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A restaurant in upstate New York offered diners the choice between paying $4 or $8 for their buffet and asked them to rate their experience, resulting in some surprising results.

Study shows environmental factors are more important than previously thought in leading to autism.

The vast majority of African-American and Afro-Caribbean youth face racial discrimination, and these experiences are associated with an increased risk of mental health problems.

The developmental source for a key type of neuron that allows animals to walk, a finding that could help pave the way for new therapies for spinal cord injuries or other motor impairments related to disease. The spinal cord contains a network of neuron…

A protein previously implicated in disease plays such a positive role in learning and memory that it may someday contribute to cures of cognitive impairments, researchers have discovered. The findings regarding the potential virtues of fatty acid bindi…

Ischemic brain injury due to heart and vascular surgery causes more than 100,000 deaths annually in Europe and the United States. In addition, approximately 10–20% of patients undergoing heart and vascular surgery – at least 1.5 million people in E…

We all know that thinking about exercise isn’t the same as doing it. But researchers from the University of New Hampshire have confirmed what may be the next best thing: just thinking about a past…

A Northumbria University researcher will investigate childhood attachment in a study that could influence the decisions being made in child care proceedings or custody battles.

Working memory – the ability to hold information in your mind, think about it, and use it to guide behavior – develops through childhood and adolescence, and is key for successful performance at…

According to a new analysis published by the American Psychological Association, despite the stereotype that boys do better in math and science, girls have made higher grades than boys throughout…