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1. Visual Learners Convert Words To Pictures In The Brain And Vice Versa, Says Penn Psychology Study (Medical News Today)
   A University of Pennsylvania psychology study, using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan the brain, reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to verbal learners, have a tendency to convert linguistically presented information into a visual mental representation.
2. Understanding Mental Illness Through Gene-Environment Interactions (Medical News Today)
   Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, is very pleased to present a special section of its February 1st issue devoted to fundamental new insights into epigenetics, a field of research devoted to understanding how the environment can produce long-lasting or even heritable changes in gene function without altering the DNA sequence.
3. Compassion Fatigue: Impact On Healthcare Providers Of Caring For The Terminally Ill (Medical News Today)
   Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according to analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute researchers published in the March issue of the Journal of Health Psychology.
4. Task Force Recommends Screening Adolescents For Clinical Depression, USA (Medical News Today)
   The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends screening adolescents for clinical depression only when appropriate systems are in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care. This applies to all adolescents 12 to 18 years of age.
5. Psychology And The Recession, UK (Medical News Today)
   The past 18 months have seen a spectacular reversal of economic fortunes in much of the developed world, particularly in the UK. Current research into the psychological impact of the recession and how psychology could help revive the economy presented yesterday at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Brighton.