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Scientists say the more foreign languages we learn, the more effectively our brain reacts and processes the data accumulated in the course of learning.

Does popular belief that cannabis reduces motivation hold true? Researchers investigate across two studies, yielding surprising findings.

The children of traumatized people have long been known to be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and mood and anxiety disorders.

Learning a task with a stranger is as effective as learning with a close friend or family.

Researchers have built and tested a new mathematical model that successfully reproduces complex brain activity during deep sleep, according to a new study.

Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students led by bullying researcher.

Buried deep underneath the folds of the cerebral cortex, neural stem cells in the hippocampus continue to generate new neurons, inciting a struggle between new and old as the new attempts to gain a foothold in memory-forming center of the brain. Resear…

The number of Americans who perceive marijuana as a risky drug fell between 2002-2014, fueling an increase in use, find researchers.

The regulation and function of sleep is one of the biggest black boxes of today’s brain science. A new paper finds that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is suppressed by adenosine acting on a specific subtype of adenosine receptors, the A2A receptors, in…

New study in mice proposes the first gene that could help prevent tinnitus, that ringing in the ears inside one’s head when no external sound is present. This discovery is a first step to identify the molecules that could be targeted in treatments to s…