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High maternal levels of the stress hormone cortisol during pregnancy increase anxious and depressive-like behaviors in female offspring at the age of 2, reports a new study. The effect of elevated maternal cortisol on the negative offspring behavior ap…

Service dogs not only provide emotional support for people with anxiety disorders, but they can also be trained to perform essential tasks. They can detect and reduce anxiety attacks, fetch medication, and get help for people in distress. We discuss ho…

Aggressive brain tumor cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests, researchers have shown.

Adam Gazzaley, a scientist who’s spent his career researching the link between human nature and technology, has some advice on what we can do about our generation’s cognition crisis.

Researchers show that category learning can be influenced by where an object is in our field of vision.

Chronic, frequent tobacco smokers have a decreased number of cannabinoid CB1 receptors, the ‘pot receptor’, when compared with non-smokers, reports a new study.

Scientists have identified the brain networks that allow you to think of an object name and then verbalize that thought. The study represents a significant advance in the understanding of how the brain connects meaning to words and will help the planni…

Immune cells usually ignored by neuroscientists appear to play an important role in determining whether an animal’s sexual behavior will be more typical of a male or female.

An aquarium fish that senses the Earth’s magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works and how diseases such as Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders function. Scientists have discovered a navigational gene in glass catf…

Physical brain injury in children contributes to the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), distinct from genetic risk for the disorder.