Tag: Neuroscience
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Why Clinical Scientists Should Care About Genetics
by Sarah E. Paul, M.A., Washington University in St. Louis Psychopathology is moderately-to-highly heritable, with ~30-80% of the population variance in mental illness attributable to genetic influences (Pettersson et al., 2019; Polderman et al., 2015). The field of psychiatric genetics is making new discoveries at an extraordinarily rapid pace, paralleling the dramatic reduction in cost of…
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Harnessing Sleep to Improve Academic Performance
by Laila Volpe, SRI International and Incoming Doctoral Student, University of Washington When faced with an overwhelming amount of work, students often feel as if there aren’t enough hours in the day. To compensate, many choose to stay up later or wake up earlier, with some even pulling “all-nighters.” One study on sleep patterns in college…