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The next time you are in a crowded room, or a meeting, or even at the park with your kids, take a look around. How many people are on their phone? Distractions invade every aspect of our lives.

Computerized brain games that are advertised as a way to help boost intelligence and prevent dementia will be popular Christmas gifts this year. But there’s little scientific evidence to support these industry claims, experts say.

Research found people who felt younger than their age

lived longer than those who felt their age or older.

Chemical modifications to DNA’s packaging — known as epigenetic changes — can activate or repress genes involved in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and early brain development, according to a new study. Biochemists found that these epigenetic ch…

New research helps explain a paradoxical effect of certain antidepressants — that they may actually worsen symptoms before helping patients feel better. The findings may help investigators fix the problem as well as create new classes of drugs to trea…

Social anxiety disorder is hard to deal with at any time of year, but even more so during the holiday season. In this feature, we look at the best ways to cope with the condition.

Researchers tested whether hugs act as a form of social support, protecting stressed people from getting sick. They found that greater social support and more frequent hugs protected people from the increased susceptibility to infection associated with…

A team of biologists has identified a set of nerve cells in desert locusts that bring about ‘gang-like’ gregarious behavior when they are forced into a crowd. The findings demonstrate the importance of individual history for understanding how brain che…

An imaging scan called SPECT records brain activity during epileptic seizures. The scan pinpoints where seizures originate, and helps in the planning of surgery to remove the part of the brain responsible for seizures.

A new study led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine finds that the brains of obese children literally light up differently when tasting sugar.