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Soccer fans hold their breath in situations like these: Two players on a team are in front of the opponent’s goal with the attacking player having to make an important decision: Is it better to pass the ball to the teammate or to take the shot yourself…

While recent reports question whether fish oil supplements support heart health, scientists have found that the fatty acids they contain are vitally important to the developing brain. Neurobiologists report that dietary deficiencies in the type of fatt…

Neuroscientists have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual brain cells to prompt specific social behaviors — findings that could lead to a better understanding of how oxytocin and other hormones could be used to treat b…

Depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus were each associated with an increased risk for dementia and that risk was even greater among individuals diagnosed with both depression and diabetes compared with people who had neither condition, according to a…

The neural network necessary for normal face recognition has been not fully understood until now. Now a group of researchers has revealed that suppression of the brain area responsible for object recognition by that for face recognition is necessary fo…

Possible subtypes of Parkinson’s disease have been identified by researchers. By applying this finding, researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques for tremor detection in patients of the discovered groups. The goal is to achieve a demand …

Researchers have found how a widely known but little-studied enzyme protects brain cells in models of Parkinson’s disease. These findings could provide valuable insight into the development of drug candidates that could protect brain cells in Parkins…

A recent study investigates the changes that take place in brain functioning: “The human brain responds to depression. Patients typically show hyperactivity particularly in the amygdala, the striatum and other limbic regions”, a researcher explains…

People focus less on bad feelings and experiences from the past (i.e. rumination) after four weeks of probiotics administration.

The Journal of Addictive Diseases has published a study conducted by researchers in the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy of the NUP/UPVA-Public University of Navarre on the behaviour and…