Abnormalities Found in ‘Insight’ Areas of the Brain in AnorexiaAccording to researchers, people with anorexia nervosa scored lowest on a test measuring their ability to form insight.Read More
Language Shapes Infant Cognition, Even Before They Can TalkAccording to researchers, even before they can talk, infants are able to form object categories and make predictions about the object's behavior.Read More
A Fast Acting Drug for OCDA new study provides a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind OCD and suggests the disorder could be treated by a class of drugs that has been investigated in clinical trails.Read More
Why Scientists are Calling for Experiments on EcstasyResearchers call for a rigorous scientific exploration of MDMA's effects to identify precisely how the drug works, the data from which could be used to develop therapeutic compounds.Read More
Specialized Neurons in Brain Area Associated with Emotional Memory Play Role in FearAccording to a new study, fear memory encoding is influences by parvalbumin interneurons in the amygdala.Read More
Immune System Affects and Controls Social BehaviorResearchers report the immune system directly affects, and maybe even controls, a creature's social behaviors and desire to interact with others.Read More
Why We Like The Music We DoAccording to a new study, musical tastes are cultural in origin and not hardwired in the brain.Read More
New Antidepressant Target Discovered: Mouse StudyA new study reveals decreasing a specific set of proteins reduces depression in mice.Read More
“Tuned In” To Emotional TeensAccording to researchers, a new program helps teens to build emotional awareness with the help of music.Read More
Suicide Rate is 22 Percent Higher in People with Epilepsy Than the General PopulationAccording to a new study released by the CDC, suicide rates among people with epilepsy are 22 percent higher than in the general population.Read More
Change Your Perception of Your Body Size in Two MinutesA new study reports on how the perceptual mechanisms in a person’s brain adapt in response to images of one’s own or other people’s bodies that have been manipulated to look thinner or fatter than they really are.Read More
Bipolar Disorder Linked to Unexpected Region of BrainAccording to researchers, genes within the striatum could be deeply involved in bipolar disorder.Read More