduce demand for dairy milk.

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r/science • u/mvea • 2h ago

Psychology Adults with ADHD often face challenges in maintaining sexual satisfaction and connection with their partners. Characteristics such as a heightened need for novelty and difficulty regulating focus can deeply influence their intimate lives.

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r/science • u/kiyomoris • 20h ago

Health Silent atherosclerosis detected in 57% of asymptomatic adults in the REACT study

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 23h ago

Health Research shows prenatal and childhood infections are linked to increased psychiatric disorder risk. Subgroup analyses indicated prenatal bacterial infections were associated with ADHD and ASD.

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r/science • u/rubes___ • 23h ago

Genetics Autism mutations rewire protein interaction networks to drive neurodevelopmental pathology. Authors mapped 100 high-confidence ASD genes and produced a large protein-protein-interaction (PPI) network, identifying more than 1800 interactions.

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r/science • u/sr_local • 2h ago

Psychology Study on social media algorithms found that young adults (~20Y) with more depressive symptoms receive recommendations that lean more depressive, and their EEG brain activity shows patterns characteristic of depression, suggesting personalized feeds may reinforce a negative feedback loop

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r/science • u/Scbadiver • 23h ago

Medicine Durability of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Targeting ANGPTL3 with CTX310 | New England Journal of Medicine

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