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Standardizing provider assessments to aid veterans at risk of suicide
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Standardizing provider assessments to aid veterans at risk of suicide

A Penn Medicine study of nearly 39,000 health records is the first to examine access to firearms and opioids, and completion of related interventions, among veterans at risk for suicide receiving care at the VA.

Eric Horvath

When does waiting stop being worth it?
Rendering of a human brain and arrows coming out of it as thought it’s making a decision.

New research from Penn psychologist Joe Kable looks at individuals with damage to different parts of the prefrontal cortex to reveal how the brain evaluates uncertainty and guides split-second decisions.

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When does waiting stop being worth it?

Psychologist Joe Kable examined how lesions in specific parts of the prefrontal cortex reveal the brain’s strategies for managing delayed gratification.