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Brain scans could distinguish bipolar from depression

New research has found that neurons deep inside the brain could hold the key to accurately diagnosing bipolar disorder and depression.

Your mental health app’s diagnosis could be way off

According to new research, mental health apps commonly overdiagnose their users. The team conducted a content analysis of 61 mental health apps.

Now we can see brain cells ‘talk’ and that will shed light on neurological diseases

Scientists have developed a way to see brain cells talk — to actually see neurons communicate in bright, vivid color. The new lab technique is set to provide long-needed answers about the brain and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, sc…

How the brain creates the subjective experience of time

How does the human brain encode episodic memories? How does it form the subjective experience of time? New research attempts to answer these questions.

Vicious circle leads to loss of brain cells in old age

The CB1 receptor is responsible for the intoxicating effect of cannabis. However, it appears to act also as a kind of ‘sensor’ with which neurons measure and control the activity of certain immune cells in the brain. A recent study at least points in t…

Bodily sensations give rise to conscious feelings

A research group has mapped the organization of human conscious feelings and found them to cluster into five major categories: positive emotions, negative emotions, cognitive functions, somatic states, and illnesses.

Similar changes in the brains of patients with ADHD and emotional instability

In both ADHD and emotional instability disorders (e.g. borderline and antisocial personality disorder as well as conduct disorder in children), the brain exhibits similar changes in overlapping areas, meaning that the two types of conditions should be …

How does generosity benefit health? Brain study sheds light

Supporting people close to you whom you know are in need affects the brain differently from more impersonal forms of help, suggests a new study.

Psychosis: Cannabis extract normalizes brain function

New research shows that a single dose of the cannabis extract cannabidiol reduces abnormal brain activity in people with psychosis.

Model can more naturally detect depression in conversations

Researchers detail a neural-network model that can be unleashed on raw text and audio data from interviews to discover speech patterns indicative of depression. Given a new subject, it can accurately predict if the individual is depressed, without need…