FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 7, 2018·3 min readThe Evolution of Psychiatric Disorders and Personality TraitsResearchers have identified a gene that has evolved through natural selection and is implicated in psychiatric disorders and personality traits. The study suggests natural selection has helped shaped our psychiatric traits and helped to maintain human diversity.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·May 10, 2018·2 min readEyes in the Back of the HeadResearchers utilize a visual search experiment to demonstrate the human visual system has the ability to perceive objects beyond the limits of our visual field.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 5, 2017·3 min readContagious Yawning More Closely Associated With Perceptual Sensitivity Than EmpathyPerceptual ability is more closely related to contagious yawning than empathy, researchers find.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 9, 2016·3 min readLink Between Paternal Aging, Autism and ADHDA new study examines the role paternal aging may play in the development of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring with an inherited genetic mutation of Pax6.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2016·2 min readHow Visual Attention Selects Important InformationA new study reveals multiple functions of visual attention.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 9, 2016·3 min readIs Alzheimer’s Disease a Diabetic Disorder of the Brain?Researchers have discovered a possible new treatment for Alzheimer's disease after noticing the way in which insulin signaling works in the brains and pancreas of diabetic patients.Read More
