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Large study by CHOP PolicyLab explores child maltreatment patterns in families of US Army soldier-parents.

When people are listening to music, their emotional reactions to the music are reflected in changes in their pupil size.

In a significant breakthrough, researchers have identified a drug, propentofylline or PPF, that could help treat patients with deadly brain cancer. They report that PPF works to limit the spread of glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM — the most common pri…

Eating sweet foods causes the brain to form a memory of a meal, according to researchers.

Researchers have analyzed brain activity data collected from more than 400 people who viewed an exhibit at the Menil Collection, offering evidence that useable brain data can be collected outside of a controlled laboratory setting. They also reported t…

Scientists have found evidence of a biological basis for apathy in healthy people. Research could shed light on the way some people become pathologically apathetic, for example after a stroke or with Alzheimer’s disease.

Backed by a growing body of research, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are calling for all hospitals to establish bereavement programs for families of deceased patients.

A QUT study into how women choose sperm donors online has revealed men who are intellectual, shy, calm and methodical are selected to produce more children than those who are extroverted.

A randomized controlled trial published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Swiss investigators discloses a new treatment approach to hair pulling compulsion called…

Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies, according to researchers from Queen Mary…