Today, you’ll learn about why you may want to consider letting yourself daydream, how a sense of humor might protect you from depression and anxiety, and the effects of caffeine on the performance of soccer players.

Daydream Brain

•“What Happens in the Brain While Daydreaming?” by Catherine Caruso. 2023.

•“Is the role of sleep in memory consolidation overrated?” by Mohammad Dastgheib, et al. 2022.

•“Cortical reactivations predict future sensory responses.” by Nghia D. Nguyen, et al. 2023.

•“Why Daydreaming Is Good For Us.” by David B. Feldman Ph.D. 2017.

Power of a Laugh

•“Your type of humor might say something about your risk of depression and anxiety.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2023.

•“Understanding the Association Between Humor and Emotional Distress: The Role of Light and Dark Humor in Predicting Depression, Anxiety, and Stress.” by Alberto Dionigi, et al. 2023.

Caffeine & Soccer

•“Caffeine highs and lows footballers should be aware of.” n.a. 2023.

•“The effects of acute caffeine ingestion on decision-making and pass accuracy in young soccer players: A preliminary randomized controlled trial.” by Negar Jafari, et al. 2023.

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Today, you’ll learn about how babies pick up language before they’re even born, an AI that takes on the busy work for doctors, and new insight into how humans collaborate.

Baby Language

•“Babies’ Brains Are Primed For Their Native Language Before Birth.” by Nyla Husain. 2023.

•“Prenatal experience with language shapes the brain.” by Benedetta Mariani. 2023.

•“The What and When of Universal Perception: A Review of Early Speech Sound Acquisition.” by Katerina Chladkova & Nikola Paillereau. 2020.

AI Medicine

•“Medical AI tool from UF, NVIDIA gets human thumbs-up in first study.” by Jim W. Harper. 2023.

•“AI Training AI: GatorTronGPT at the Forefront of University of Florida’s Medical AI Innovations.” by Mona Flores. 2023.

•“A study of generative large language model for medical research and healthcare.” by Cheng Peng, et al. 2023.

•“Physicians, paperwork, and paying attention to patients.” by Dr. Monique Tello. 2016.

Human Collaboration

•“How we play together.” n.a. 2023.

•“The evolution of human cooperation.” Coren L. Apicella & Joan B. Silk. 2019.

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oday, you’ll learn about a new test that can show how well each of your organs are aging, some interesting links between comfort food and stress, and a surprising finding about certain snails.

Organ Age

•“Are your organs ageing well? The blood holds clues.” by Max Kozlov. 2023.

•“Blood test shows if organs are ageing fast or slowly.” by Michelle Roberts. 2023.

Comfort Food

•“Comfort eating can impair body’s recovery from stress, study shows..” by Rachel Hall. 2023.

•“Stress and Eating Behaviors.” by Yvonne H. C. Yau & Marc N. Potenza. 2013.

•“Fatty foods can impair the body’s response to everyday stress - study.” by Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten. 2023.

Speedy Snails

•“Japanese snail adaptation and speciation in anti-predation escape behavior.” by Yuta Morii. 2023.

•“The divergence of mobility and activity associated with anti-predator adaptation in land snails.” by Yuta Morii, et al. 2023.

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