Long-term, continuous marriage from mid-life to old age is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia.
The Mini2P microscope can be used to record brain activity in live, freely moving mice.
When teaching a child to read, giving them challenges individually adapted to their levels is most effective.
Younger children in a class are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their older peers. The younger children have an 80% higher risk of being prescribed medications to control ADHD.
Three factors have been identified that help keep your brain at its best.
Maintaining a growth mindset and belief in yourself as you age helps you succeed at skills you wish to master.
Negative metacognitions and rumination can exacerbate symptoms of depression, researchers say.
For those who are considered the "best of the best" in their professional field, passion for what they do is key to their success.
A new miniature brain microscope, dubbed Mini2P, allows researchers to study neural network activity at high resolution in animals behaving naturally.
Combining virtual reality with neuroimaging, researchers identify how the brain perceives and remembers a novel place or landscape.
The habenula relays external information, such as sight and smell, along with internal states associated with emotion and learning to brain regions that govern adaptive behaviors.
Hyperactivity of the dopamine system may explain the prevalent traits and conditions associated with ASD more commonly found in males.
