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Adults who have experienced maltreatment as children have a changed perception of social stimuli. Traumatized people found touch stimuli less comforting than people who had not experienced trauma. They also maintained a greater social distance from str…

New research suggests that experiencing a stressful life event may detrimentally impact older women’s memories and put them at risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Eating disorder researchers have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat.

There are no guidelines on whether a noninvasive method of measuring carbon dioxide from patients’ exhalations, known as end-tidal capnography, is as effective as drawing blood through a child’s artery. This study found that measuring the carbon dioxid…

Recently Weizmann Institute scientists succeeded in recording these rapid bursts of activity — called ‘hippocampal ripples’ — in the human brain, and they were able to demonstrate their importance as a neuronal mechanism underlying the engraving of n…

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year. Severe mental illnesses cause the brain to have trouble dealing with cognitively effortful states, like focusing attention over long periods of time, discrimina…

Brain function and memory naturally decline slightly as a person ages, but there are many techniques people can use to improve memory and prevent its loss. Learn about them here.

Scientists demonstrated that applying low-intensity electrical stimulation to the brains of patients with tumors resulted in decreased blood flow within tumors while leaving the rest of the brain unchanged. Although further study is needed, the finding…

A pilot study shows promising evidence that adults with MCI can learn to practice mindfulness meditation, and by doing so may boost their cognitive reserve.