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Additional evidence that Alzheimer’s disease is unique to humans has been provided through recent research. This study also marks the latest study to focus on the Alzheimer’s disease gene, ApoE4, and its different effects on women and men.

Researchers studying rats have discovered that activation of designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in a brain region involved in triggering those cravings. The study is the first to systematically show how designer brain receptors and designe…

Because social media is used so pervasively in modern society to tap into people’s behaviors and thoughts, neuroscientists are finding Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms to be very useful tools in a broad range of research areas. A review describes…

If a parent dies of suicide, the offspring have a greater risk of committing suicide later; a new study shows that even if the parent died of other causes, the risk is also high.

Most Head Start classrooms serve children of mixed ages and that hurts the academic growth of older children, a new national study suggests.

As the nation reels from another mass shooting on a college campus, analysis of the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech University highlights the need for “comprehensive and coordinated mental health…

Changes in humor – particularly development of a darker sense of humor – may occur at least 9 years before onset of frontotemporal dementia or Alzheimer’s, a new study finds.

New evidence has been found that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo. The study used a two-pronged approach — pain ratings and brain imaging — to determine whether mindfulness meditation is merely a placebo effect. Seven…

‘Blink and you’ll miss it’ isn’t only for eyelids. The human brain also blinks, dropping a few frames of visual information here and there. Those lapses of attention come fast — maybe just once every tenth of a second. But some people may be missing m…

School shootings – mainly in the USA – occur with tragic frequency. Now, investigative psychologists at the University of Huddersfield are carrying out research that is leading to new techniques…