Population-based RCT of a digital cognitive-behavioural guided self-help intervention for anxiety, depression and eating disorders in college students
Kessler, R. C. et al. Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Sur...
Government policy documents across 185 countries largely cite Global North sources
Kenny, C., Rose, D. C., Hobbs, A., Tyler, C. & Blackstock, J. The Role of Research in the UK Parliament Vol. 1 (Parliame...
MIT scientists discover millions of “silent synapses” in the adult brain
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising feature of the adult brain. It contains millions of "silent synapses," which are immatu...
Your DNA may predict your future success more than your upbringing
A major twin study is shedding new light on the long running debate over nature versus nurture, suggesting that genetics may play a far...
An individual participant data meta-analysis of how physical activity relates to affective well-being in daily life
Brauer, M. et al. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations,...
Domain generality is an emergent, not inherent, property of metacognition
Baer, C. & Kidd, C. Learning with certainty in childhood. Trends Cogn. Sci. 26, 887–896 (2022).
Human curriculum learning of a cue combination task
Experiment 1ParticipantsParticipants were recruited via the online platform Prolific (
Scientists say travel could slow aging and boost your health
Retinol creams may get most of the attention in the fight against visible aging, but researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) have p...
This simple blood test might detect depression before symptoms appear
Blood tests that track how certain white blood cells age may help identify depression by focusing on emotional and cognitive symptoms r...
This simple amino acid supplement greatly reduces Alzheimer’s damage
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder and a leading cause of dementia worldwide. Despite years of research, there is...