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Many scientists believe that the tendency to develop stress-related disorders is an inherited trait or is the result of exposure to traumatic events. In a new paper, scientists explain that a new factor — that genes may change over time — could cause…

Scientists have grafted neurons reprogrammed from skin cells into the brains of mice for the first time with long-term stability. Six months after implantation, the neurons had become fully functionally integrated into the brain. This successful, lasti…

Parenting skills of adults with ADHD improve when their ADHD is treated with medication, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

As much as social equality is advocated in the United States, a new study suggests that besides evaluating their own race and religion most favorably, people share implicit hierarchies for racial…

Graphic descriptions of intentionally harmful acts boost brain activity in the amygdala – a region involved with processing emotions – and strengthen its connectivity with the lateral prefrontal…

From movies to television, obesity is still considered “fair game” for jokes and ridicule.

Despite the gains made for gay rights in recent years, homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are struggling to find safe shelter.

Epigenetic changes to a gene that is well known for its involvement in clinical depression and posttraumatic stress disorder can affect the way a person’s brain reacts to threats, according to a new study. The results may explain how the well-understoo…

Issues of crime and punishment, vengeance and justice date back to the dawn of human history, but it is only in the last few years that scientists have begun exploring the basic nature of the complex neural processes in the brain that underlie these fu…

The relationship between comic and audience is ‘complex’ and ‘symbiotic,’ according to a new study that describes the interaction between humor and emotion in stand-up comedy.