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It’s no secret that the adolescent years can be challenging: young teens have a heightened sensitivity to perceived injustice and react against authority.

A new study by psychologists from the University of Liverpool and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) reveals that collaborating in a group to remember information is harmful.

Regularly snapping selfies with your smartphone and sharing photos with your friends can help make you a happier person, according to computer scientists. In a first-of-its-kind study published just before back-to-school season, the authors found that …

Some loss of memory is often considered an inevitable part of aging, but new research reveals how some people appear to escape that fate.

One way chronic stress appears to cause depression is by increasing levels of a protein in the brain that decreases the availability of an important chemical that regulates our mood, scientists report.

Postpartum depression is the most common complication of pregnancy and childbirth, affecting up to 15 percent of all women within the first three months following delivery. Research has shown that mothers of infants born prematurely have almost double …

A neuroscientist has mapped brain cell activity that occurs during the delay between sensation and action. Using a powerful laser-scanning microscope, the work was able to detect the signals from calcium indicators expressed in the neurons well below t…

Researchers say they may have discovered a new target in the fight against depression: a faulty gene that is linked to cardiovascular and metabolic conditions.

Researchers have created a new imaging tool that can monitor activity in the amygdala – a brain region – and teach people to control emotional response.

How the brain responds to nicotine depends on a smoker’s belief about the nicotine content in a cigarette, according to new research. The study found that smoking a nicotine cigarette but believing that it lacked nicotine failed to satisfy cravings rel…