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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience found that lower frontal midline theta, an EEG marker of cognitive-control engagement, partly explained why young adults with higher negative emotionality performed worse on a Go/No-Go inhi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint on medRxiv used resting-state functional MRI (fMRI), a brain-connectivity scan taken while people are not doing a task, to divide older adults at Alzheimer’s risk into anxiety biotypes that responded differently to frontal-lobe tDCS stim…
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TL;DR: A 2026 Nature Communications paper introduced CAptVE, a fluorescent aptamer method that labels molecular features in mouse brain tissue while preserving ultrastructure for electron-microscopy connectomics. Key Findings Detergent-free labeling: CAptVE us…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Applied Social Psychology found that women with strong feminist identification criticized idealized beauty images more sharply, but that critique did not protect their momentary body satisfaction after seeing the images. Key F…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in Scientific Reports found that adding esketamine to sufentanil patient-controlled analgesia lowered short-term postoperative depression and anxiety scores in elderly colorectal cancer surgery patients, without improving pain sc…
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TL;DR: A study in Communications Biology found that environmental enrichment, richer housing with objects, running space, and novelty, reduced early-life-stress-linked visceral pain and depression-like behavior in rats while normalizing a CB1 receptor-sensitiv…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Computers in Human Behavior grouped 1,316 U.S. adults by when they first saw sexually explicit media and when regular viewing began; the highest distress appeared in people who moved into regular viewing early, while late regular engagem…
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TL;DR: A 2026 paper in Current Therapeutic Research described an acute PGAD-like genital arousal episode after self-initiated duloxetine withdrawal, with symptoms resolving within 5 hours after emergency admission and no recurrence over 36 months. Key Findings…
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TL;DR: A 2026 longitudinal study in Acta Sociologica found that partnered fathers who perceived a higher risk of divorce showed greater declines in political trust over time, especially when the worry persisted. Key Findings Father-specific link: Perceived div…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Nature Communications used resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) to link major depressive disorder to more frequent but shorter visits to a salience-dominated brain state. Key Findings Resting-state fMRI compared depression with controls:…
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