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The psychology behind the well-being benefits of libraries
New York Public Library

Researchers from the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the Positive Psychology Center helped the New York Public Library analyze results of a patron survey on the well-being benefits of libraries.

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The psychology behind the well-being benefits of libraries

Penn’s Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the Positive Psychology Center helped the New York Public Library contextualize results of a patron survey on well-being.
Inflammation proteins in saliva mark progression of gum disease
A person checking their gum health and teeth in a mirror.

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Inflammation proteins in saliva mark progression of gum disease

A new study from Penn Dental Medicine demonstrates the potential usefulness of saliva tests for tracking periodontitis.

From Penn Dental Medicine

1 min. read

Your brain on beauty
Judith Schaechter and Anjan Chatterjee looking at her stained glass installation.

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Your brain on beauty

At the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, researchers explore what exactly the brain is doing when it experiences art, and what artists are doing when they create art out of their experiences.

S.I. Rosenbaum for Penn Medicine Magazine

Researchers to advance imaging of Parkinson’s diseases
A researcher looking at brain scans on a computer in a lab.

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Researchers to advance imaging of Parkinson’s diseases

A Penn-led collaboration of radiology, computational chemistry, and neurology experts will identify and test new tracers for PET scans to help diagnose and monitor diseases.

Kelsey Geesler

How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election
People with a large compter screen and oversized magnifying glasses searching for something online.

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How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election

Annenberg School for Communications’ Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network.

Hailey Reissman