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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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Reward Response May Demonstrate Why Quitting Smoking Is Harder for Some

Researchers identify an aspect of brain activity that helps to predict the effectiveness of a reward-based strategy as motivation to quit smoking.

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When Good People Do Bad Things

New research finds being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal morality.

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From Contemporary Syntax to Human Language’s Deep Origins

New research amplifies hypothesis that human language builds on birdsong and speech forms of other primates.

Researchers Identify Regulation Process of Protein Linked to Bipolar Disorder

Researchers provide new insight into a protein associated with bipolar disorder.

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Inside the Adult ADHD Brain

Researchers find key differences in a brain communication network between adults who had recovered from childhood ADHD, and adults that had not.

New Evidence Links Air Pollution to Autism and Schizophrenia

Researchers describe how early life exposure to air pollution produces significant brain changes, including enlargement of the part of the brain seen in humans with autism and schizophrenia.

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Brain Circuit Problem Likely Sets Stage for The Voices That Are Symptom of Schizophrenia

Researchers report a disruption in a brain circuit could contribute to the auditory hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.

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Regulating Brain Activity to Improve Attention

Researchers discover balanced activity in the prefrontal cortex is essential for attention.

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Creatures of Habit

A new study reports people affected by substance abuse, eating disorders and OCD share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure.

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Uncovering Clues to the Genetic Cause of Schizophrenia

Researchers suggest the overall number and nature of genetics mutations, rather than any single mutation, influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia.