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Anthropologists study the hormonal basis of affiliation and competition among hunters in the Bolivian AmazonThis is a Tsimane family.

Hypermethylation – the epigenetic ability to turn down or turn off a bad gene implicated in 10 to 30 percent of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) – serves as a protective barrier inhibiting the deve…

New research identifies a bridge between the mechanisms that spur the destruction of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease – accumulation of the amyloid-? peptide (the main component of plaques found in Alzheimer’s patient brains) and chronic inflammation.

The mechanism that regulates the flow of water in brain cells has been discovered by researchers. The human brain is 80 percent water, which makes the constant regulation of the amount of fluid in the brain very important. Disruptions in the regulation…

Decreased ability to identify specific odors can predict abnormal neuroimaging results in blast-injured troops, according to a new study. The olfactory system processes thousands of different odors, sending signals to the brain which interprets the sme…

Psychologists have shown that a short nap lasting about an hour can significantly improve memory performance. The study involved examination of memory recall in 41 participants. The volunteers had to learn single words and word pairs. Once the learning…

The functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains have been isolated for the first time, following the development of a new methodology for analysing MRI scans.

By 2030, chronic subdural hemorrhage (SDH) will be the most common adult brain condition requiring neurosurgical intervention in the U.S., according to a new study. And hospitals and neurosurgeons may be under-manned to handle the projected onslaught o…

New research finds trust grows as we age and there is a strong link between trust and well-being through life, suggesting it is not a liability for older people.