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·January 11, 2016·4 min read

Sound Happier, Feel Happier: The Way You Sound Affects Your Mood

A new study reports the tone of your voice can affect your emotional state.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 10, 2016·3 min read

Reading Emotions On Screen

A new study reports on how movie makers rely on psychological principles about how much a human can comprehend and absorb.

Image shows inhibitory neurons in the CA2 region of the hippocampus.

Electrophysiology Featured Psychology

·January 6, 2016·4 min read

Loss of Hippocampal Cells Linked to Schizophrenia

A new study reports social memory deficits in schizophrenia may be a result of a decreased number of inhibitory neurons in the CA2 region of the hippocampus.

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Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 5, 2016·3 min read

Brain Connectivity Changes Can Protect Against Bipolar Disorder

A new study reports naturally occurring changes in brain connectivity can help people with a high genetic risk for bipolar disorder to avert the onset of the disease.

Brain scan with the amygdala highlighted in red.

Featured Psychology

·January 5, 2016·3 min read

Regulate Negative Emotions by Training Your Brain

Researchers regulate negative emotions with help of a simple computer training task.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 4, 2016·4 min read

Happy and Sad Music Evoke Different Neural Patterns

According to a new study, the workings of neural circuits associated with creativity are significantly altered when artists are actively attempting to express emotion.

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Autism Featured

·December 31, 2015·2 min read

Reading Facial Expressions for Autism Symptoms

A new app may be able to screen for autism by reading a child's facial expressions for emotional cues.

This is a sepia photo of a girl looking anxious. The photo looks as though it is cracking.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·December 29, 2015·3 min read

In A Crisis, Being Anxious May Be Good For You

According to researchers, anxious people process threat in a different region of the brain than those who are more laid back.

Image shows the researchers looking at brain scans.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·December 17, 2015·6 min read

Brain Development Altered by Early Childhood Depression

Researchers discover the brains of children who suffered clinical depression as preschoolers had thinner gray matter in areas of the brain associated with emotional processing.

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·December 17, 2015·4 min read

Bah Humbug: Christmas Spirit Located in the Brain

Researchers use neuroimaging techniques to find 'Christmas spirit' in the brain.

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Featured Psychology

·December 14, 2015·4 min read

Lending a Helping Hand to Others Dampens Effects of Everyday Stress

Helping others boost mood and daily well-being, a new study reports.

Featured Psychology

·December 11, 2015·4 min read

Exposure to Violence in Juarez Affects Mental Health of Children

Researchers report children who lived in Juarez, Mexico at the height of its drug violence problems in 2010 have higher levels of behavioral and emotional problems.