Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk
Older adults who received a shingles vaccine after entering a skilled nursing facility were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia o...
Refining the role of behavioural and social sciences in pandemic response post-COVID-19
Van Bavel, J. J. et al. Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nat. Hum. Behav. 4, 460–...
The shrinking landscape of linguistic diversity in the age of large language models
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Too much or too little sleep may make your body age faster
A new analysis of biological aging across the human body suggests that both sleeping too little and sleeping too much are associated wi...
Quantifying the prevalence and impact of overreaching causal claims in social science
We present our methodology in two parts: first, the procedures for the descriptive analysis of academic articles...
Trial-by-trial fluctuations in decision criterion shape confidence
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A major Alzheimer’s risk gene may shrink brain cells years before symptoms
Millions of people carry APOE4, the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. New research suggests the gene variant...
This common vitamin was linked to 13% better cognitive scores
More than 7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's dementia, and that number is expected to climb to nearly 13 million...