The antidepressant effects of a workout may one day come in a pill.
Exercise alleviates depression, but no one knows exactly how. Now Ronald Duman at Yale University and his colleagues have found a gene in mice that may mediate the effect. The team created a chip to screen for genes in the hippocampus whose activity is affected by exercise. The hippocampus is a part of the brain that is very sensitive to hormones and stress. [continue reading…]
Being a slob puts you at risk of mental health problems, experts have warned.
A lack of physical activity leads to depression and dementia, evidence presented at the British Nutrition Foundation conference shows.
It comes as new research from the University of Bristol found that being active cuts the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by around a third. [continue reading…]
Behavior Control Center in Brain Less Responsive After Repeated Exposure to Violence May Lead to Aggressive BehaviorĂ‚Â
Violence is a frequent occurrence in television shows and movies, but can watching it make you behave differently?
Although research has shown some correlation between exposure to media violence and real-life violent behavior, there has been little direct neuroscientific support for this theory until now. [continue reading…]
Parents prefer teachers who make their children happy even more than those who emphasize academic achievement, a new University of Michigan study shows.
When requesting a teacher for their elementary school children, parents are more likely to choose teachers who receive high student satisfaction ratings than teachers with strong achievement ratings, said Brian Jacob, the study’s co-author and director of the Center on Local, State and Urban Policy at the U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. [continue reading…]
