IN THE TAPESTRY OF AMERICAN LIVES, an unsettling thread of solitude weaves through the narrative, as revealed by January’s enlightening Healthy Minds Monthly Poll from the American Psychiatric Association. Today,... Read More
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Small Talk and Big Smiles
SIMPLE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WITH STRANGERS can make you happier. That’s the conclusion of a recent study examining 60,000 people. Today, we focus on small talk and big smiles: The surprising... Read More
Heart and Time Perception
“We show that our heart shapes the perceived duration of events, so time passes quicker when the heart contracts but slower when the heart relaxes.”... Read More
A Psychobiotic Diet Drops Stress
The gut microbiome — the microbe community in the gastrointestinal tract — influences immunity and metabolism. This essential organ of microorganisms contains up to 1,000 species and 100 trillion organisms, encoding 100-times more unique genomes than our own.... Read More
Love Hormones and Dementia
A DERIVATIVE OF OXYTOCIN (THE “LOVE HORMONE”) delivered via nasal passages improved memory in cognitively impaired mice. Today we explore the relationship between love hormones (oxytocin) and dementia. While the study did not... Read More
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Early
Memory loss is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, with early signs including challenges in remembering recent conversations or events. With disease progression, the memory impairments worsen, and other symptoms emerge.... Read More