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Physical doping and brain doping apparently often go hand in hand. A new study has revealed that people who engage in physical doping often also take drugs for brain doping. The study was the first of its kind to survey simultaneously the two categorie…

Scientists have discovered how salt acts as a key regulator for drugs used to treat a variety of brain diseases including chronic pain, Parkinson’s disease, and depression.

Teenage boys who think they’re too skinny when they are actually a healthy weight are at greater risk of being depressed as teens and as adults when compared to other boys, even those who think they are too heavy, according to findings published.

Researchers found that giving a group of older adults a brief course of mental or cognitive training helped to improve their reasoning ability and processing speed, and hold onto the gains for up to 10 years, compared with a group of untrained controls…

Children believe the world is far more segregated by gender than it actually is, implies a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar.Jennifer Watling Neal and colleagues examined classroom friendships in five U.S. elementary schools.

The Affordable Care Act, dubbed ‘ObamaCare’, has proven to be one of the most controversial legislative acts of the Obama presidency.

Even before babies have language skills or much information about social structures, they can infer whether others are likely to be friends by observing their likes and dislikes, a new U Chicago study on infant cognition has found.

If you’re one of the millions of people who count losing weight among their top New Year’s resolutions, you might want to pay careful attention to some new findings by UC Santa Barbara psychology professor Brenda Major.

Scientists have demonstrated that ultrasound directed to a specific region of the brain can boost performance in sensory discrimination.

Caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions. Now, however, researchers have found another use for the stimulant: memory enhancer.