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By attaching a microstimulator and geomagnetic compass to the brains of blind rats, researchers have found that the animals can spontaneously learn to use new information about their location to navigate through a maze nearly as well as normally sighte…

A new study finds that alcohol-dependent hospital patients die from multiple morbidities 7.6 years earlier than patients without a history of alcohol dependence.

New research involves recording single-neuron activity in the brains of epilepsy patients who require electrodes implanted to monitor seizures. With the electrodes in place, processes such as perception and memory can be studied at the level of individ…

The little voice inside your head that tells you to eat, or stop eating, isn’t a little voice – it’s actually a cluster of about 10,000 specialized brain cells. And now, scientists have found tiny triggers inside those cells that give rise to thi…

Whether you are buying, selling or asking for a pay rise, the words you use in your negotiation could affect the outcome, according to a new study.

If you’re traveling at 60 miles per hour, just a few milliseconds can mean the difference between life and death when you need to come to a quick stop.

Differences in the way children and adults perceive the world extend to their sense of safety in their social and physical environments and this in turn can impact their health, say researchers at…

Tobacco use kills more than five million people per year and smoking is the world’s single most preventable cause of death.

Does hearing about a company’s charitable donations raise your opinion of their products?

Hands pressed to the hips or perhaps leaning back with arms crossed behind the head are typical poses of power.