‘Psychology’ Neuroscience Articles
Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain
Our baseline level of distrust is distinct and separable from our inborn lie detector. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found that suspicion resides in two distinct [Read More]
Let There Be Light: It’s Good for Our Brains
EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening. Tests conducted in EPFL’s Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO) have confirmed the [Read More]
Maternal Antibodies to Gluten Linked to Schizophrenia Risk in Children
Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk for certain psychiatric disorders later in life, according to research by scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. The team’s findings, [Read More]
Psychopathy Linked to Specific Structural Abnormalities in the Brain
New research provides the strongest evidence to date that psychopathy is linked to specific structural abnormalities in the brain. The study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry and led by researchers at King’s College London is the first to confirm that [Read More]
Blood Pressure Drugs Linked with Lower PTSD Symptoms
Traumatized people who take a class of common blood pressure medications tend to have less severe post-traumatic stress symptoms, researchers have found. The finding suggests that ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors or ARBs (angiotensin receptor blockers) could [Read More]
Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief: UBC Psych Study
A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers. The study, which will appear in tomorrow’s issue of Science, finds that thinking analytically increases disbelief among believers and skeptics [Read More]
Researchers Show How Social Interaction and Teamwork Lead to Human Intelligence
Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation and teamwork, shedding new light on the origins of what it means to be human. The study appears online in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B [Read More]
Researcher Says Distinct God Spot in the Brain Does Not Exist
Study shows religious participation and spirituality processed in different cerebral regions. Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have [Read More]
Excessive Worrying May Have Co-evolved with Intelligence
What is usually seen as pathology may aid survival of the species. Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of [Read More]
New MRI Technique May Predict Progress of Dementias
Computer Modeling Supports Theory That Many Dementias Spread Like Prion Diseases. A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the rate of progression and physical path of many degenerative brain [Read More]
