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What was the Closest Thing You Found to "the Vitamin"

Between 5 and 10 percent of people have no inner monologue at all, and researchers are only just starting to figure out what that actually does to cognition

Scientists have found that when the stomach and brain are synced too strongly, it may signal worse mental health, linking anxiety, depression, and stress to an overactive gut-brain connection. The gut's connection to the brain may actually be too strong in people under psychological strain

Autism is considered a disorder of the brain. But a new study suggests that the peripheral nervous system, the nerves that control our sense of touch, pain and other sensations, may play a role as well

Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife

Patient "S.M.", a woman with no Amygdala, lacks fear of heights, snakes, spiders, haunted houses/films, rollercoasters, sus strangers, and only felt "angry" after incidents of domestic violence and being held at knife/gunpoint, with the exception of simulated suffocation. She may be immune to PTSD.

Scientists Say LLMs Appear to Be Acting as a Cognitive Virus Among Humans

A new study suggests that the transmission of cognitive ability from parents to children is primarily driven by genetics, with little influence from shared environmental factors like family resources.

Study: Anticholinergic (first-generation antihistamines) can damage brain, increase dementia risk

Taurine reverses depressive/anhedonic behaviors induced by chronic stress in rats; normalizes Dopamine, Serotonin, BDNF, FGF-2, and VEGF levels (2017)