FeaturedPsychology·April 10, 2014·2 min readResearchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric DisordersA new study reports newborns, whose mothers were exposed to a variety of environmental stressors while pregnant, could be susceptible to psychiatric disorders later in life.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 3, 2014·1 min readDopamine and HippocampusResearchers demonstrate the role dopamine plays in the hippocampus.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 2, 2014·4 min readNoisy Brain SignalsVisual perception errors in those with schizophrenia are consistent with corollary discharge, a new study reports.Read More
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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 14, 2014·3 min readContagious Yawning May Not Be Linked to EmpathyA new study reports contagious yawning may decrease with age and is not strongly related to tiredness or empathy.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 14, 2014·5 min readSome Patients with Schizophrenia Have Impaired Ability to Imitate According to StudyResearchers report patients with schizophrenia exhibit abnormal brain activity in areas associated with the ability to imitate.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 13, 2014·3 min readHuman Brain Hard Wired to Link What We See with What We DoResearchers find evidence of a specialized mechanism for spatial self-awareness that combines visual cues with body motion.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 8, 2014·5 min readEver So Slight Delay Improves Decision Making AccuracyResearchers discover decision making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a fraction of a second.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 27, 2014·3 min readResearchers Find Inherited Pathway of Risk for SchizophreniaA new study reports abnormalities in oligodendrocytes seen in schizophrenia are partly determined by genes and not environmental factors alone.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 27, 2014·4 min readFruit Fly’s Pruning Protein Could Be Key to Treating Brain InjuryA new study reports a protein which controls metamorphosis in Drosophila could play a role in reversing brain injuries.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 26, 2014·5 min readStudy Ties Father’s Age at Childbearing to Higher Rates of Psychiatric, Academic Problems in KidsA new study reports a father's advancing age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychological and academic problems for the offspring.Read More
AutismFeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 24, 2014·3 min readNew Study Settles How Social Understanding is Performed by the BrainNew research settles how the brain makes sense of actions it witnesses others performing in daily life.Read More
