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Dopamine and Related Disorders
Dopamine works as a crucial messenger in our brains, with imbalances causing a variety of brain disorders.
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How Ketamine Treats Depression
The first new antidepressant medication in decades, ketamine is a game changer for depression treatment.
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Jamie Hanson: Falling Outside the Norms
Neuroscientist Jamie Hanson encourages scientists to look at people and situations that fall outside so-called societal norms.
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Understanding the Neurobiological Impacts of Child Poverty
Learn about the impacts that child poverty has on the developing brain with data from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and public health epidemiology.
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Answering Your Questions on Socioeconomics and Its Impact on the Developing Brain
How does growing up less fortunate impact the brain and how can educators help their students overcome this obstacle?
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Schools are an Important Context for Work to Reduce the Impact of Poverty
How can educators help ease the effects of common negative experiences facing students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds?
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Addressing Potential Stigma of Socioeconomic Status
While differences in brain size based on socioeconomic status could be considered stigmatizing, the brain is quite adaptable and plastic.
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Research Suggests Poverty Impacts Neurobiology
Growing up in poverty can negatively impact developing brain regions like the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and, in turn, increases the risks of developing behavioral and learning problems.
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The Brain Is Impacted by Experience and is Still Developing After Birth
Both stressful situations and a lack of resources can physically change the adult brain, which raises concerns of how living in poverty could negatively affect children, whose brains are still developing.
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Poverty is Prevalent and Marked by Numerous Threats to Child Development
Learn about the prevalence of poverty in the US and its threats to childhood development.
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Answering Your Questions About Solitary Confinement
Experts in neuroscience and the law answer questions about solitary confinement and how it affects the brain.
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Solitary Confinement: Psychological and Neurobiological Insights into Isolation
This panel discusses the implications of solitary confinement with a neurobiologist, a physician, a lawyer, and an individual held in solitary for 29 years.
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