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New research shows early caffeine treatment of premature babies born less than 29 weeks’ gestation has no long-term negative effects on brain development.

A study examines what happens in children’s brains when they anticipate a touch to the hand, and relates this brain activity to the executive functions the child demonstrates on other mental tasks.

A new study finds that higher levels of alpha brain waves in a specific brain area enable us to think of unexpected associations that signal creativity.

Research investigating how the brain responds to visual patterns in people with autism has shown that sensory responses change between childhood and adulthood.

New ‘classification models’ sense how well humans trust intelligent machines they collaborate with, a step toward improving the quality of interactions and teamwork.

According to some estimates, up to one in three people around the world may experience severe anxiety in their lifetime. Researchers have now revealed a previously unknown mechanism underlying anxiety. Targeting this biochemical pathway may help develo…

Traumatic experiences can become deeply entrenched in a person’s memory. How can fears following a traumatic event be reduced in the long term and prevented from becoming a permanent stress-related disorder? Researchers have recently shed new light on …

Being able to voluntarily regulate our attention is crucial for mental processes such as intelligence and learning in children. With this in mind, researchers have carried out a study in which they evaluated the influence of a computer-based attention-…

Researchers have discovered a link between meditation and how individuals respond to feedback.

Music is known to evoke emotions through a range of mechanisms. A new study gives insights into the way positive emotional reactions can be triggered by music and pictures.