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Stroke rehabilitation researchers report improvement in spatial neglect with prism adaptation therapy. This new study supports behavioral classification of patients with spatial neglect as a valuable tool for assigning targeted, effective early rehabil…

Patients affected by Parkinson’s disease may experience, in addition to the more obvious motor symptoms (such as tremors and stiffness), difficulties recognizing emotions in the facial expressions and speech prosody (intonation) of other people.

Human beings are highly efficient at recognizing familiar faces, even from very poor quality images.

A new study suggests that a history of concussion involving at least a momentary loss of consciousness may be related to the buildup of Alzheimer’s-associated plaques in the brain.

Lack of sunlight isn’t the only reason that people feel down during the winter months.

An experiment in Raleigh is helping mentally ill patients without admitting them to emergency rooms.

“Good to see you. I’m sorry. It sounds like you’ve had a tough, tough, week.” Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassionate behavior observed by a research team in a new study published.

The importance of religion or spirituality to a person appears to be associated with the thickness of certain brain regions, according to a study by Lisa Miller, Ph.D., of Columbia University, New York, and colleagues. Researchers conducted a familial …

Approximately 60 percent of U.S. counties have at least one outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) facility that accepts Medicaid, although the number is much lower in southern and Midwestern states, according to a study by Janet R. Cummings, Ph.D., o…

Study shows “exposure” therapy that helps combat veterans also works for traumatized sexually abused teens with similar symptoms.