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A study exploring the mechanisms behind why cognitive performance improves in response to exercise, has found that dopamine plays a key role.

Neuroscientists have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play a violent video game repeatedly over the course of an experiment lasting several weeks. Before an…

New research for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications for conditions ranging from multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer’s disease, to a type of brain c…

Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to multiple traumatic events. This is shown by a meta-study by an international research team.

A new study has found that stress, through its propensity to drive up inflammation in the body, is linked to metabolic syndrome — leading researchers to suggest that cheap and relatively easy stress-management techniques may be one way to help improve…

The brain produces more of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine when we’re longing for or hanging out with our partner, new research suggests. But when we break up, their unique ‘chemical imprint’ fades away. The study centers around prairie voles, w…

Whether picking up a small object like a pen or coordinating different body parts, the cerebellum in the brain performs essential functions for controlling our movement. Researchers investigated how a crucial set of synapses between neurons within it f…

Our body movements profoundly impact how our brain processes sensory information. Historically, it was believed that the brain’s primary motor cortex played a key role in modulating sensory experiences during movement. However, a new study has challeng…

Rapid-acting antidepressants, including ketamine, scopolamine and psilocybin, have been found to have immediate and lasting positive effects on mood in patients with major depressive disorder but how these effects arise is unknown. New research has exp…

Research reveals that adults with PTSD have a 2% smaller cerebellum than people without the disorder. The finding expands understanding of the cerebellum’s role in the brain beyond balance and movement to include emotion and cognition and also suggests…