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New research shows that our brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-expanding drug trip. The study found that under psilocybin, activity in the more primitive brain network linked to emotional thinking became…
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You know the feeling? You are trying to dial a phone number from memory … you have to concentrate … then someone starts shouting out other numbers nearby. In a situation like that, your brain must ignore the distraction as best it can so as not to …
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The human brain is the most complex computer in existence. Understanding how it works has been a scientific endeavor for centuries. However, technology has only recently advanced to the point where we can really understand brain function down to th…
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In a cluster of articles released in the peer reviewed European Journal of Psychotraumatology, researchers provide new insights into the treatment of children and youth exposed to acts of terror.
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Mental illness accounts for 90 percent of all reported suicides and places the largest burden of any disease on social and economic infrastructures worldwide, according to the World Health…
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When evaluating another person’s emotions – happy, sad, angry, afraid – humans take cues from facial expressions.
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Cyberbullying creates fear among students about being victimized at school, a recent study by Sam Houston State University found.
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Severe chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis is highly debilitating, and can keep patients completely bedbound, but access to specialist care has been poor in the UK.
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Neuroscientists leading the largest longitudinal adolescent brain imaging study to date have learned that a number of factors — genetics, brain function and about 40 different variables — can help scientists predict which teens will become binge drin…
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What are the complex processes in the brain involved with choosing a mate, and are these processes different in females versus males? It’s difficult to study such questions in people, but researchers are finding clues in fruit flies that might be relev…
