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A recent study investigating Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram concludes that reduced use leads to significant decreases in depression and loneliness.

Loneliness is a significant and growing problem. A recent study investigates the effect of belonging to a community choir on well-being in older adults.

Researchers have designed neural circuits reproducing dynamic reconfiguration behaviors of the brain.

Regular early head circumference assessments add valuable information when screening for long-term neurocognitive risk – according to new research.

A new study has identified unique functional brain networks associated with characteristic behaviors of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 12- and 24-month old children at risk for developing ASD.

Scientists report the first animal model of glioma — the most aggressive and most common form of brain cancer in the US — that can also be used to study the long-term effects of radiation therapy in tumor-bearing brains. Using this mouse model, the r…

New research illuminates the value judgments we make about strangers’ personality traits, based solely on the shapes of their bodies.

According to a new study, scene changes diminish a spectator’s blink rate, producing an increase in attention. The results of the study demonstrate that a dynamic and chaotic audiovisual editing causes more activity in the visual processing areas, whil…

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its concussion recommendations to support children and teens engaging in light physical activity and returning to school as they recover. The report, revised for the first time in eight years, also a…

A group of scientists investigated why the choroid plexus contains so much more klotho than other brain regions.They showed that klotho functions as a gatekeeper that shields the brain from the peripheral immune system.