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Friday, April 04, 2025

Kicking yourself: Going against one's better judgment amplifies self-blame

When people go along with opinions that go against their own, they feel more culpable for the decision if things go wrong than if they hadn't received another opinion, researchers have found.

Obesity starts in the brain

A study has provided new insights into the role of the brain as a crucial control center and the origin of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The hormone insulin plays a key role in the development of obesity. The brain's sensitivity to insulin is associated with long-term weight gain and unhealthy body fat distribution. What specific functions does insulin perform in the brain, and how does it affect individuals of normal weight?

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How many languages can you learn at the same time? -- Ghanaian babies grow up speaking two to six languages

Africa is a multilingual continent and many adults speak several languages fluently. An empirical study by a psycholinguist now shows that the roots of this multilingualism can be found in infancy: In Ghana, most babies grow up multilingually, with most of them coming into contact with two to six languages and just as many regular speakers of each language. The researchers also showed that the babies heard some languages primarily indirectly -- i.e. via radio, television or background conversations -- while other languages were used by their caregivers to directly communicate with them.

As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining, particularly for children and 65+ adults

A nurse in blue scrubs places a band-aid on a young boy's arm after giving him a shot.

In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years ^[1], with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations ^[2] for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified this flu season as having “high” severity ^[3] across the U.S.

The Conversation asked epidemiologist ^[4] Annette Regan ^[5] to explain why this flu season...

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