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The view of the role of motor neurons could be changing, thanks to new research. Motor neurons, which extend from the spinal cord to muscles and other organs, have always been considered passive recipients of signals from interneuronal circuits. Now, h…

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a diagnostic label applied to people who have problems regulating emotional mood swings. This emotional instability leaves such individuals vulnerable to emotional upheaval that puts them at risk for problem beh…

Scientists have identified a cerebral marker specific to autism that can be detected by MRI and is present as from the age of two years. The abnormality thus detected consists in a less deep fold in Broca’s area, a region of the brain specialized in la…

Our innate ability to track time is important for our everyday lives. We would not be able to speak, or even walk properly if we were not able to get the timing of each action just right.

According to Statistics Sweden, 30 percent of all parents of young children in Sweden separate.

Dogs have an inherent ability to recognize human emotions by drawing on a combination of sensory information – such as facial expressions – according to the results of a new study.

New research moves us a step closer to understanding the onset of dementia, and potentially to paving the way for future therapies. Two new studies shed light on how two parts of the brain’s ‘GPS’ navigation system malfunctions in dementia, and point t…

A new study fills an important gap in understanding the link between traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. A TBI can happen after a sudden blow or jolt to the head or body and each year there are about 1.5 …

For half a century, the accepted research on happiness has shown our lives on a U-shaped curve, punctuated by a low point that we’ve come to know as the “mid-life crisis”.