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Scientists reveal that physically moving forward actually trains the brain to perceive the world normally. The findings also show that, the order in which we see things could help the brain calibrate how we perceive time, as well as the objects around us.

A key brain region involved in emotion is smaller in older children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers, and predicts risk of later recurrence, according to researchers. Pathological guilt can be a symptom of clinical depression, as well as other…

Making friends is often extremely difficult for people with social anxiety disorder and to make matters worse, people with this disorder tend to assume that the friendships they do have are not of the highest quality. The problem with this perception, …

Self-compassion can be learned using avatars in an immersive virtual reality, finds new research led by UCL.

Details of the role of glutamate, the brain’s excitatory chemical, in a drug reward pathway have been identified for the first time. This discovery in rodents shows that stimulation of glutamate neurons in a specific brain region leads to activation of…

It is claimed one in five students have taken the ‘smart’ drug Modafinil to boost their ability to study and improve their chances of exam success. But new research into the effects of Modafinil has shown that healthy students could find their perf…

Discovery of new molecular and behavioral connections may provide a foundation for the development of new treatments to combat some forms of depression. The findings challenge the current thinking about depression and the drugs currently used to treat …

Learning a new language changes your brain network both structurally and functionally, according to researchers. “Like physical exercise, the more you use specific areas of your brain, the more it grows and gets stronger,” said the lead investigator.

People with a newly identified genetic variant perform better on certain types of memory tests, a discovery that may point the way to new treatments for the memory impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease or other age-associated conditions, experts re…

A 2005 interpretation of a law banning torture or cruel treatment of U.S. detainees overseas did not apply “with respect to aliens overseas.”