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Q&A with Diane B. Howieson, Ph.D

Gains and Losses as We Age

Neuropsychologist and Cerebrum author Diane B. Howieson leans on her research and clinical experience to elaborate on the aging brain and offer insights in some other areas.

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Cognitive Skills and the Aging Brain: What to Expect

Despite dementia and other neurobiological disorders that are associated with aging, improved imaging has revealed that even into our seventies, our brains continue producing new neurons. Our author writes about how mental health functions react to the normal aging process, including why an aging brain may even form the basis for wisdom.

By: Diane B. Howieson, Ph.D.

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Q&A with John Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.

John P.S. Ioannidis discusses why most biomedical research papers (including even many of the most influential ones) later turn out to be wrong or exaggerated—and what can be done about it.

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Failure to Replicate: Sound the Alarm

The most comprehensive investigation ever done about the rate and predictors of reproducibility in social and cognitive sciences has found that regardless of the analytic method or criteria used, fewer than half of the original findings were successfully replicated.

By: John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.

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Q&A with Alice V. Ely, Ph.D. and Anne Cusak, Psy.D.

Binge-Eating Disorder

Researchers suspect that many more people suffer from binge-eating disorder (BED) than from anorexia and bulimia, but that cultural insensitivity and the lack of insurance coverage for treatment means that the disorder remains an invisible killer.

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The Binge and the Brain

Knowing where the line is when it comes to out-of-control impulse consumption is at the heart of binge-eating disorder (BED), a newly recognized mental condition that affects millions of people and that we are just beginning to better understand—from both a neurobiological and clinical standpoint.

By: Alice V. Ely, Ph.D., Anne Cusack, Psy.D.

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Q&A with Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D.

Prescription Drug Abuse

Theodore Cicero traces the history and evolution of narcotics and leans on his own research, clinical, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) experience to discuss an issue that many feel has reached epidemic proportions

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No End in Sight: The Abuse of Prescription Narcotics

About 20,000 deaths in the United States in 2014 were attributed to problems associated with narcotics and prescription drug use. Our article explains the neurobiological basis of drug addiction and traces its history and evolution.

By: Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D.

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The Holy Grail of Psychiatry

Can specific patterns of brain activity indicate how a depressed person will respond to treatment with medication or psychotherapy?

By: Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.

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Q&A with Patrick F. Sullivan, M.D., FRANZCP

While drugs have limited impact and there is no known cure, advances in genetics are opening new doors, thanks in part to an international consortium.

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