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Can personality help predict how long you will live? A newly published study suggests that personality traits in adolescence may speak to mortality risk.

One type of anticipatory timing relies on memories from past experiences. The other on rhythm. Both are critical to our ability to navigate and enjoy the world, and scientists have found they are handled in two different parts of the brain.

Doctors may one day be able to gauge a patient’s risk of dementia with an MRI scan, according to a new study. Using a new technique for analyzing MRI data, researchers were able to predict who would experience cognitive decline with 89 percent accuracy.

A new study finds that overnight the brain automatically preserves memories for important events and filters out the rest, revealing new insights into the processes that guide decision making and behavior.

What we see is not only determined by what is really there, but also depends on whether we are paying attention, whether we are moving, excited or interested. In a new study, scientists uncover that the processing of visual information in the brain is …

Personality traits and mental health affect how people value personal control in decision making, according to a new study.

Study using game theory model finds that MDMA increases cooperative behavior toward trustworthy people and affects brain regions tied to social cognition.

A new study zooms in on four genetic variants that influence the likelihood of death by suicide. It also finds 207 genes that need further investigation.

New research has found that MDMA, the main ingredient in ecstasy, causes people to cooperate better — but only with trustworthy people. In the first study to look in detail at how MDMA impacts cooperative behavior the researchers also identified chang…

Taking typical daily annoyances such as a long wait at the doctor’s office or a traffic jam on the freeway in stride may help preserve brain health in older adults.