
The age at which an adolescent begins using marijuana may affect typical brain development, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas. In a paper recently published, scientists describe how marijuana use, and the age at which use is initiated, may adversely alter brain structures that underlie higher order thinking.
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February 10, 2016 | Categories: Neuroscience Research, Psychology | Tags: behavior science, behavioral science, drug addiction, health, medicine, Mental Health Stuff, neurology, neuroscience, problem solving, psychology | 1 Comment

The great racial divide, despite all the evidence showing that racism, hate and frankly plain stupidity is alive and well, there are people who cannot accept it. This probably will not change anything for those people, but for the first time a new study shows that while suicide rates in children younger than 12 have remained steady for the past 20 years, there are significantly higher suicide rates among black children.
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May 19, 2015 | Categories: Ethics, News | Tags: behavior science, depression, health, mathematics, Mental Health Stuff, peer reviewed, political issues, science, social science, statistics, suicide, suicide prevention | Leave a comment