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Three brain attentional networks — alerting, orienting, and executive control — have been studied among alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals. Results indicate that AD individuals have particularly pronounced deficits in executive control. These deficit…

British researchers are launching the largest study in the world to investigate whether using mobile phones and other wireless gadgets might affect children’s brain development.

A large study in England found that smokers trying to quit were more likely to succeed if they used electronic cigarettes than over-the-counter therapies such as nicotine patches or gum.

Scientist highlights how adults are underrepresented in autism research.

Nearly two million children in the United States have experienced a parent’s military deployment. Previous research has shown that these children may be at increased risk for emotional, behavioral and relationship difficulties, yet little is known abou…

A new cognitive test that can better determine whether memory impairments are due to very mild Alzheimer’s disease or the normal aging process has been developed by researchers. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that the number of Americans living …

Pregnant women, compared to their non-pregnant counterparts, rate music as more intensely pleasant and unpleasant, associated with greater changes in blood pressure, a study has demonstrated. Music appears to have an especially strong influence on preg…

Sociality, cooperation and “prosocial” behaviors are the foundation of human society (and of the extraordinary development of our brain) and yet, taken individually, people often show huge variation in terms of altruism/egoism, both among individua…

Alpha waves appear to be even more active and important than neuroscientists already thought. A new theory has been postulated on how the alpha wave controls attention to visual signals. Brain cells ‘spark’ all the time. From this electronic activity b…

Can psychological intervention help women adapt to the stresses of breast cancer?