Don't worry, moderate drinking probably isn't shrinking your brain
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David Baranger
Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
Your socially isolated brain craves interaction with other people just as much as it craves a meal when you are hungry
Read now →New research highlights the neuroscience of why social distancing is so hard
Fact check: Those red blobs aren’t oxytocin
Read now →An amazing image has been making the rounds on social media, but the researcher who created it has set the record straight on what it shows
Can AI help diagnose depression? It's a long shot
Read now →At the moment, machine intelligence is just as subjective as human intelligence
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Those few cigarette puffs during adolescence might have altered your brain
Read now →Researchers have found that even occasional cigarette use is enough to affect the volume and connectivity of developing brains
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Being a Pokémon Master in childhood permanently alters your brain
Read now →Hours spent catching 'em all primes the brain to recognize familiar, pixelated Pikachus
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Should parents fear potatoes as much as screens?
Read now →A new study says neither have serious positive or negative impacts on childhood well-being
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