FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 4, 2016·5 min readHow the Brain and Body Regulate Response to StressA new study combines neuroimaging and genetic testing to determine vulnerability to PTSD.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 21, 2016·5 min readBrain Scans May Identify Children Vulnerable to Depression Before Symptoms AppearA new study could lead o a screen that identifies children at high risk of developing depression later in life.Read More
FeaturedMost PopularOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 20, 2016·4 min readWhy Your Brain Makes You Slip Up When AnxiousA new study identifies a brain network that makes us stall and stumble when we're anxious.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 20, 2016·4 min readAbility to Learning Second Language May Depend on Strength of Brain ConnectionsResearchers report the strength of certain brain connections may predict success, or failure, at learning a second language.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 18, 2016·4 min readMentally Challenging Activities Key to Healthy Brain AgingOlder people who embark on high challenge activities, such as digital photography or quilting, show enhanced brain activity, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 14, 2016·4 min readHow Our Memories Guide AttentionA new study reports differences in memory types influence the nature of our future encounters.Read More
Featured·January 11, 2016·6 min readMeeting of Minds: Will Computers Ever Truly Understand What We’re Saying?A new study reports our current computer systems will never truly understand what we're saying because they are unable to take into account the context of a conversation.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 7, 2016·5 min readWhat Are The Odds of That? Risky Gambling Choices Influenced by Single Brain ConnectionFindings could help in understanding and developing treatments for gambling addiction, researchers suggest.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 7, 2016·4 min readQuestioning Our Morality: Zoning Out or Deep Thinking?According to researchers, stories that force us to think about our deepest moral values activate a brain region once thought to be on autopilot.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 7, 2016·4 min readEat Less and Be HappySmall, uncertain incentives stimulate the same reward center of the brain as food, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 5, 2016·3 min readRegulate Negative Emotions by Training Your BrainResearchers regulate negative emotions with help of a simple computer training task.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 22, 2015·2 min readWhen Preconception Trumps LogicResearchers report they can reconstruct our mental visualizations when we navigate our way around a maze.Read More
