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In a pioneering longitudinal study, researchers found that the everyday effects of sleep, exercise, heart rate and mood — both good and bad — could linger in our brains for over two weeks.

Muscle activation in people suffering from hip osteoarthritis might be a case of ‘mind over matter’, new research has shown. A recent study investigated muscle function in people with hip osteoarthritis and found that these patients were unable to acti…

A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app has been found to significantly prevent increases in depression in young people who are at high risk — and could be implemented as a cost effective public mental health measure.

Damage to the brainstem — the brain’s ‘control center’ — is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

A research team has revealed that a molecule in the brain — ophthalmic acid — unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson’s and other movement diseases.

Rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting shows promise as a treatment strategy for people who hoard, a study by psychology researchers has shown.

Researchers have developed a noninvasive way of using bioluminescent optogenetics to activate parts of the brain.

Auditory hallucinations are likely the result of abnormalities in two brain processes: a ‘broken’ corollary discharge that fails to suppress self-generated sounds, and a ‘noisy’ efference copy that makes the brain hear these sounds more intensely than …

Mindset and expectations, not just the external environment, shape the ‘table of contents’ into which our brains organize the day.

A new analysis assesses the heterogeneity of factors linked with happiness among single Americans who are just entering adulthood, highlighting a particularly strong link between happiness and satisfying friendships.