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A new study from UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) reveals that disruptions in child care negatively affect children’s social development as early as age 4.

Neurophysicists studying a key brain region where Alzheimer’s disease begins have discovered how the brain processes virtual reality. ‘The pattern of activity in a brain region involved in spatial learning in the virtual world is completely different t…

There wasn’t a diagnostic capability to identify mild brain injury early after the trauma until recently. In the NFL, other professional sports and especially school sports, concern has grown about the long-term neuropsychiatric consequences of repeate…

Experiments examining how being in a position of power changes the way a person speaks finds that people in high-ranking positions tend to speak more loudly and in a monotone.

A protein that stimulates the brain to awaken from sleep may be a target for preventing Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests. The new research, in mice, demonstrates that eliminating that protein — called orexin — made mice sleep for longer periods …

Good communication between brain cells is vital for optimal (mental) health. Mutations in the TBC1D24 gene inhibit this process, thereby causing neurodegeneration and epilepsy. Fruit flies with a defect in Skywalker, the fruit fly variant of TBC1D24, a…

A gene associated with schizophrenia plays a role in brain development and may help to explain the biological process of the disease, according to new research. Researchers saytoo much protein expressed by the NOS1AP gene, which has been associated wit…

Abnormal connections between neurons are the likely cause of motor coordination issues seen in autism spectrum disorder. Using a mouse model of autism, scientists identified a malfunctioning neural circuit associated with reduced capacity for motor lea…

Over the last decade, neuroscientists have largely come to believe that physical pain and social pain are processed by the brain in the same way.

In contrast to the lay stereotype, dominant people prove to be avid social learners, just like dominant individuals in the animal kingdom.