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CHOP scientist: Cell’s powerhouse plays role in mind-body interactions, with long-term health effects.

Clinical trials are testing whether oxytocin, sometimes called the “love hormone” for its role in intimacy and social bonding, has potential as a treatment for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic…

New machine-learning software developed by USC, University of Washington and University of Utah researchers detects empathy in therapy sessions.”And how does that make you feel?

A new study published in Developmental Psychology put to test the hypothesis that adolescents become less similar to their friends and more similar to romantic partners after they start a new…

Researchers help the brain make GM1 ganglioside, a protective substance that is diminished in the brains of Parkinson’s patients.

Clinical trials are testing whether oxytocin, sometimes called the ‘love hormone’ for its role in intimacy and social bonding, has potential as a treatment for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. New research by behavioral neuroscie…

Regardless of gender, young adults who have greater aerobic fitness also have greater volume of their entorhinal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for memory. Better aerobic fitness however does not appear to impact hippocampal volume, another a…

The latest study to investigate long-term effects of television watching on cognitive functioning might have you reaching for power button on the remote.

Scientists have recently found evidence that professional football players are susceptible to a progressive degenerative disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repetitive brain trauma. Now, researchers have discovered a sig…