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These research articles involve many aspects of psychology such as cognitive psychology, depression studies, mental health, stress, happiness and neuropsychology, Scroll below for more specific categories.

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What Are The Odds of That? Risky Gambling Choices Influenced by Single Brain Connection

Findings could help in understanding and developing treatments for gambling addiction, researchers suggest.

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Happiness Linked to Valuing Personal Time Over Money

Those who value their personal time over the pursuit of money tend to be much happier, a new study reports.

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Questioning Our Morality: Zoning Out or Deep Thinking?

According to researchers, stories that force us to think about our deepest moral values activate a brain region once thought to be on autopilot.

Eat Less and Be Happy

Small, uncertain incentives stimulate the same reward center of the brain as food, researchers report.

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Wage Gap Could Explain Why Women Are More Likely To Be Anxious and Depressed Than Men

A new study reports an increase in diagnosis for GAD and depression in women who earned less than their male counterparts, with whom they were matched on education level and job experience.

Lucid Dreaming May Help Us Unravel the Mysteries of Consciousness

Researchers explore how the ability to control dreams may be a key to helping us better understand consciousness.

Low Oxygen Levels Soon After Birth May Raise Learning and Behavioral Disorder Risks

Chronic hypoxia can induce an inflammatory response with concomitant demyelination that can lead to future behavioral deficits, a new study reports.

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Is Your Toddler Ready to Read?

Researchers identify which young children could benefit most from additional attention when it comes to learning how to read.

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Loss of Hippocampal Cells Linked to Schizophrenia

A new study reports social memory deficits in schizophrenia may be a result of a decreased number of inhibitory neurons in the CA2 region of the hippocampus.