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The part of the brain responsible for seeing is more powerful than previously believed. In fact, the visual cortex can essentially make decisions just like the brain’s traditional ‘higher level’ areas, finds a new study.

Though often seen as a mundane chore, a new study suggests dishwashing can be an effective stress-relieving tool if we focus solely on the task at hand.

Evidence supporting the classification of excessive shopping as an addiction has been established, and a new seven-point assessment tool created.

How happy you are may have something to do with who you know — and where you come from. A sociology professor, set out to discover whether knowing high-status people helped or harmed mental health, using depressive symptoms as a proxy.

People who cannot stop checking their smartphones may be contributing to depression in their romantic partners, says research into ‘phubbing.’

A diet high in processed fructose sabotages rat brains’ ability to heal after head trauma, neuroscientists report. Revealing a link between nutrition and brain health, the finding offers implications for the 5.3 million Americans living with a trauma…

Scientists have recorded evidence of the brain turning off its memory inhibitor to make new memories.

A new study by psychology academics at The Open University is the first in the UK to explore the impact of internet infidelity among those with real experience of it and sees how it is directly…

How people perceive beauty is partly due to genetic factors, partly due to shared experience, but largely dependent on specific individual interactions, a new study finds.

Researchers say that mimicking the activity of a chemical called GABA in the brain may be a promising treatment strategy for ‘tics’ among people with Tourette syndrome.