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·September 7, 2018·3 min read

The Evolution of Psychiatric Disorders and Personality Traits

Researchers 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.

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·July 20, 2018·4 min read

Ultrasound Could Help Improve Dementia Symptoms

Researchers report applying ultrasound to the whole brain improves cognitive dysfunction in mouse models of dementia. A clinical trial is currently underway to test the effectiveness in humans with the neurodegenerative disease.

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·May 10, 2018·2 min read

Eyes in the Back of the Head

Researchers utilize a visual search experiment to demonstrate the human visual system has the ability to perceive objects beyond the limits of our visual field.

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·September 5, 2017·3 min read

Contagious Yawning More Closely Associated With Perceptual Sensitivity Than Empathy

Perceptual ability is more closely related to contagious yawning than empathy, researchers find.

Image shows a diagram of how the gentic risk could affect the behavior of the next generation of mice.

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·December 9, 2016·3 min read

Link Between Paternal Aging, Autism and ADHD

A new study examines the role paternal aging may play in the development of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring with an inherited genetic mutation of Pax6.

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·November 14, 2016·2 min read

How Visual Attention Selects Important Information

A new study reveals multiple functions of visual attention.

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·November 9, 2016·3 min read

Is 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.