Mon.Feb 13, 2023

article thumbnail

Frontiers ebook releases: February 2023

Frontiers

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including the special issues on innovation in STEAM education , a showcase of neuroscientific perspectives in sports psychology , the effect of bioactive compounds on neurodegenerative disease phenotypes , the ability of robots to perform tasks that require interaction with their external environment, nature-based solutions for climate risk management and many more!

article thumbnail

Conversations on Social Work Careers: It Takes a Village/Breaking Barriers as a Social Worker of Color

The New Social Worker

Jennifer Luna talks with five Black women in social work - Chaundra Scott, Nicole Crawford Sumerall, Sarita Ford, Serretta-Brooke Gordon, and Brittany White. Themes include self-care, boundaries, advocacy, professional development, and more.

88
article thumbnail

Cocaine addiction makes the brain age faster, suggests study

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer A new study finds evidence from the DNA methylome that the biological age – different from the chronological age – of cells in Brodmann Area 9 of the prefrontal cortex might be greater in people with cocaine use disorder. This suggests that cocaine abuse makes these cells age faster according to the ‘epigenetic clock’.