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
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 17, 2015·6 min readBrain Development Altered by Early Childhood DepressionResearchers discover the brains of children who suffered clinical depression as preschoolers had thinner gray matter in areas of the brain associated with emotional processing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 17, 2015·4 min readManipulating ConsciousnessResearchers have successfully altered firing rates of neurons in the central thalamus to change conscious states in rats.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·December 17, 2015·5 min readMusic in the BrainResearchers have identified a neural population in the auditory cortex that responds selectively to sounds categorized as music.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 17, 2015·4 min readBah Humbug: Christmas Spirit Located in the BrainResearchers use neuroimaging techniques to find 'Christmas spirit' in the brain.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 11, 2015·3 min readTreatment Alters Brain Activity in People With Borderline Personality DisorderA new study reports specialized psychotherapy treatments can alter activation patterns in certain areas of the brain associated with cognitive control and emotional reactivity.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 10, 2015·2 min readTrippy Networks: How LSD Changes ConsciousnessA new study reports LSD reduces connectivity in brain networks and interferes with patterns of activation which underlie thought and behavior.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 8, 2015·5 min readEmotions Compromised By Lack of SleepResearchers report a lack of sleep can have a negative impact on emotions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 7, 2015·5 min readWhich Way Now? Men Have Better Sense of Direction Than WomenA drop of testosterone under the tongue allowed women to better orient themselves in navigational tests, a new study reports.Read More
