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Featured Psychology

·November 5, 2015·6 min read

How Positive Stimuli Provides Positive Benefits to the Distracted Brain

Researchers have identified how the brain processes and differentiates between negative and positive emotions.

Featured Psychology

·November 4, 2015·4 min read

Green Eyed Monsters: Younger Adults More Envious Than Their Elders

A new study reports younger people are not only more envious that their elders, they are also jealous about more things.

Diagram shows how menopause affects the body.

Featured Psychology

·November 4, 2015·4 min read

Fluctuating Estrogen Increases Sensitivity to Stress and Depression During Menopausal Transition

A new study reports estrogen fluctuations which are common during menopausal transition could enhance emotional sensitivity to psychological stress.

Featured Psychology

·November 3, 2015·3 min read

Being Moody May Help Us Adapt to Change

A new study reports as we learn from experience, we are colored by our moods.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 3, 2015·4 min read

Bach and Chopin Used Human Speech Cues to Convey Emotion in Music

Researchers report Chopin and Bach utilized speech cues to express emotion in their most famous musical compositions.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 1, 2015·4 min read

Can Your Music Listening Habits Give an Insight to Your Mental Health?

Researchers reports men listen to more aggressive music are more likely yo be affected by anxiety.

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Featured Psychology

·October 30, 2015·3 min read

Adolescent Depression and Early Life Stress Linked to Impaired Reward Circuits

A new study reports early life stresses and depression in teens is linked impairments in the brain's reward circuits.

Diagram of the hippocampus in the human brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 29, 2015·3 min read

Differences Between Male and Female Brain Area? Big Data Says Not Really

A new study uses big data to debunk the belief that the hippocampus is larger in women than in men.

Featured Most Popular Psychology

·October 28, 2015·4 min read

Singing To Babies Calms Them Longer Than Talking

If you want to keep an infant calm, sing to it. New research reports infants remained calm twice as long when they listened to a song as they did when they listened to speech.

Image shows how the brain patches activated by the sight of a face.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 28, 2015·5 min read

Study Explores How a Face Comes to Represent a Whole Person in the Brain

A new study reports researchers have identified certain spots dedicated to processing faces in the primate brain prefer faces with bodies.

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Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 27, 2015·3 min read

Social, Emotional and Behavioral Benefits of Oxytocin for Kids with Autism

According to researchers, a five week treatment with synthetic oxytocin improved emotional, social and behavioral behaviors in young children with autism.