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Fixating on the bikini selfies of Facebook friends can make a young woman feel worse about her own body, a new study suggests.

Kids three years after an initial head incident were found to have lingering injury in the brain’s right frontal lobe, which is associated with lower social competence (participation in groups, number of friends, etc.), a new study finds. The study als…

The willingness of decision makers to take risks increases when they play games of chance with money won earlier.  Risk taking also rises when they have the opportunity to compensate for earlier losses by breaking even.

Blood pressure modulates a person’s tendency to worry and can be associated with a “tranquilising” effect when elevated.

Residents of poorer Chicago neighborhoods are more likely to suffer terrible life events — and their health suffers as a result, according to a new Duke University study.

New research appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience highlights the important role sleep plays in strengthening and maintaining the accuracy of a memory and hints at why the brain shuts out sensory…

People who check whether their hands are clean or imagine their house might be on fire are not alone.

The disturbing imagery or violent storylines of videos games like World of Warcraft or Grand Theft Auto are often accused of fostering feelings of aggression in players.

Receptors for the messenger molecule serotonin can be modified in such a way that they can be activated by light.

Although a greater proportion of teenage boys than girls watch and fantasise about sex they have seen in pornography, there are no differences between the sexes when it comes to what types of sex…