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A review of medical literature suggests older age at menopause was associated with a lower risk of depression for women in later life. Eleni Th Petridou, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Food consumption and psychology intersect in a new study that suggests diners order more food and drink at restaurants when they are served by heavier waiters.

Autism is considered to be far more common in males. An insightful new study looks at the differences in relationships formed between autistic girls and boys.

Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience has shown that retrieving memories of events from our past may take place quicker than we previously thought – and it is possible to interfere with…

About half of all patients with Alzheimer’s disease develop symptoms of psychosis, such as delusions or hallucinations.

Retrieving memories of events from our past may take place quicker than we previously thought — and it is possible to interfere with that process — report scientists.

In Parkinson’s disease, the protein ‘alpha-synuclein’ aggregates within neurons of patients and appears to propagate across interconnected areas of the brain. How this happens remains largely unknown. It has been proposed that alpha-synuclein may behav…

Mothers, put down your smartphones when caring for your babies! That’s the message from researchers, who have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal care can disrupt proper brain development, which can lead to emotional disorders later in life.

While there is general consensus that the ability to imagine a never-before-seen object or concept is a unique and distinctive human trait, there is little that we know about the neurological…

Naturally occurring changes in brain wiring can help patients at high genetic risk of developing bipolar disorder avert the onset of the illness, according to a new study led by researchers at the…