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Dartmouth scientists Michael Heinz (left) and Nicholas Jacobson (center) led the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced a significant reduction in symptoms. People in the study interacted with the software, known as Therabot, through a smartphone app where they responded to prompts from the Therabot avatar (right) or initiated conversations when they needed to talk.

AI Therapist Matches Human Care in Groundbreaking Mental Health Trial

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences, Technology
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Healing, spiritual purposes drive many veterans’ use of psychedelics

Categories Technology
Cells containing tau aggregates (green) before (left) and 13 hours after treatment with RING-nanobody (right)

Therapy targets and destroys tau tangles in Alzheimer’s treatment

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
A new study finds that veterans paired with service dogs may be as much as 66% less likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Service Dogs Significantly Reduce PTSD Symptoms in Veterans, Study Finds

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans
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Categories Health
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Categories Health
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Sound therapy may ease concussion symptoms

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology
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MDMA and Meth both increase feelings of connection during conversation

Categories Brain & Behavior
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Childhood maltreatment predicts adult emotional difficulties

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
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Novel Protein a Potential Game Changer in Obesity Treatment

Categories Health
Doing a good deed for others can help people with depression.

Performing acts of kindness can help overcome depression

Categories Brain & Behavior
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Dark Therapy Shows Promise in Addressing Lazy Eye Condition

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

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