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The obvious cognitive symptoms of minor traumatic brain injury can dissipate within a few days, but blast-exposed veterans may continue to have problems focusing attention on one sound source and ignoring others, an ability known as “selective auditory…

Ensuring teenagers know exactly how overweight they are encourages them to adopt a healthier lifestyle, but in practice many fail to follow this through.

When listening to the voices of a sport psychologist, both male and female athletes rate women psychologists more positively than male ones.

The ability to recognise faces is a distinct human skill, separate from a general ability to recognise objects, and can be inherited.

More than a million people are treated for mild traumatic brain injuries in U.S. hospitals and emergency rooms each year.

The phenomenon is disconcerting but largely harmless, WSU psychologist says.

Have you ever said to yourself that you would only have a handful of potato chips from the bag then, minutes later, realized you ate the whole thing?

People who grew up with a parent who abused alcohol may be 85 percent more likely to attempt suicide than people whose parents did not abuse alcohol, according to research published by the American…

Frequent arguing with partners, children, other relatives, friends or neighbors may significantly increase the risk of middle-aged death from all causes, according to a new study.

When children struggle with focusing on tasks, staying organized, controlling their behavior and sitting still, they may be evaluated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).