Nancy Bazilchuk
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Do obesity and mental illness share genetic links?
If a person with high genetic vulnerability is exposed to adverse environmental factors, such as an infection or mental trauma, ...
The psychology of risk: ‘Psychopathic traits regularly found in successful people’
One problem with research on psychopathy is that it largely only deals with criminals. [Psychiatrist Randi] Rosenqvist believes it would ...
Anxiety in dementia patients is often ‘overlooked, underestimated and not identified’
It’s not uncommon for people with dementia to roam around a lot and to be very restless, both day and ...
The thicker your cerebral cortex, the easier it is to learn new languages
Researchers have long known that the brain changes when people learn a new language. But the relationship between the ability ...
