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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 5, 2023·5 min read

Abnormal Brain Folding a Biomarker for Major Depressive Disorder

Researchers discovered a biomarker for major depressive disorder (MDD) in the brain's outer layer folds, or gyri. The investigation, first of its kind, associates MDD with the local gyrification index (LGI), a measure of cortical folding derived from brain scans.

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Featured Neurology Psychology

·October 7, 2015·2 min read

Benzodiazepines May Increase Dementia Risk

A new study reports benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax significantly increase the risk for developing dementia in elderly people who have taken the medications for three months or more.

Featured Psychology

·March 11, 2011·6 min read

Live Longer and Prosper by Doing the Opposite of What You’ve Heard: Maybe Read this First

The claim that stress can shorten your life isn’t necessarily true, according to researchers at UC Riverside. Undertaking a twenty...

The badly adapted image is credited to neuroscience news and shows a woman meditating under a clock moon...the clock, we adapted.

Featured Psychology

·June 21, 2013·2 min read

Time Perception Altered by Mindfulness Meditation

Research suggests mindful meditation has the ability to temporarily alter time perception.