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Allergan plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company, announced that new data on the investigational medication rapastinel (GLYX-13) and its lack of impairment on cognitive function were published…

A new study has revealed that the brain’s compensatory mechanism (known as cross-modal plasticity) — when some senses are enhanced following the loss of other sensory input — is a basic feature that also exists in less complex nervous systems. The …

Genes play a crucial role over time although environmental factors matter most in the short term, according to a major study into social anxiety and avoidant personality disorders.

Depression in both expectant mothers and fathers increases the risk of premature birth, finds a new study.

Neuroscientists have identified the brain network system that causes us to stumble and stall just when we least want to. Previous research has shown that people tend to exert more force when they know they are being watched. For example, pianists uncon…

Soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more ‘tuned’ to perceive threatening facial expressions than people without PTSD because of more over-connected brain circuits, according to a new study. The researchers say understanding how this…

As musicians, figure skaters and anyone who takes a driving test will know, the anxiety of being watched can have a disastrous effect on your performance.

Genes play a crucial role over time although environmental factors matter most in the short term, according to a major study into social anxiety and avoidant personality disorders from the…

Understanding the brain’s responses to angry faces could help diagnosis.Soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more ‘tuned’ to perceive threatening facial expressions than…

People experiencing anxiety and inhibition have more activity in the right side of the brain, causing them to walk in a leftward trajectory.