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Image shows a brain scan from a person with alcohol dependencies.

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·December 21, 2015·3 min read

Your Brain on Booze: Why Alcohol Makes the Brain Feel Good and Bad

Researchers explain what happens to our brain when we have an alcoholic drink.

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·December 21, 2015·3 min read

Wired for Gaming: Brain Differences in Compulsive Gamers

A new study reports chronic video game playing is associated with hyperconnectivity between a number of brain networks, and reveals why these brain changes could be both beneficial and harmful.

Image shows the location of the prefrontal cortex in the brain.

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·December 18, 2015·4 min read

Neuroimaging Technology Offers New Approach to Studying Parkinsonian Syndromes

New technology is allowing researchers to better understand the role of the prefrontal cortex in movement and standing.

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·December 18, 2015·3 min read

Development of Psychosis Linked to Heightened Blood Flow in the Brain

Researchers identify a key mechanism in the brain that appears to be associated with the development and onset of psychosis.

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·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

Manipulating Consciousness

Researchers have successfully altered firing rates of neurons in the central thalamus to change conscious states in rats.

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·December 17, 2015·5 min read

Music in the Brain

Researchers have identified a neural population in the auditory cortex that responds selectively to sounds categorized as music.

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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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·December 11, 2015·3 min read

Treatment Alters Brain Activity in People With Borderline Personality Disorder

A new study reports specialized psychotherapy treatments can alter activation patterns in certain areas of the brain associated with cognitive control and emotional reactivity.