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On Star Trek, it is easy to take for granted the incredible ability of futuristic doctors to wave small devices over the heads of both humans and aliens, diagnose their problems through evaluating changes in brain activity or chemistry, and then treat …

Across Europe, more than 70% of young cancer specialists are showing signs of burnout, the largest survey of its kind has revealed.

Empathy is typically seen as eliciting warmth and compassion – a generally positive state that makes people do good things to others.

People tend to perceive their dominant hand as staying relatively the same size even when it’s magnified, lending support to the idea that we use our hand as a constant perceptual “ruler” to measure…

Study shows that the brains of multitaskers look significantly different from those who commit to only one task.

Researchers believe that competing neurotransmitters in the brain might be an avenue that leads to the discovery of a new generation of antidepressants.

Since the start of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 300,000 soldiers have returned to the United States with traumatic brain injury caused by exposure to bomb blasts — and in particular, exposure to improvised explosive device…

Novel insight into changes that happen in the brain as a result of chronic alcohol exposure that can lead to disruptions in the sleep cycle has been provided by researchers. Clinical assessments and research indicate that individuals with alcohol use d…

Researchers report they may have found a way to replace the missing enzyme that causes progressive damage to the brain in people with MPSIIIB. Officially known as mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB or Sanfilippo Syndrome type B, the disease causes the acc…

New research makes a major contribution to efforts to navigate the brain, offering a precise model of the organization of developing neuronal circuits. If researchers can further identify the cellular type of ‘hub neurons,’ it may be possible to reprod…