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Punishing a wrongdoer may be more rewarding to the brain than supporting a victim. That is one suggestion of new research which measured the brain activity of young men while they played a ‘justice game.’

Adult male mice lacking a gene linked to intellectual disability have trouble completing and remembering mazes, with no changes in social or repetitive behavior, according to new research. This animal model provides a new way to study the role of this …

A systematic review of existing studies lists the many ways in which pets provide people with mental health issues some much-needed comfort.

A new study has examined the psychological benefits and disadvantages of self-deprecating humor. The findings may come as a surprise for many.

A stroke in a baby — even a big one — does not have the same lasting impact as a stroke in an adult. A study found that a decade or two after a ‘perinatal’ stroke damaged the left ‘language’ side of the brain, affected teenagers and young adults used…

People and other animals sicken and die if they are deprived of sleep, but why is sleep so essential? Psychiatrists proposed the ‘synaptic homeostasis hypothesis’ (SHY) in 2003. This hypothesis holds that sleep is the price we pay for brains that are p…

Researchers found that playing a video game for just 1 hour led to an increase in brain activity and improved visual selective attention.

Researchers have found that people with schizophrenia who experience auditory hallucinations tend to hear what they expect, an exaggerated version of a perceptual distortion that is common among other people without hallucinations. The researchers foun…

New research in mice has found that a father’s stress affects the brain development of his offspring. This stress changes the father’s sperm, which can then alter the brain development of the child. This new research provides a much better understandin…

Aging or impaired brains can once again form lasting memories if an enzyme that applies the brakes too hard on a key gene is lifted, according to neurobiologists.