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Managing Editor Marie Ellis gives her monthly update on the latest news behind the scenes at Medical News Today. This month’s focus is happiness.

Mindfulness training and hypnotic suggestion significantly reduced acute pain experienced by hospital patients, according to a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Just as athletes cross-train to improve physical skills, those wanting to enhance cognitive skills can benefit from multiple ways of exercising the brain, according to a comprehensive new study from…

From an early age, children are very skilled in imitating the actions of others and are so motivated to do so that they will even copy actions for no reason.

Attachment style is thought to play a role in one-to-one relationships. Now, a new study suggests that it also applies to social networks such as Facebook.

Memory creates a hierarchy of different timescales, all of which provide relevant information when necessary, so they must all be available simultaneously.

In this article, learn about functional neurological symptom disorder. What are the causes, what are the symptoms, and is it commonly misdiagnosed?

Hearing voices can be prevented from becoming a distressing occurrence if the voices fall in line with the hearer’s life goals, a new study suggests.

If you believe that you are exercising enough, you will live longer than someone who believes that they are not – regardless of activity levels.