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Even simple cell phone conversations can cause distracted driving. Researchers have found listening on the phone while driving creates a lag in the mind to extract itself from one object before fixing attention on another object.

A treatment for depression using Emotional Faces Memory Task resulted in a significantly greater reduction of major depressive disorder symptoms compared to a control group, according to initial clinical results.

A new study compares the psychological attitudes of Americans and Norwegians toward casual sex, also looking at gender and cultural differences.

Our ability to recognize millions of faces is incredible. However, a new study finds that, in reality, the mechanisms involved are simpler than we thought.

Social laughter releases endorphins, or ‘feel good hormones,’ in brain regions linked to emotion and arousal, which may promote social bonding, says study.

Research into oleic acid — the primary ingredient in olive oil — has shown how it can help prevent cancer-causing genes from functioning in cells, and may help to prevent cancer developing in the brain.

In a pair of studies, scientists explored how the human brain stores and retrieves memories. One study suggests that the brain etches each memory into unique firing patterns of individual neurons. Meanwhile, the second study suggests that the brain rep…

Scientists and clinicians from Swansea and Milan have found that some people who use the internet a lot experience significant physiological changes such as increased heart rate and blood pressure…

A recent study uncovered a crucial piece into why playing a musical instrument can help older adults retain their listening skills and ward off age-related cognitive declines.