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Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as critical factors in a child’s psychosocial development. However, few studies have explored the combined impact of postpartum maternal depression and early bonding ex…

Researchers have discovered how inferred emotions are learned. The study shows that the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala — a brain region important for simple forms of emotional learning — to make this higher-order emotional ab…

Being appreciated by colleagues can help employees cope with negative experiences at work, according to a new study. Researchers found that employees experience ‘embitterment’ — an emotional response to perceived workplace injustice — on days when th…

Researchers identified two brain networks involved in word retrieval — the cognitive process of accessing words we need to speak. A semantic network processes meaning in middle/inferior frontal gyri, while an articulatory network in inferior frontal/p…

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior of our neurons and cognitive processes. Recently, re…

People with multiple long-term physical health conditions are at a significantly greater risk of developing depression, a study shows.

Cancer treatment with a cell-based immunotherapy causes mild cognitive impairment, a Stanford Medicine team found. They also identified compounds that could treat it.

A team of researchers has identified distinct mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Drawing parallels with human psychology, the study provides compelling evidence that wild chimpanzee infants, like human childr…

Providing hearing aids and advice on their use may preserve social connections that often wane as we age, a new study shows. Its authors say that this approach could help ease the loneliness epidemic that older Americans face.

A new study finds that an easily measurable brain wave shift of phase may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under general anesthesia.