Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In a new Northwestern Medicine study, scientists sought to better understand how humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking about what’s happening in other peoples’ minds. The findings could have implications for one day treating psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression.

Read the full story: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/11/overthinking-what-you-said-its-your-lizard-brain-talking-to-newer-advanced-parts-of-your-brain/?fj=1
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