FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·April 29, 2014·4 min readResearch Sees Overlap in Altered Genes Found in Schizophrenia, Autism and Intellectual DisabilityMalfunctions in some of the same genes contribute to the pathology or some cases of schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 11, 2014·4 min readProtein Researchers Closing in on the Mystery of SchizophreniaIn an attempt to understand what happens in the brain of schizophrenics, researchers analysed proteins in the brains of rats who had been given the hallucinogen PCP.Read More
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
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedPsychology·April 1, 2014·4 min readExperimental Cancer Drug Reverses Schizophrenia in Adolescent MiceResearchers discover an experimental anti cancer compound appears to reverse behaviors associated with schizophrenia in mouse models.Read More
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
