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Children who lived in Juarez, Mexico — once dubbed the murder capital of the world — in 2010 have high levels of behavioral and emotional problems, according to new research.

Sensation seeking is a personality trait that describes a person’s tendency to seek out novel and exciting experiences, and a high level of sensation seeking has been implicated as a risk factor for…

LSD is known to cause changes in consciousness, including “ego-dissolution”, or a loss of the sense of self.

As the drug touted as “the female Viagra” comes to market, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are learning more about how the drug, called flibanserin, affects the brain.

In a new study scientists evaluated a novel way of communicating with the public about vaccine safety.

A single dose of psilocybin, the major hallucinogenic component in magic mushrooms, induces long-lasting decreases in anxiety and depression in patients diagnosed with life-threatening cancer…

Helping people with dementia engage in singing or listening to music benefits not only their memory, but it also improves mood, new study finds.

A new study sheds light on the significance of a potential genetic risk factor for drug addiction and possibly other neuropsychiatric disorders.

A lack of sleep appears to affect one’s emotions, leading to a loss of perspective or sense of what is and is not important, with particular impact on the amygdala.

Female infants have larger gray-matter volumes than males around the temporal-parietal junction of the brain, research shows. This brain region is important for processing of social information that is expressed in others’ faces and voices, a function …