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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·May 10, 2016·4 min read

          Withdrawn Children Display Predictable Brain Activity During Social Interactions

          Researchers believe their findings could help to prevent at-risk children from developing anxiety disorders.
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          FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·February 4, 2016·5 min read

          How the Brain and Body Regulate Response to Stress

          A new study combines neuroimaging and genetic testing to determine vulnerability to PTSD.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience
          ·January 27, 2016·4 min read

          Brain Structure Implicated in Depression May Be Inherited From Mother to Daughter

          Researchers discover the structure of a brain area associated with emotional regulation is more likely to be passed down from mothers to daughters.
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          Featured
          ·January 11, 2016·6 min read

          Meeting of Minds: Will Computers Ever Truly Understand What We’re Saying?

          A new study reports our current computer systems will never truly understand what we're saying because they are unable to take into account the context of a conversation.
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          FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·November 20, 2015·4 min read

          Reward Circuits Weakened by Inflammation in Depression

          Researchers find high level of inflammation markers in the blood of people with depression. The research indicates persistent inflammation affects brain areas associated with the more stubborn symptoms of depression.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 23, 2015·4 min read

          Central Gatekeeping System Implicated in Tinnitus and Chronic Pain Identified

          Researchers identify a central gatekeeping system they believe is implicated in both chronic pain and tinnitus.
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          FeaturedGeneticsPsychology
          ·June 16, 2015·2 min read

          Genetic Variation Associated With Emotionally Enhanced Vividness Identified

          Researchers discover people with the ADRA2b deletion variant have more vivid perceptions of emotional events.
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          AutismFeatured
          ·March 20, 2015·4 min read

          Autistic and Non-Autistic Brain Differences Isolated for First Time

          Neuroimaging study isolates functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains, researchers report.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·March 5, 2015·2 min read

          Brain Structure Varies Depending on How Trusting People Are of Others

          A new neuroimaging study shows differences in brain structure according to how trusting people are of others.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·October 20, 2014·2 min read

          Why Your Brain Makes You Reach for Junk Food

          Researchers explore the relationship between food buying habits and our neurobiology.
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          FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·September 24, 2013·3 min read

          A Neurological Basis for the Lack of Empathy in Psychopaths

          Atypical activation and negative functional connectivity between the insula and ventromedial prefrontal cortex could explain why psychopaths lack empathy.
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          ·August 17, 2012·4 min read

          Why Are Elderly Duped?

          Researchers report they’ve pinpointed the precise location in the human brain, called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, that controls belief and doubt, and which explains why some of us are more gullible than others.
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