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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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Oxytocin Promotes Social Behavior in Infant Rhesus Monkeys

According to a new study, oxytocin appears to increase social behaviors in newborn rhesus monkeys.

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Brain Size Matters When it Comes to Animal Self Control

Animals with the largest brain volume showed superior cognitive abilities, a new study reports.

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Study Finds Brain Training Overcomes Tics in Tourette Syndrome

Researchers report children with Tourette syndrome may unconsciously train their brains more effectively to manage their tics.

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Scientists Discover Brain’s Anti Distraction System

Researchers reveal our brains rely on an active suppression mechanism to avoid distraction.

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A Biological Engine for Human Language

Researchers suggest the human brain forms languages based on an innate set of linguistic rules.

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Jump Starting Natural Resilience Reverses Stress Susceptibility

Researchers trace a vulnerability in depression like behaviors in mice to out of balance activity in neurons.

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New Finding Suggests a Way to Block Stress Damage

The gene REDD1 enables stress to damage neurons and cause depressive behavior, a new study reports.

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Long Term Study Supports Detrimental Effects of Television Viewing on Sleep in Young Children

Researchers find a small but consistent association between increased television viewing and shorter sleep duration in children.

Protein Researchers Closing in on the Mystery of Schizophrenia

In an attempt to understand what happens in the brain of schizophrenics, researchers analysed proteins in the brains of rats who had been given the hallucinogen PCP.

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Kids’ Earliest Memories Might Be Earlier than They Think

The earliest childhood memories may develop earlier than previously thought, a new study suggests.

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Researchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric Disorders

A new study reports newborns, whose mothers were exposed to a variety of environmental stressors while pregnant, could be susceptible to psychiatric disorders later in life.