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What types of video games improve brain function?

From ‘brain games’ designed to enhance mental fitness, to games used to improve real-world problems, to games created purely to entertain, today’s video games can have a variety of potential impacts on the brain. A new article argues that it is the spe…

Menopausal women experiencing distressing pain during sex

Results from qualitative research of postmenopausal women with vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA) show that they recognize the significant physical, emotional and psychological consequences of…

Scientists identify key receptor as potential target for treatment of autism

Grant of $2.4 million will support further researchScientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a significant–and potentially…

Scientific literature overstates psychotherapy’s effectiveness in treating depression

Effect comparable to that previously found with antidepressant drugsThe scientific literature paints an overly rosy picture of the efficacy of psychological treatments for depression.

Insight on how a new class of antidepressants works

The experimental drugs target brain cells’ ability to respond to the chemical messenger glutamate, however, it has been unclear how they work. The recent discovery of a molecular amplification system helps explain how the drugs achieve an antidepress…

Placebo power: Depressed people who respond to fake drugs get the most help from real ones

When it comes to treating depression, how well a person responds to a fake medicine may determine how well they’ll respond to a real one, new research finds. Those who can muster their brain’s own chemical forces against depression, it appears, have a …

Memory is greater threat to romantic relationships than Facebook

A new study was designed to test whether contacts in a person’s Facebook friends list who are romantically desirable are more or less of a threat to an existing relationship than are potential…

Antipsychotics increase risk of death in people with Parkinson’s disease psychosis

Antipsychotic drugs may increase the risk of death in people with Parkinson’s disease psychosis (PDP), according to a new study led by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology …

New study proves link between recent abuse and menopause-related symptoms

Numerous studies have already documented how abuse of any kind can result in health problems. There are even proven links between adverse childhood experiences and hot flashes.

Human visual cortex holds neurons that selectively respond to intermediate colors

Researchers have found the presence of neurons in the human brain which can each selectively respond to an intermediate color; not just neurons of red, green, yellow and blue.