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Scientists have made new findings on a system in the brain that naturally moderates the effects of stress.

Even before babies have language skills or much information about social structures, they can infer whether other people are likely to be friends by observing their likes and dislikes, a new 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 a psychology professor.

Glioblastoma is the most common and deadly form of primary malignant brain cancer, occurring mostly in adults between the ages of 45 and 70. The recurrence of GBM is usually fatal, resulting in an average patient survival time of less than two years. A…

Researchers have published results on the Roche-designed Brain Shuttle technology that efficiently transfers investigational antibodies from the blood through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) into the brain in preclinical models. Scientists found that suc…

Research has revealed a possible new target for treating movement disorders such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. A scientist has found a definite improvement in motor behaviors in a Huntington’s disease mouse model when one of the majo…

New research has found that question headlines are significantly more effective than declarative headlines in generating readership. The study looked at the impact of question headlines in computer-mediated communications. 

Researchers have shown that changes in a type of brain cells called microglia underlie the depressive symptoms brought on by exposure to chronic stress. In animal experiments, the researchers were able to demonstrate that microglia-stimulating drugs se…

It is well-known that anticoagulant medicine assists in the prevention of strokes. A large Danish study now shows that the medicine can also reduce the risk of death and brain damage when a stroke happens anyway.

Being the victim of racism and internalizing racist beliefs may speed up the aging process, a new study suggests.