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17/07/2025

Why are modern fathers so quick to anger, and so disinclined to talk about it? Daniel Engber wondered in 2022. https://theatln.tc/gHtfg74u
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29/06/2025

Brain Criticality May Hold Key to Learning, Memory, and Alzheimer’s

A new theory suggests the brain operates best in a state of criticality—a fine balance between order and chaos where learning, memory, and adaptability thrive.

Researchers argue that this dynamic state enables the brain to stay flexible and responsive across scales, from milliseconds to years.

Importantly, criticality can be measured using fMRI and may be disrupted in disorders like Alzheimer’s, long before symptoms appear.

Sleep appears to restore this fragile balance, offering a potential therapeutic pathway.

The buildup of tau proteins in Alzheimer’s disease has been shown to degrade criticality, weakening the brain’s ability to compute and adapt.

This framework could revolutionize how we understand, diagnose, and treat neurodegenerative conditions.

https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-criticality-memory-alzheimers-29368/

28/06/2025

At 102, neurologist Howard Tucker is still working—and looking for more opportunities. He's practiced medicine since 1947, served in the U.S. Navy, and passed the bar in 1989. Today, he continues to teach and consult on legal cases, crediting his longevity to staying mentally active, making connections, and enjoying life.

Learn more about his philosophy on aging and how he does it all: https://on.natgeo.com/40dQgaz

28/06/2025

Exercise Proven to Boost Kids’ Mental Health

New research reveals that regular exercise can dramatically improve mental health in children and adolescents.

The meta-meta-analysis, covering more than 38,000 young people, found that structured physical activity reduces anxiety and depression symptoms.

Light resistance training works best for anxiety, while combined aerobic and strength workouts improve depression, especially in programs under 12 weeks.

The biggest improvements were seen in kids with depression and ADHD.

With limited access to therapy or medication for many, exercise offers a low-cost, accessible alternative.

Experts now recommend making movement a central part of youth mental health strategies.

29/05/2025

20/05/2025

People have started losing loved ones because of AI.

Reports are surfacing that users of ChatGPT are spiraling into unsettling delusional states, with disturbing consequences for their mental health and personal relationships.

As detailed by Rolling Stone, a growing number of Reddit users and concerned family members are warning that the AI chatbot is unintentionally encouraging spiritual fantasies, conspiratorial thinking, and even psychosis-like behavior.

From claims of divine missions to “blueprints for teleporters,” the stories point to ChatGPT's potential to reinforce preexisting psychological vulnerabilities by constantly reflecting and validating users' input — no matter how irrational.

Mental health experts say the issue stems not from the AI acting maliciously, but from its core design: it generates plausible-sounding text in response to user prompts, without understanding or judgment.

For people with fragile mental states, that can feel like validation from a sentient being. One woman described how her husband fell into an obsessive spiral, driven by the chatbot’s strange messages and spiritual language, ultimately destroying their marriage.

As AI becomes more accessible and humanlike in interaction, some fear it's replacing grounded therapy with an always-on partner that may deepen delusions rather than challenge them.

learn more https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

17/05/2025

What if you could spend fewer hours in the gym, stop restricting what you eat, and untether fat loss from the number on the scale? In recent decades, gym culture has seen a change in the winds: more and more women are taking up weight lifting, shattering the previously segregated ready image of “men sweating in the weight room, women glistening in the aerobics studio,” Lauren Michele Jackson writes. Emerging internet forums such as Reddit’s r/fitness—where women post snapshots of their weight-training progress and generous caloric intakes—were replacing the vacant perfection of editorial spreads with crowdsourced examples and instruction. The author Casey Johnston, a chronic dieter and reluctant long-distance runner, writes about this phenomenon in her new book, “A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting.” Lifting “toppled everything I knew about my body,” Johnston reports, ushering a physiological, as well as psychological, transformation that reads as nothing short of a revelation. But a preoccupation with strength can take many forms, Jackson suggests. Read Jackson’s full review. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lBxW8H

16/05/2025

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