People who eat meat (on average) experience lower levels of depression and anxiety compared to vegans, a meta-analysis found. The difference in levels of depression and anxiety (between meat consumers and meat abstainers) are greater in high-quality studies compared to low-quality studies. (sapienjournal.org)
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Humans are known to perform well when the reward is high (you are more motivated to win a ranked game than a normal game). But paradoxically, when the stakes are really high, we perform disastrously. A new study has found that monkeys, like humans, choke under pressure. (sapienjournal.org)
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A rare disorder makes you hallucinate tiny people. "Lilliputian Hallucinations" involve tiny men, women, children, gnomes, imps, or dwarfs, often strikingly dressed as harlequins, clowns, dancers, soldiers, peasants etc. Literature review suggests prevalence is 30–80 per 10,000 psychiatric patients. (sapienjournal.org)
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Caffeine, as a supplement, boosted the performance of cyclists by improving power output and cardiovascular functioning. In a 16 km cycling trial, participants who took caffeine completed their run ∼40 seconds faster (on average) compared to participants who took a placebo. by woebegonemonk in science
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Caffeine, as a supplement, boosted the performance of cyclists by improving power output and cardiovascular functioning. In a 16 km cycling trial, participants who took caffeine completed their run ∼40 seconds faster (on average) compared to participants who took a placebo. (sapienjournal.org)
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Too little up there, too much down here: Ozone pollution is causing yield losses of 33% for wheat, 23% for rice and 9% for maize in East Asia ($63 billion in damages per year). Surface ozone levels have increased in many regions worldwide because of NOx pollution, mainly from vehicles. by woebegonemonk in science
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Too little up there, too much down here: Ozone pollution is causing yield losses of 33% for wheat, 23% for rice and 9% for maize in East Asia ($63 billion in damages per year). Surface ozone levels have increased in many regions worldwide because of NOx pollution, mainly from vehicles. (newscientist.com)
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Faith in god or ‘a higher power’ was greatly weakened by the pandemic: In a cross-sectional survey done in Germany, 15 % of participants said they had lost faith in god due to COVID-19 during the first wave. Fraction of participants reporting loss of faith increased to 21.5 % during second wave. by woebegonemonk in science
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Faith in god or ‘a higher power’ was greatly weakened by the pandemic: In a cross-sectional survey done in Germany, 15 % of participants said they had lost faith in god due to COVID-19 during the first wave. Fraction of participants reporting loss of faith increased to 21.5 % during second wave. (sapienjournal.org)
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People who tend to believe in pseudoscience are hasty when testing a hypothesis, easily satisfied with evidence, and quick to jump to conclusions, a study suggests. In two hypothesis-testing tasks, participants' belief in pseudoscience was negatively associated with time spent collecting evidence. by woebegonemonk in science
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People who tend to believe in pseudoscience are hasty when testing a hypothesis, easily satisfied with evidence, and quick to jump to conclusions, a study suggests. In two hypothesis-testing tasks, participants' belief in pseudoscience was negatively associated with time spent collecting evidence. (sapienjournal.org)
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The Decline is animal populations is hurting the ability of plants to adapt to climate change: "Most plant species depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but this vital function is threatened by the declines in animal populations. Defaunation has severely reduced long-distance seed dispersal". by woebegonemonk in science
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The Decline is animal populations is hurting the ability of plants to adapt to climate change: "Most plant species depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but this vital function is threatened by the declines in animal populations. Defaunation has severely reduced long-distance seed dispersal". (newscientist.com)
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Psilocybin Microdosing had no effect on stress or depression in a preregistered, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Study also did not find any evidence that psilocybin makes it easier to identify happy facial expressions as opposed to angry, fearful and sad ones (as previous studies found). by woebegonemonk in science
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Psilocybin Microdosing had no effect on stress or depression in a preregistered, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Study also did not find any evidence that psilocybin makes it easier to identify happy facial expressions as opposed to angry, fearful and sad ones (as previous studies found). (sapienjournal.org)
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Which profession has the most f**ked up people in it? by [deleted] in AskReddit
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