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Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus — a region of the brain tied to memory and learning.

Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear. Researchers have now outlined several crucial neural processes revealing that our br…

Researchers studied 43 brain disorders and strongly affirmed a theory called the ‘network degeneration hypothesis.’ This theory holds that disease-related structural damage invades functional networks used in human behavior and often repeats in ‘co-alt…

Despite perceptions that entrepreneurs should always be positive about their ventures, a study found that entrepreneurs whose facial expressions moved through a mix of happiness, anger and fear during funding pitches were more successful. Researchers a…

Researchers have created a new, open-access tool that allows doctors and scientists to evaluate infant brain health by assessing the concentration of various chemical markers, called metabolites, in the brain. The tool compiled data from 140 infants to…

Adverse environmental exposures during pregnancy — including those that occur before pregnancy is recognized — have a sizable effect on risk for psychiatric symptoms in childhood. Researchers are working to discover, develop and implement early life …

Psychedelic drugs have shown promise for treating neuropsychiatric disorders like depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. However, due to their hallucinatory side effects, some researchers are trying to identify drugs that could offer the benefit…

Childhood exposure to air pollution, such as nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter, is a risk factor for mental illness at age 18. It is less of a factor than family history, but equal to lead, according to a new study. The finding comes from a c…

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by slowness of movement and tremors, which often appear asymmetrically in patients. The new model of PD may explain these perplexing asymmetrical motor symptoms and other known variations such as different degr…

Researchers have discovered an explanation for why cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) — clusters of dilated blood vessels in the brain — can suddenly grow to cause seizures or stroke. Specifically, they found that a specific, acquired mutation i…