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Residual activity ‘hot spots’ in brain key for vision recovery in stroke patients

Scientists know that vision restoration training can help patients who have lost part of their vision due to glaucoma, optic nerve damage, or stroke regain some of their lost visual functions, but they do not understand what factors determine how much …

Want a good night’s sleep in the New Year? Quit smoking

As if cancer, heart disease and other diseases were not enough motivation to make quitting smoking your New Year’s resolution, here’s another wake-up call: New research suggests that

Brain training works, but just for the practiced task, say researchers

Search for “brain training” on the Web. You’ll find online exercises, games, software, even apps, all designed to prepare your brain to do better on any number of tasks. Do they work?

A cyclical concept of time can boost your bank account, the Groundhog Day way

Thinking about time as a cycle of recurring experiences – a reality Bill Murray’s character knows all too well in the movie Groundhog Day – may help us to put more money away into our savings, according to new research. The findings are published in Ps…

Making sad sense of child abuse

When a man in Israel was accused of sexually abusing his young daughter, it was hard for many people to believe – a neighbor reported seeing the girl sitting and drinking hot chocolate with her father every morning, laughing, smiling, and looking relax…

2-drug combo helps adolescents with ADHD, aggression

Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious behaviora…

Study: Happiness makes us feel warm all over

Research shows our emotions are directly linked to sensations in our bodies.

Thicker brain sections tied to spirituality

For people at high risk of depression because of a family history, spirituality may offer some protection for the brain, a new study hints.

More rational resolutions

To reach goals, be more logical and take a scientific view of your emotions.

Ski helmet use isn’t reducing brain injuries

Growing evidence indicates that helmets do not prevent traumatic brain injuries or even death.