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A new study released today reveals that helping lower-income high school freshman to regulate their test-taking anxiety can cut their biology course failure rates in half. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and cond…

Young children experiencing deprivation and neglect in institutional settings have impaired memory and executive functioning at ages 8 and 16 compared with peers placed early in quality foster homes, report investigators.

Human beings can configure their faces in thousands and thousands of ways to convey emotion, but only 35 expressions actually get the job done across cultures, a new study has found.

Researchers have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The study shows that the genetically engineered protein 3K3A-APC protects the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like sympto…

At a time when several states are moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, new research shows that concerns about the drug’s impact on teens may be warranted. The study shows that even a small amount of cannabis use by teenagers is linked to d…

Men with dyslexia have altered structural connections between the thalamus and auditory cortex on the left side of the brain, new research reveals. The study extends similar observations of the dyslexic visual system and highlights the importance of ea…

A study shows people with the worst memory problems also had the most leakage in their brain’s blood vessels — regardless of whether abnormal proteins amyloid and tau were present.

Women whose partners are away on military deployment are at greater risk of developing mental illness during the perinatal period, according to a review article.

When we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study.