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Almost everything we do — walking, talking, or drinking coffee — is completely dependent on accurate timing when activating many muscles at once. The prevailing theory has been that the exact timing of this type of movement is not voluntarily control…

Genetic effects primarily influence stability of hoarding symptoms.Hoarding symptoms are stable during adolescence, mainly due to genetic effects, according to a study published in the…

Children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) can be successfully treated with only a few hours of EMDR or cognitive behavioral writing therapy (CBWT), report researchers.

Scientists compare the decision-making abilities of adults with autism spectrum disorder and adults without. The former may be less biased than the latter.

The connection between slowed walking speed and declining mental acuity appears to arise in the right hippocampus, a finger-shaped region buried deep in the brain at ear-level, according to a 14-year study.

A new study reinforces long-held suspicions that the brain chemical serotonin, a molecule usually associated with mood, appetite and libido, makes a direct contribution to the actions of cocaine. Scientists can now clearly see details of how the brain …

New research affirms a key role for neurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the crucial learning task of determining what caused a desired result.

Neuroscientists have thoroughly mapped the touch, visual and auditory regions of the brain’s cortex, but how does this sensory information get processed into our perception of the world? Researchers have for the first time reconstructed the spatial map…

Acute and chronic infections in a person’s upper gastrointestinal tract appear to be linked to Parkinson’s disease, say scientists.

Researchers have identified a network of neurons that plays a vital role in learning vocalizations by aiding communication between motor and auditory regions of the brain.