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Researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists’ understanding of how memory works and ideally aid in detection, prevention, and treatment of memory disorders.

Taking antidepressants for depression, having post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety diagnosed by a doctor are risk factors for a disruptive and sometimes violent sleep disorder called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder. The study also…

Fathers as well as mothers can experience post-natal depression — and it is linked to emotional problems for their teenage daughters, new research has found.

According to a recent study, an individual’s level of physical activity changes after a divorce. Interestingly, this change is different for men and women.

Researchers applied a machine learning technique that could potentially translate patterns of activity in fear-processing brain regions into scores on questionnaires used to assess a patient’s fear of pain. This neuroscientific approach may help reconc…

The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and brain anatomy is mostly stable from childhood to early adulthood, according to a longitudinal neuroimaging study of more than 600 healthy young people. This finding suggests interventions designed…

In this month’s letter, Managing Editor Honor talks about the importance of stepping back to appreciate the smaller things in life.

For certain tasks, one side of the brain will dominate the other. Although this is well known, exactly how one side takes control has been a mystery.

We are exposed to the facial expressions of the people. But do we interpret them correctly? And do we trust our own judgment? This trust is essential for avoiding potentially dangerous situations. Researchers have been testing how confident we feel whe…

The neurological disorder Huntington’s disease causes behavioral and motor changes, which among other things are a result of dysfunctional maturation or formation of glial cells, the brain’s support cells, researchers demonstrate in a new study based o…